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Pyautogui screenshot. Where does it go? How to save and find later?
When you capture a screenshot using PyAutoGUI, the screenshot is stored in the clipboard memory by default. You can save the screenshot to a file on your system using Python's standard library functions. Here's how you can do it:
Capture Screenshot with PyAutoGUI:
To capture a screenshot using PyAutoGUI, you can use thepyautogui.screenshot()
function. This function returns anImage
object from the Python Imaging Library (PIL).pythonimport pyautogui
# Capture the screenshot
screenshot = pyautogui.screenshot()
Save the Screenshot to a File:
To save the screenshot to a file, you can use thesave()
method of theImage
object. Provide the desired file path where you want to save the screenshot.pythonscreenshot.save('screenshot.png') # Save as PNG format
You can specify a different file format (e.g., JPEG) by providing the appropriate file extension in the file path.
Finding the Saved Screenshot:
By default, the screenshot will be saved in the current working directory, which is the directory where your Python script is located. You can find the saved screenshot there with the filename you specified (e.g., 'screenshot.png').If you want to save the screenshot to a different directory, provide the full path when using the
save()
method. For example:pythonscreenshot.save('/path/to/your/screenshot.png')
Replace
/path/to/your/
with the desired directory path.Opening the Screenshot File:
You can open the saved screenshot file using any image viewer or image editing software. You can also open it programmatically using Python'ssubprocess
module:pythonimport subprocess
screenshot_path = 'screenshot.png'
subprocess.run(['xdg-open', screenshot_path], check=True) # For Linux
# subprocess.run(['start', screenshot_path], check=True) # For Windows
Replace
'xdg-open'
with'start'
if you are using Windows.
Remember to handle exceptions appropriately when using file operations to ensure that your script doesn't crash in case of any issues with saving the screenshot.