--- description: Here is a step-by-step process on how to take a screenshot in selenium. Selenium can automatically take screenshots during execution. title: How to Take Screenshot in Selenium WebDriver image: https://www.guru99.com/images/how-to-take-screenshot-in-selenium-webdriver.png --- [Skip to content](#main) **⚡ Smart Summary** Take Screenshot in Selenium WebDriver explains capturing visual evidence for debugging and visual regression, covering TakesScreenshot, full-page, element captures, and AShot. * 📷 **Why Capture:** Prove failures and document runs. * 🛠️ **TakesScreenshot:** Cast WebDriver, call getScreenshotAs, save file. * 🖼️ **Element Capture:** Selenium 4 supports getScreenshotAs on a WebElement. * 📦 **AShot:** Stitches full pages and compares pixels. * 🤖 **AI Visual Tests:** Applitools detects diffs while ignoring noise. * 📊 **Reports:** Embed screenshots in Allure or ExtentReports. [ Read More ](javascript:void%280%29;) ![How to Take Screenshot in Selenium WebDriver](https://www.guru99.com/images/how-to-take-screenshot-in-selenium-webdriver.png) ## Screenshot in Selenium A **Screenshot in Selenium Webdriver** is used for bug analysis. Selenium webdriver can automatically take screenshots during the execution. But if users need to capture a screenshot on their own, they need to use the TakeScreenshot method which notifies the WebDrive to take the screenshot and store it in Selenium. [](https://www.guru99.com/images/AdvanceSelenium/071514%5F0728%5FPDFEmailsan8.png) ## How to Take Screenshot in Selenium Here is a step-by-step process on how to capture screenshot in selenium WebDriver **Step 1)** Convert web driver object to TakeScreenshot TakesScreenshot scrShot =((TakesScreenshot)webdriver); **Step 2)** Call getScreenshotAs method to create image file File SrcFile=scrShot.getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE); **Step 3)** Copy file to Desired Location Example: In this example we will take screen capture of & save it as C:/Test.png **Here is the screenshot code in selenium:** package Guru99TakeScreenshot; import java.io.File; import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils; import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType; import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver; import org.testng.annotations.Test; public class Guru99TakeScreenshot { @Test public void testGuru99TakeScreenShot() throws Exception{ WebDriver driver ; System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.lkw">driver","C:\\\\geckodriver.exe"); driver \= new FirefoxDriver(); //goto url driver.get("https://demo.guru99.com/V4/"); //Call take screenshot functionthis.takeSnapShot(driver, "c://test.png") ; } /\*\* \* This function will take screenshot \* @param webdriver \* @param fileWithPath \* @throws Exception \*/ public static void takeSnapShot(WebDriver webdriver,String fileWithPath) throws Exception{ //Convert web driver object to TakeScreenshot TakesScreenshot scrShot =((TakesScreenshot)webdriver); //Call getScreenshotAs method to create image fileFile SrcFile=scrShot.getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE); //Move image file to new destination File DestFile=new File(fileWithPath); //Copy file at destinationFileUtils.copyFile(SrcFile, DestFile); } } **NOTE:** Selenium version 3.9.0 and above does not provide Apache Commons IO JAR. You can simply download them [here](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/download%5Fio.cgi) and call them in your project ### RELATED ARTICLES * [Verify Element Present & waitFor Command in Selenium ](https://www.guru99.com/enhancing-selenium-ide-script.html "Verify Element Present & waitFor Command in Selenium") * [Selenium Framework: Data, Keyword & Hybrid Driven ](https://www.guru99.com/creating-keyword-hybrid-frameworks-with-selenium.html "Selenium Framework: Data, Keyword & Hybrid Driven") * [FindElement by XPath in Selenium ](https://www.guru99.com/find-element-selenium.html "FindElement by XPath in Selenium") * [How to Handle Proxy Authentication in Selenium Webdriver ](https://www.guru99.com/selenium-proxy-authentication.html "How to Handle Proxy Authentication in Selenium Webdriver") ## What is Ashot API? Ashot is a third party utility by Yandex supported by Selenium WebDriver to capture the Screenshots. It takes a screenshot of an individual WebElement as well as a full-page screenshot of a page, which is more significant than screen size. ## How to download and configure Ashot API? There are two methods to configure Ashot API 1. Using Maven 2. Manually without using any tool ### To configure through Maven: * Go to * Click on the latest version, for now. It is 1.5.4 * Copy the Dependency code and add to your pom.xml file [](https://www.guru99.com/images/1/102219%5F1041%5FHowtoTakeSc2.png) * Save the file, and Maven will add the jar to your build path * And now you are ready!!! ### To configure manually without any dependency tool 1. Go to 2. Click on the latest version, for now. It is 1.5.4 3. Click on the jar, download and save it on your machine [](https://www.guru99.com/images/1/102219%5F1041%5FHowtoTakeSc3.png) 1. Add the jar file in your build path: 2. In Eclipse, right-click on the project -> go to properties -> Build Path -> Libraries -> Add External jars 3. Select the jar file 4. Apply and Close ## Capture Full Page Screenshot with AShot API **Step 1)** Create an Ashot object and call takeScreenshot() method if you just want the screenshot for the screen size page. Screenshot screenshot = new Ashot().takeScreenshot(driver); But if you want a screenshot of the page bigger then the screen size, call the shootingStrategy() method before calling takeScreenshot() method to set up the policy. Then call a method takeScreenshot() passing the webdriver, for example, Screenshot screenshot = new AShot().shootingStrategy(ShootingStrategies.viewportPasting(1000)).takeScreenshot(driver); Here 1000 is scrolled out time in milliseconds, so for taking a screenshot, the program will scroll for each 1000 msec. **Step 2):** Now, get the image from the screenshot and write it to the file. You can provide the file type as jpg, png, etc. ImageIO.write(screenshot.getImage(), "jpg", new File(".