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How to automate taking screenshots of Gmail emails with Zapier

Learn how you can automatically capture screenshots of your Gmail email messages using PagePixels Screenshots Custom HTML feature in Zapier.

Introduction

With the PagePixels Screenshots Zapier app, you can convert data and HTML from thousands of apps in Zapier into screenshots, including your Gmail email messages.

To accomplish this, you can use PagePixels' Take a Screenshot of Custom HTML Action in Zapier. This Action accepts data and HTML from another Zapier app, such as Gmail, and can convert your HTML emails into screenshots.

Once you've set up your Custom HTML screenshot automation in Zapier, you can connect it to thousands of apps Zapier supports, like Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Dropbox.

PagePixels is free to start and this tutorial demonstrates how you can take screenshots of new Gmail email messages and save the images to Google Drive in Zapier.

Zapier automation (Zap) that we'll create in this tutorial:

How to take automatic screenshots of Gmail emails using Zapier

To automatically screenshot new Gmail email messages in Zapier:

1

Create a new Zap

Click "Create", then select "Zap" from the list of options.

2

Set up Gmail New Email Trigger app event

Click the Trigger button.

Search and select the Gmail app.

Select the "New Email" app event.

Choose or connect your Gmail account. Click Continue.

Configure which new Gmail email messages you want to monitor for your trigger. Click Continue.

Click Test trigger.

Click Continue with selected record to finish setting up your Trigger app event.

3

Set up PagePixels Take a Screenshot of Custom HTML Action app event

Search for "pagepixels" and choose the "PagePixels Screenshots" app.

Select the Take a Screenshot of a Custom HTML Action event.

Choose your PagePixels account and click Continue.

Add HTML tags into the "Custom HTML" field. Use the plus button to select the Gmail data you want to include in your screenshot.

Set the "Full Page" field to True to capture the entire email.

Finish configuring your screenshot and click Continue.

Click Test Step button.

Preview the test response.

4

Upload the screenshot to another Zapier app.

Click the plus Add Step button, and select your desired app.

For this example, search for and select the Google Drive app.

Choose the Upload file action event. Authorize or select your Google Drive account, and click the Continue button.

Click the plus button and select Direct Link to add your screenshot to the "File" field.

Finish configuring your Google Drive upload, and click Continue.

Click Test Step to test uploading your screenshot file to Google Drive.

Click Publish to activate your Zap automation.

EXAMPLE RESULT

Your Zapier screenshot automation is active. Now when a new email arrives, PagePixels will capture a screenshot of your Gmail email and the image will upload to your Google Drive.

See our Zapier Help Guide for more comprehensive information about our Zapier integration.

Need help with your Custom HTML Screenshot? Contact us.

Further Reading

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What else can PagePixels do?

When you automate screenshots with PagePixels and Zapier, you can also:

  • Automate clicking buttons, filling out forms, performing a search, and more - all before taking a screenshot with Multi-Step functionality in Zapier.
  • Capture screenshots from different locations around the world with PagePixels' "Take a Real Geolocation Screenshot" Action in Zapier.
  • Take and have AI analyze your screenshots with PagePixels' Take a Screenshot of a Web Page and Analyze the Image With AI Action in Zapier.
  • Compare, contrast, and extract insights from multiple screenshots and other images with the PagePixels' Analyze Any Image with AI Action in Zapier.
  • Use an Embed URL to dynamically share and display the latest screenshot on your website, dashboard, presentation app, and more.
  • Remove elements and customize the style of your resulting screenshots with PagePixels' Custom CSS injection feature.
  • Take screenshots of entire webpages with the Full Page option. Or use a CSS Selector to capture only a specific part of a webpage.
  • Block ads and stop cookie banners from appearing in your screenshots with PagePixels' "No Ads" and "No Cookie Banners" options.
  • Automate structured data extraction and AI-powered text analysis across multiple domains with Domain Research Actions in Zapier.

Discover even more things you can do with PagePixels on our Features page →

Support

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