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 by [Bernardas Alisauskas](https://scrapfly.io/blog/author/bernardas) Dec 05, 2022 1 min read [\#playwright](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/playwright) [\#python](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/python) 

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When web scraping, we might want to collect page screenshots or peek into what our headless browsers are seeing for debugging. In Playwright a screenshot can be taken using the `screenshot()` method of `page` or

python```python
from pathlib import Path
from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as pw:
    browser = pw.chromium.launch(headless=False)

    # To save cookies to a file first extract them from the browser context:
    context = browser.new_context(viewport={"width": 1920, "height": 1080})
    page = context.new_page()
    page.goto('https://httpbin.dev/html')
    image_bytes = page.screenshot(
        full_page=True,   # this will try to scroll to capture full page
        path='screenshot.png',  # this will save the screenshot directly to a file
        clip={"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 100, "height": 100},  # this will clip the screenshot to a specific region
    )
    # or we can save it manually
    Path("screenshot.png").write_bytes(image_bytes)

    # we can also take a screenshot of an element
    element = page.locator('p')
    image_bytes = element.screenshot(path='screenshot.png')

```



⚠ Note that when scraping dynamic web pages, screenshots could be captured before the page is fully loaded. For more see [How to wait for page to load in Playwright?](https://scrapfly.io/blog/answers/how-to-wait-for-page-to-load-in-playwright)

For capturing screenshots at scale, consider a cloud [Screenshot API](https://scrapfly.io/screenshot-api). Compare options in our [best screenshot API guide](https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/what-is-the-best-screenshot-api).



 

    



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