How to take screenshots by geographical location

Learn how you can automate screenshots by country, major city, or any US State with PagePixels' Real Location screenshots.

Introduction

PagePixels is a screenshot automation tool for taking automated scheduled screenshots of online content, including location-based content.

To create a screenshot based on a specific geographical location, you can use PagePixels' Real Locations feature.

Real Locations uses a proxy network to capture web pages as they really appear to users in different countries, major cities, and any US state.

PagePixels is free to start, and below are step-by-step instructions for how to automatically take location-based screenshots on a daily schedule using Real Locations.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

How to take screenshots of a web page based on a geographical location

To take daily screenshots of a web page from a specific location:

1

Create a screenshot

Log in to your PagePixels account, and click the "+Create Screenshot" button.

2

Set your schedule

By default, recurring screenshots are set to every 5 minutes.

For a daily screenshot, change the default frequency values from every "5" "Minutes" to every "1" "Days" using the input field and drop-down menu.

3

Add URL

Copy and paste the URL for the website you would like to screenshot into the Website URL to Capture field.

4

Use Real Locations

Select your desired location from the Real Locations drop-down menu.

5

Save Screenshot

Click the green "Save Screenshot" (top-right) button.

Your screenshot automation is officially set, and your first screenshot will be taken shortly.

What else can PagePixels do?

When you use PagePixels' Real Locations for your location-specific screenshots, you can also:

  • Schedule your Real Location screenshots by time interval, days of the week, time of day, and time zone using PagePixels built-in scheduling system.
  • Use an Embed URL to share and always display the latest scheduled Real Location screenshot in your website, data visualization tool, presentation app, and more.
  • Automatically post your Real Location screenshots to a Slack channel, a Custom Webhook address, or upload the images to your Dropbox account, with PagePixels built-in integrations.
  • Automate clicking buttons, filling out forms, performing a search, and more - all before taking a Real Location screenshot with PagePixels Multi-Step.
  • Send and save your scheduled Real Location screenshots to thousands of services with our Zapier or Make (Integromat) integrations.
  • Programmatically take Real Location screenshots using our Screenshots API.

Support

Questions? Contact us any time by email:

support-tickets@pagepixels.com

Or send us a message through our Support page.