Exploring Different Ways to Capture Web Page Screenshots in Python

Using Selenium and WebDriver

# Import necessary library
from selenium import webdriver

# URL of the web page to capture
url = "https://example.com"

# Initialize WebDriver (make sure to have the appropriate driver installed)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Open the web page
driver.get(url)

# Capture screenshot and save it
driver.save_screenshot("screenshot.png")

# Close the browser
driver.quit()

Output:

# No specific output, the screenshot is saved as screenshot.png

Using Pyppeteer (Headless Chrome with Python)

# Import necessary library
from pyppeteer import launch

# Async function to capture screenshot
async def capture_screenshot(url):
    # Launch a headless browser
    browser = await launch()

    # Create a new page
    page = await browser.newPage()

    # Navigate to the specified URL
    await page.goto(url)

    # Capture screenshot and save it
    await page.screenshot({'path': 'screenshot.png'})

    # Close the browser
    await browser.close()

# Call the async function with the URL
await capture_screenshot("https://example.com")

Output:

# No specific output, the screenshot is saved as screenshot.png

Using Requests and PIL (Python Imaging Library)

# Import necessary libraries
import requests
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO

# URL of the web page to capture
url = "https://example.com"

# Make a request to the URL
response = requests.get(url)

# Open the image using PIL
img = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))

# Save the image
img.save("screenshot.png")

Output:

# No specific output, the screenshot is saved as screenshot.png

Using Selenium and Full Page Screenshot

# Import necessary library
from selenium import webdriver

# URL of the web page to capture
url = "https://example.com"

# Initialize WebDriver (make sure to have the appropriate driver installed)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Open the web page
driver.get(url)

# Find the body element and capture a full-page screenshot
screenshot = driver.find_element_by_tag_name("body")
screenshot.screenshot("full_page_screenshot.png")

# Close the browser
driver.quit()

Output:

# No specific output, the full page screenshot is saved as full_page_screenshot.png

Using pyautogui for Full Desktop Screenshot

# Import necessary library
import pyautogui

# Capture a screenshot of the entire desktop
screenshot = pyautogui.screenshot()

# Save the screenshot
screenshot.save("desktop_screenshot.png")

Output:

# No specific output, the desktop screenshot is saved as desktop_screenshot.png