Web page screenshots are becoming increasingly popular in web scraping and web automation due to better AI tools which capable of extracting data directly from images.
To capture web page screenshots web automation tools called headless browsers are used. Tools like Selenium, Playwright, and Puppeteer are the most popular choices for taking screenshots of web pages. They allow developers to control real web browsers like Chrome or Firefox and capture screenshots of web pages or specific elements on the page.
10 Ways to Automate Chrome Screenshots
Learn how to automate Chrome screenshots with Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer, browser commands, extensions, and APIs for efficient workflows.
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