[GH-ISSUE #24] Feature Request: Generate image if none available #13

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opened 2026-02-25 23:33:15 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @heliostatic on GitHub (Mar 2, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori/issues/24

When adding or updating a bookmark, Shiori currently grabs the image url from the meta tags of the site (https://github.com/RadhiFadlillah/shiori/blob/master/cmd/add.go#L71).

However, if a site doesn't have an image, none is assigned.

Ideally, if no image is available, Shiori could generate one using PhantomJS or Chrome Headless. One Golang project to do so is Gowitness (go + chrome headless).

Originally created by @heliostatic on GitHub (Mar 2, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori/issues/24 When adding or updating a bookmark, Shiori currently grabs the image url from the meta tags of the site (https://github.com/RadhiFadlillah/shiori/blob/master/cmd/add.go#L71). However, if a site doesn't have an image, none is assigned. Ideally, if no image is available, Shiori could generate one using PhantomJS or Chrome Headless. One Golang project to do so is [Gowitness](https://github.com/sensepost/gowitness) (go + chrome headless).

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@RadhiFadlillah commented on GitHub (Mar 6, 2018):

Hi @heliostatic

I've been considering adding that feature before. However, I dropped it because it requires additional dependencies like Chrome, which I think overkill just to fetch the screenshot.

I will consider to use favicon as alternative if featured image doesn't exist. It's far easier and doesn't requires any dependencies. Besides favicon nowadays is quite large thanks to Apple spec.

I will move this issue to RadhiFadlillah/go-readability#5.

@RadhiFadlillah commented on GitHub (Mar 6, 2018): Hi @heliostatic I've been considering adding that feature before. However, I dropped it because it requires additional dependencies like Chrome, which I think overkill just to fetch the screenshot. I will consider to use favicon as alternative if featured image doesn't exist. It's far easier and doesn't requires any dependencies. Besides favicon nowadays is quite large thanks to Apple spec. I will move this issue to [RadhiFadlillah/go-readability#5](https://github.com/RadhiFadlillah/go-readability/issues/5).

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