How to Take Screenshots in Python with Selenium and ChromeDriver

Using the steps below, you will be able to take screenshots from a list of URLs today using Python 3, Selenium and ChromeDriver.

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Step 1: Install Python 3, Selenium and ChromeDriver

Required tools for this tutorial:

• Python 3: Install Python
• Selenium: view the documentation to install Selenium for your operating system.
• ChromeDriver: install ChromeDriver.

 

Step 2: Create the Script

The script below will loop through the list of provided urls and save a screenshot of the url in your current directory.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import time

# Provide a list of urls to create screenshots from
links = ['http://example1.com','http://example2.com']

# The Chrome and ChromeDriver Paths will vary based on your Operating System. 
# This example shows how to configure ChromeDriver for Mac
CHROME_PATH = '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome'
CHROMEDRIVER_PATH = '/usr/local/bin/chromedriver'

# Set the Browser Size
WINDOW_SIZE = "1200,1200"

# Configure Chrome Options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
chrome_options.add_argument("--window-size=%s" % WINDOW_SIZE)
chrome_options.binary_location = CHROME_PATH

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=CHROMEDRIVER_PATH,
                          options=chrome_options)

# Loop through the list of urls and save the screenshot
for link in links:
    driver.get(link)

    # sleep for 2 seconds to allow the page to fully load.
    time.sleep(2)

    # create a clean filename from the url
    str = link.split('://')[1]
    filename = str.replace('/','__')
    image = filename.replace('.','_') + ".png" 

    # save the screenshot
    driver.save_screenshot(image)

# Close Selenium
driver.close()

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