How to Capture Full Webpage Screenshots with Selenium in Python: A Step-by-Step Guide

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By import time import os from datetime import datetime # Get the current timestamp for the image name today = datetime.now() image_name = today.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") # Set the path where the screenshot will be saved path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) # Configure Chrome WebDriver options options = Options() options.add_argument("--window-size=1920,1080") options.add_argument("--start-maximized") options.add_argument("--headless") # Use headless mode for running in the background options.add_argument("--disable-gpu") # Initialize the Chrome WebDriver driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options) driver.maximize_window() # Navigate to the URL you want to capture driver.get("your_webpage_url_here") # Wait for the page to load (you can adjust the sleep time as needed) time.sleep(1) # Use JavaScript to get the full width and height of the webpage width = driver.execute_script("return Math.max( document.body.scrollWidth, document.body.offsetWidth, document.documentElement.clientWidth, document.documentElement.scrollWidth, document.documentElement.offsetWidth );") height = driver.execute_script("return Math.max( document.body.scrollHeight, document.body.offsetHeight, document.documentElement.clientHeight, document.documentElement.scrollHeight, document.documentElement.offsetHeight );") # Set the window size to match the entire webpage driver.set_window_size(width, height) # Find the full page element (usually 'body') and capture the screenshot full_page = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "body") full_page.screenshot(f"{image_name}.png") # Close the browser window driver.quit()