How to take website screenshots with Java
The article examines how you can take screenshots of any URL with Java by using Selenium, Puppeteer alternatives, Playwright, or screenshot API as a service.
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- Dmytro Krasun
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// add com.screenshotone.jsdk:screenshotone-api-jsdk:[1.0.0,2.0.0)// to your `pom.xml` or `build.gradle`
import com.screenshotone.jsdk.Client;import com.screenshotone.jsdk.TakeOptions;
import java.io.File;import java.nio.file.Files;
public class App { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { final Client client = Client.withKeys("<access key>", "<secret key>"); TakeOptions takeOptions = TakeOptions.url("https://example.com") .fullPage(true) .deviceScaleFactor(1) .viewportHeight(1200) .viewportWidth(1200) .format("png") .omitBackground(true); final String url = client.generateTakeUrl(takeOptions);
System.out.println(url); // Output: https://api.screenshotone.com/take?url=...
// or download the screenshot final byte[] image = client.take(takeOptions);
Files.write(new File("./example.png").toPath(), image); // the screenshot is stored in the example.png file }}
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