Is it possible to take a screenshot of a website using python without having to actually open the website on my pc?

Question

I know that the selenium module can do this, however it has to actually open the site on my computer. The code that I have been using so far is:

site_name='any site here'
    try:
        driver.get(site_name)
        await asyncio.sleep(1)
        driver.save_screenshot(r'C:\Users\username\Desktop\Bonfire\Webpage Screenshots\screengrab.png')
        await ctx.send(file=discord.File(r'C:\Users\username\Desktop\Bonfire\Webpage Screenshots\screengrab.png'))
    except:
        await ctx.send('Your URL is wrong or that site does not exist anymore.')

I was wondering if there was any other way to do it, without actually having to open the webpage. Thank you!

Answer 1

You can use imgkit module to take screenshots without opening the site on your computer!

import imgkit
imgkit.from_url('http://google.com', 'out.jpg')

where you can also pass multiple URLs to take screenshots!

imgkit.from_url(['google.com', 'yandex.ru', 'engadget.com'], 'out.jpg')

There are more ways to make the website's screenshot. But, I prefer this, because we can take screenshots with just a line of code!