\\screenshot\\fullimage.jpg")); Taking a full-page screenshot of a page which is bigger than screen size. **Example:** Here is the example of capturing a full-page screenshot of and save to file “screenshot.jpg.” Due to using the ShootingStrategy class of Ashot API, we will be able to capture a full image of a page bigger than the screen size. **Here is the screenshot code in selenium program:** package Guru99; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import javax.imageio.ImageIO; import org.openqa.selenium.By; import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.AShot; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.Screenshot; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.shooting.ShootingStrategies; public class TestScreenshotUsingAshot { public static void main(String\[\] args) throws IOException { System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.lkw">driver", "c:\\\\chromedriver.exe"); WebDriver driver \= new ChromeDriver(); driver.get("https://demo.guru99.com/test/guru99home/"); driver.manage().window().maximize(); Screenshot = new AShot().shootingStrategy(ShootingStrategies.viewportPasting(1000)).takeScreenshot(driver); ImageIO.write(screenshot.getImage(), "jpg", new File("c:\\\\ElementScreenshot.jpg")); } } ## Taking a screenshot of a particular element of the page **Example:** Here is the example of capturing element screenshot of Guru 99 logo on page and save to file “ElementScreenshot.jpg”. **Here is the screenshot code in selenium:** package Guru99; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import javax.imageio.ImageIO; import org.openqa.selenium.By; import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.AShot; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.Screenshot; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.shooting.ShootingStrategies; public class TestElementScreenshotUsingAshot { public static void main(String\[\] args) throws IOException { System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.lkw">driver", "c:\\\\chromedriver.exe"); WebDriver driver \= new ChromeDriver(); driver.get("https://demo.guru99.com/test/guru99home/"); driver.manage().window().maximize(); // Find the element to take a screenshot WebElement element \= driver.findElement(By.xpath ("//\*\[@id=\\"site-name\\"\]/a\[1\]/img")); // Along with driver pass element also in takeScreenshot() method. Screenshot = new AShot().shootingStrategy(ShootingStrategies.viewportPasting(1000)).takeScreenshot(driver,element); ImageIO.write(screenshot.getImage(), "jpg", new File("c:\\\\ElementScreenshot.jpg")); } } ## Image Comparison using AShot package Guru99; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import javax.imageio.ImageIO; import org.openqa.selenium.By; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement; import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.AShot; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.Screenshot; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.comparison.ImageDiff; import ru.yandex.qatools.ashot.comparison.ImageDiffer; public class TestImageComaprison { public static void main(String\[\] args) throws IOException { System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.lkw">driver", "C:\\\\chromedriver.exe"); WebDriver driver \= new ChromeDriver(); driver.get("https://demo.guru99.com/test/guru99home/"); // Find the element and take a screenshot WebElement logoElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//\*\[@id=\\"site-name\\"\]/a\[1\]/img")); Screenshot logoElementScreenshot = new AShot().takeScreenshot(driver, logoElemnent); // read the image to compareBufferedImage expectedImage = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\\\Guru99logo.png")); BufferedImage actualImage = logoElementScreenshot.getImage(); // Create ImageDiffer object and call method makeDiff()ImageDiffer imgDiff = new ImageDiffer(); ImageDiff diff = imgDiff.makeDiff(actualImage, expectedImage); if (diff.hasDiff() == true) { System.out.println("Images are same"); } else { System.out.println("Images are different"); } driver.quit(); } } ## FAQs ⚡ Why capture screenshots? They document failures and prove intermittent bugs quickly. 🤖 How does AI improve visual testing? Tools like Applitools compare screenshots intelligently, ignoring dynamic content. 💡 Can AI generate screenshot code? Yes. AI tools produce TakesScreenshot, AShot, and Selenium 4 snippets. 🖼️ Full-page screenshot in Selenium? Use AShot or Selenium 4 with Chrome DevTools Page.captureScreenshot. 🧩 TakesScreenshot vs AShot? TakesScreenshot grabs the viewport. AShot stitches full pages. 🔒 Safe to capture password fields? It captures what renders. Redact sensitive data before sharing. 📂 Where are screenshots stored? Save the file returned by getScreenshotAs yourself. 📚 Does Selenium 4 ease element shots? Yes. Use element.getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE) directly. #### Summarize this post with: ChatGPT Perplexity Grok Google AI **Stay Updated on AI** **Get Weekly AI Skills, Trends, Actionable Advice.** ##### Sign up for the newsletter Subscribe for Free You have successfully subscribed. 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