Web2TVC

Welcome to the Web2TVCast Project, a challenge suggested by the BLU team.

I°)-->Installation & PhantomJS Documentation

This project needs a webserver that you'll have to install first.
We used MAMP for OSX, you can also use WAMP for Windows users.
You will need to brew PhantomJS, a Javascript Library.

Here is the link to HomeBrew, it will help you for PhantomJS installation : http://brew.sh/

So first, install HomeBrew with this line in your terminal:
$> ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
You will need to update your HomeBrew with:
$> brew doctor

Then, you can easily install PhantomJS latest version with :
$> brew install phantomjs
Now your server will know what is phantomJS!

Here is the link to the official PhantomJS documentation : http://phantomjs.org/
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II°)-->How To Use Web 2 TV Cast?

When your server is ready, you can fork our project in it, by sliding the directory.
Now, on your web browser, go to localhost:8888/Web2TVC/
You will be redirected to our Index Page.
That Page is more like a test page, you can try to add an URL of a desired website, change the dimensions of the final result
and press "Tester"
Your server will redirect you to a HTML page with just a picture of the desired website.
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III°)-->How Does It Works?

Thanks to this page, you can now understand how our programm works. You need to call your server by giving him a HTTP request
like : localhost:8888/Web2TVC/cast.php?url=http://raphaeljs.com/polar-clock.html
This request will order the server to take a picture of the given website. This picture will be stocked in a picture library,
and the server will redirect you to a totally new HTML page, containing the image.
This page is only an image, it can be read by your ChromeCast ! :D
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IV°)-->Can I Use It With A Dashboard Utility Tool?

Yes it's simple!
If you use DashKiosk like us (http://dashkiosk.readthedocs.org/en/latest/), you just need to put this kind of URL
in the URL field.
----> localhost:8888/Web2TVC/cast.php?url=http://raphaeljs.com/polar-clock.html <------
You can then add another link, another, and another, configure a timeout, and do everything you want!
For example, 4 links with a 30 seconds timeout will take 2 minutes to slide on the 4 links.
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In the name of Web 2 TV Cast Crew (Jean LE, Hassan AOUBID IAAZA, Adrien MONTEIRO & William LA PORTE) we'd like to thank you for
your attention, and thank you for trusting W2TVC!