Carbon.sh CLI

Node.js CLI which is useful to create screenshots using https://carbon.now.sh

Currently supports following file extension/languages

• .js - JavaScript
• .ts - TypeScript
• .java - Java
• .php - PHP

Feel free to contribute by creating a pull request to add more file-extension/language entries

Build

Run yarn build will create a production distribution inside /dist folder

Usage

Having built it, just run from the CLI like node dist/bundle.js.

Following here parameters which can be used and are being parsed

• file, alias f: The complete path to the file which code you want to screenshot;
• theme, alias t: The carbon.now.sh theme you want to use;
• output, alias o: Where to save the file;
• directory, alias d: Passing an entire folder of files to be parsed and screenshot.

Examples

Create a screenshot from a file

If not specified, will output to ./screenshots folder

Let's pretend you have a 'test.js' file containing code

node dist/bundle.js -f <path-to-test.js>
// will output the path of the screenshot

Create multiple screenshots

Let's pretend you have a folder with multiple .js files containing code

node dist/bundle.js -d <path-to-files-directory>
// will output the path of all screenshots

Specify output path

node dist/bundle.js -d <path-to-directory> -o <output-dir>
// will output path of all screenshots inside given directory