How to take screenshots using python?

Last Updated : 18 Mar, 2024

Python is a widely used general-purpose language. It allows performing a variety of tasks. One of them can be taking a screenshot. It provides a module named

pyautogui

which can be used to take the screenshot.

pyautogui

takes pictures as a PIL(python image library) which supports opening, manipulating, and saving many different image file formats.

Modules needed

Pillow: To install Pillow type the below command in the terminal.
```
pip install Pillow
```
pyautogui: To install pyautogui type the below command in the terminal.
```
pip install pyautogui
```

Below is the implementation.

Python3

# Python program to take
# screenshots


import numpy as np
import cv2
import pyautogui
 

# take screenshot using pyautogui
image = pyautogui.screenshot()
# this will return the image as PIL and
# store in `image`

# if you need to save the image as a
# file, pass the path of the file as
# an argument like this
image1 = pyautogui.screenshot("image1.png")