screenshot
Capture a screenshot and save it to a file:
page.screenshot(path="screenshot.png")
Screenshots can be saved as screen.png
import os
from playwright.sync_api import Playwright, expect, sync_playwright
def run(playwright: Playwright) -> None:
browser = playwright.chromium.launch(headless=True)
context = browser.new_context()
page = context.new_page()
page.goto("http:www.baidu.com")
page.screenshot(path="screenshot.png")
# ---------------------
context.close()
browser.close()
with sync_playwright() as playwright:
run(playwright)Screenshot API accepts many parameters for image format, clipping area, quality, etc. Be sure to check them out.
full page screenshot
A full page screenshot is a screenshot of a complete scrollable page, as if you had a very tall screen and the page would fit perfectly on it.
page.screenshot(path="screenshot.png", full_page=True)
capture to buffer
Instead of writing to a file, you can take a buffer with an image and post-process it or pass it to a third-party pixel diff tool.
Convert to base64 encoding
screenshot_bytes = page.screenshot()
print(base64.b64encode(screenshot_bytes).decode())
element screenshot
Sometimes it is useful to take a screenshot of a single element.
page.locator(".header").screenshot(path="screenshot.png")
page.locator("#kw").screenshot(path="header.png")
Only intercept Baidu text box
