from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://example.com')
driver.save_screenshot('screenshot.png')
driver.quit()
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://example.com')
driver.save_screenshot('screenshot.png')
driver.quit()
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://example.com')
driver.save_screenshot('screenshot.png')
driver.quit()
from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service service = Service(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)
from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service service = Service(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)
from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service service = Service(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options options = Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
options.add_argument(f'--window-size=1280,720')
options.add_argument(f'--user-agent=Mozilla/5.0...') driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options options = Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
options.add_argument(f'--window-size=1280,720')
options.add_argument(f'--user-agent=Mozilla/5.0...') driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options options = Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
options.add_argument(f'--window-size=1280,720')
options.add_argument(f'--user-agent=Mozilla/5.0...') driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC driver.get(url) # Wait for page to load
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until( EC.presence_of_all_elements_located((By.TAG_NAME, 'body'))
) # Wait for JavaScript to finish (how long? nobody knows)
time.sleep(2) # Now take screenshot
driver.save_screenshot('screenshot.png')
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC driver.get(url) # Wait for page to load
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until( EC.presence_of_all_elements_located((By.TAG_NAME, 'body'))
) # Wait for JavaScript to finish (how long? nobody knows)
time.sleep(2) # Now take screenshot
driver.save_screenshot('screenshot.png')
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC driver.get(url) # Wait for page to load
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until( EC.presence_of_all_elements_located((By.TAG_NAME, 'body'))
) # Wait for JavaScript to finish (how long? nobody knows)
time.sleep(2) # Now take screenshot
driver.save_screenshot('screenshot.png')
try: driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options) driver.get(url) driver.save_screenshot(filename)
except TimeoutException: print('Page took too long to load')
except WebDriverException as e: print(f'Selenium error: {e}')
except Exception as e: print(f'Unknown error: {e}')
finally: driver.quit()
try: driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options) driver.get(url) driver.save_screenshot(filename)
except TimeoutException: print('Page took too long to load')
except WebDriverException as e: print(f'Selenium error: {e}')
except Exception as e: print(f'Unknown error: {e}')
finally: driver.quit()
try: driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options) driver.get(url) driver.save_screenshot(filename)
except TimeoutException: print('Page took too long to load')
except WebDriverException as e: print(f'Selenium error: {e}')
except Exception as e: print(f'Unknown error: {e}')
finally: driver.quit()
import requests response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'}, json={'url': 'https://example.com'}
) with open('screenshot.png', 'wb') as f: f.write(response.content)
import requests response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'}, json={'url': 'https://example.com'}
) with open('screenshot.png', 'wb') as f: f.write(response.content)
import requests response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'}, json={'url': 'https://example.com'}
) with open('screenshot.png', 'wb') as f: f.write(response.content)
import requests
import logging logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) def take_screenshot(url, filename, timeout=10): """Take a screenshot of a URL and save to file.""" try: response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={ 'url': url, 'width': 1280, 'height': 720, 'blockAds': True, 'blockBanners': True }, timeout=timeout ) if response.status_code != 200: logger.error(f'Screenshot failed: {response.status_code} {response.text}') raise Exception(f'API returned {response.status_code}') with open(filename, 'wb') as f: f.write(response.content) logger.info(f'Screenshot saved: {filename}') return filename except requests.Timeout: logger.error(f'Screenshot request timed out: {url}') raise except requests.RequestException as e: logger.error(f'Screenshot request failed: {e}') raise
import requests
import logging logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) def take_screenshot(url, filename, timeout=10): """Take a screenshot of a URL and save to file.""" try: response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={ 'url': url, 'width': 1280, 'height': 720, 'blockAds': True, 'blockBanners': True }, timeout=timeout ) if response.status_code != 200: logger.error(f'Screenshot failed: {response.status_code} {response.text}') raise Exception(f'API returned {response.status_code}') with open(filename, 'wb') as f: f.write(response.content) logger.info(f'Screenshot saved: {filename}') return filename except requests.Timeout: logger.error(f'Screenshot request timed out: {url}') raise except requests.RequestException as e: logger.error(f'Screenshot request failed: {e}') raise
import requests
