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How to take a full webpage screenshot using AShot library

AShot library

Ashot library by yandex.ru is something which I recently found. It can be used for multiple browsers.
It is very simple to use.


Just add maven dependency in your java code.


<dependency>

    <groupId>ru.yandex.qatools.ashot</groupId>

    <artifactId>ashot</artifactId>

    <version>1.5.2</version>

</dependency>

</pre>


Then call the takeScreenshot() function,as shown below and you have a screenshot file.

new AShot()

  .shootingStrategy(ShootingStrategies.viewportPasting(100))

  .takeScreenshot(myWebDriver);

You could even select specific html elements and take their screenshots.

WebElement webElement = webDriver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#element_to_be _captured"));

new AShot()

  .takeScreenshot(myWebDriver, webElement);

All this can be found at below repository.

https://github.com/yandex-qatools/ashot

Know of any more libraries to take browser screenshots ? Let me know in the comments.

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