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How to automatically take full page screenshots of Wikipedia articles

Learn how to schedule recurring automated screenshots of Wikipedia pages using PagePixels.

Introduction

PagePixels is a screenshot automation tool that you can use to take automated scheduled screenshots of web pages, including screenshots of Wikipedia articles.

PagePixels is free to start, and this tutorial shows you the steps to automatically capture full page screenshots of a Wikipedia page on a daily schedule.

Example

Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

How to capture automatic full page screenshots of Wikipedia articles

To take scheduled full page screenshots of a Wikipedia article page:

1

Create a screenshot

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

2

Set your schedule

By default, scheduled screenshots are taken every 5 minutes.

For a daily screenshot, update the fields to: 1 Days

3

Add URL

Copy and paste your Wikipedia article link into the Website URL to Capture field.

For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indri
4

Check Full Page

Scroll to the Page Setup section. Tick the Full Page checkbox.

This option scrolls and takes a screenshot of the entire page.

5

Add custom CSS (optional)

Sometimes Wikipedia displays a banner at the top of the page.

To remove the banner element, you can add the following CSS to the CSS Injection field:

#centralNotice{
display: none !important;
}
6

Save Screenshot

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

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

What else can PagePixels do?

When you automate screenshots with PagePixels, you can also:

  • Schedule website screenshots by time interval, days of the week, time of day, and time zone using PagePixels' built-in scheduling system.
  • Run a series of user browser actions on a web page before taking a screenshot, such as filling out a form and clicking buttons, with Multi-Step Screenshot functionality.
  • Automatically send screenshots to a Slack channel, a Custom Webhook address, or save the images in your Dropbox account.
  • Automatically integrate your screenshots with thousands of services, such as Google Drive, Google Sheets, OneDrive, and Discord, with the PagePixels Zapier, Make, n8n, or Power Automate integrations.
  • Automatically have AI process your screenshot images with the AI Analysis Screenshot feature.
  • Dynamically display the most up-to-date screenshot on your website, data visualization tool, and app with a single Embed URL.
  • Leverage proxies to capture website screenshots from different locations around the world with the Real Location Screenshots feature.
  • Remove elements and customize the style of your screenshot with PagePixels' Custom CSS Injection feature.
  • Convert data from third-party APIs, HTML emails, and other HTML content into screenshots using the Custom HTML Screenshots feature.
  • Use the PagePixels Screenshots API to add screenshot automation to your web application.
  • Ask AI to compare and contrast multiple screenshots or other images using the Multiple Image AI Analysis feature.
  • Capture automatic screenshots of content requiring advanced authentication using the PagePixels Screenshots Chrome Extension.
  • Automate structured data extraction and AI-powered text analysis for your marketing, sales, and lead generation needs with PagePixels' Website Domain Research feature.

See what else PagePixels can do for you on our Features page →

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