import logging logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) def take_screenshot(url, filename, timeout=10): """Take a screenshot of a URL and save to file.""" try: response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={ 'url': url, 'width': 1280, 'height': 720, 'blockAds': True, 'blockBanners': True }, timeout=timeout ) if response.status_code != 200: logger.error(f'Screenshot failed: {response.status_code} {response.text}') raise Exception(f'API returned {response.status_code}') with open(filename, 'wb') as f: f.write(response.content) logger.info(f'Screenshot saved: {filename}') return filename except requests.Timeout: logger.error(f'Screenshot request timed out: {url}') raise except requests.RequestException as e: logger.error(f'Screenshot request failed: {e}') raise
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
import requests
import os app = Flask(__name__) @app.route('/api/preview', methods=['POST'])
def create_preview(): """Generate a link preview card.""" data = request.get_json() url = data.get('url') if not url: return jsonify({'error': 'URL required'}), 400 try: # Step 1: Take screenshot response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={ 'url': url, 'width': 1200, 'height': 630, 'blockAds': True, 'blockBanners': True }, timeout=10 ) if response.status_code != 200: return jsonify({'error': 'Screenshot failed'}), 500 # Step 2: Get page metadata (optional) meta_response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/inspect', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={'url': url}, timeout=10 ) metadata = meta_response.json() if meta_response.ok else {} # Step 3: Return preview card return jsonify({ 'title': metadata.get('title', 'Untitled'), 'description': metadata.get('description', ''), 'image_url': response.url, # CDN URL for the screenshot 'url': url }) except requests.Timeout: return jsonify({'error': 'Request timed out'}), 504 except Exception as e: return jsonify({'error': str(e)}), 500 if __name__ == '__main__': app.run(debug=False)
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
import requests
import os app = Flask(__name__) @app.route('/api/preview', methods=['POST'])
def create_preview(): """Generate a link preview card.""" data = request.get_json() url = data.get('url') if not url: return jsonify({'error': 'URL required'}), 400 try: # Step 1: Take screenshot response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={ 'url': url, 'width': 1200, 'height': 630, 'blockAds': True, 'blockBanners': True }, timeout=10 ) if response.status_code != 200: return jsonify({'error': 'Screenshot failed'}), 500 # Step 2: Get page metadata (optional) meta_response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/inspect', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={'url': url}, timeout=10 ) metadata = meta_response.json() if meta_response.ok else {} # Step 3: Return preview card return jsonify({ 'title': metadata.get('title', 'Untitled'), 'description': metadata.get('description', ''), 'image_url': response.url, # CDN URL for the screenshot 'url': url }) except requests.Timeout: return jsonify({'error': 'Request timed out'}), 504 except Exception as e: return jsonify({'error': str(e)}), 500 if __name__ == '__main__': app.run(debug=False)
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
import requests
import os app = Flask(__name__) @app.route('/api/preview', methods=['POST'])
def create_preview(): """Generate a link preview card.""" data = request.get_json() url = data.get('url') if not url: return jsonify({'error': 'URL required'}), 400 try: # Step 1: Take screenshot response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/screenshot', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={ 'url': url, 'width': 1200, 'height': 630, 'blockAds': True, 'blockBanners': True }, timeout=10 ) if response.status_code != 200: return jsonify({'error': 'Screenshot failed'}), 500 # Step 2: Get page metadata (optional) meta_response = requests.post( 'https://api.pagebolt.io/api/v1/inspect', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["PAGEBOLT_API_KEY"]}'}, json={'url': url}, timeout=10 ) metadata = meta_response.json() if meta_response.ok else {} # Step 3: Return preview card return jsonify({ 'title': metadata.get('title', 'Untitled'), 'description': metadata.get('description', ''), 'image_url': response.url, # CDN URL for the screenshot 'url': url }) except requests.Timeout: return jsonify({'error': 'Request timed out'}), 504 except Exception as e: return jsonify({'error': str(e)}), 500 if __name__ == '__main__': app.run(debug=False) - Building a social media link preview service
- Auto-generating OG images for Flask/Django apps
- Testing web interfaces programmatically
- Monitoring website changes
- Archiving web content for compliance - Deploy to a Docker container with Chrome installed (adds 400MB to your image)
- Monitor memory usage
- Handle browser crashes
- Implement a queue for concurrent requests
- Scale horizontally (add more servers = add more complexity) - Server: $400/month (2GB RAM, 2 CPU)
- DevOps/monitoring: $2,000/month (on-call, incident response)
- Total: $2,400/month - You're testing internal web applications (API can't reach them)
- You need to interact with JavaScript heavily (click buttons, fill forms, verify state changes)
- You're learning web automation (educational context)
- You have existing Selenium test infrastructure and want to integrate screenshots
- You can afford the infrastructure and maintenance cost - You want screenshots in production without infrastructure headaches
- You need reliability and uptime guarantees
- You're taking static screenshots (no complex interactions needed)
- You want to scale without managing more servers
- You want to focus on your app, not on browser management - Install Chrome in Docker
- Set up WebDriver
- Handle timeouts and retries
- Monitor memory usage
- Deploy to a server with enough RAM
- Scale horizontally as traffic grows
- Cost: $2,400+/month in infrastructure - pip install requests
- Call the API endpoint
- Save the image
- Return to user
- Cost: $29/month - Selenium for QA automation (testing interactions, verifying UI state)
- API for customer-facing features (link previews, screenshot galleries)
