📄 playwright-python/java/docs/screenshots

File: screenshots.md | Updated: 11/18/2025

Source: https://playwright.dev/java/docs/screenshots

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Introduction


Here is a quick way to capture a screenshot and save it into a file:

page.screenshot(new Page.ScreenshotOptions()      .setPath(Paths.get("screenshot.png")));

Screenshots API accepts many parameters for image format, clip area, quality, etc. Make sure to check them out.

Full page screenshots


Full page screenshot is a screenshot of a full scrollable page, as if you had a very tall screen and the page could fit it entirely.

page.screenshot(new Page.ScreenshotOptions()  .setPath(Paths.get("screenshot.png"))  .setFullPage(true));

Capture into buffer


Rather than writing into a file, you can get a buffer with the image and post-process it or pass it to a third party pixel diff facility.

byte[] buffer = page.screenshot();System.out.println(Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(buffer));

Element screenshot


Sometimes it is useful to take a screenshot of a single element.

page.locator(".header").screenshot(new Locator.ScreenshotOptions().setPath(Paths.get("screenshot.png")));