Code Input

CodeSnap input type can be the following types:

• file - A file path to a code file
• stdin - A code input from stdin
• string - input code as a string
• clipboard - input code from clipboard

Language

CodeSnap can auto detect what programming language is used based on code content, but it's not always accurate, we recommend to specify the language explicitly or you can capture a file directly.

File input

Generate a code snapshot from a file is the most common use case. You can specify the file path using --from-code or -f flag.

codesnap -f <file_path> -o clipboard

From code

You can also provide a code snippet directly using --from-code or -c flag. This is useful for quick code snippets or when you don't want to create a file.

codesnap -c "print('Hello, World!')" -l "py" -o clipboard

From stdin

If you want to provide a code snippet form stdin, you can also use --from-code or -c flag.

cat ./next-env.d.ts | codesnap -c -l ts -o content/docs/cli/stdin-input.png

From clipboard

It's also possible to take a code input from clipboard. This is useful when you want to take a screenshot of a code snippet from your editor.

codesnap --from-clipboard -o clipboard