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How to take full page screenshots

Learn how to automate screenshots of an entire web page using PagePixels.

Introduction

PagePixels is a screenshot automation solution that you can use to take automated scheduled screenshots, including capturing screenshots of whole web pages.

PagePixels is free to start, and below are step-by-step instructions for how to take daily full page scrolling screenshots in PagePixels.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

How to take a full page screenshot

To take daily full page screenshots in PagePixels:

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

Set URL

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

4

Check Full Page

Tick the Full Page checkbox to take a full page screenshot.

5

Save Screenshot

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

Your scheduled full page screenshot automation is now live, and your first screenshot will be taken shortly.

What else can PagePixels do?

When you automate your full page screenshots with PagePixels, you can also:

  • Schedule your full page 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 always display the most recent scheduled screenshot in your website, data visualization tool, presentation app, and more.
  • Automatically post your scheduled full page screenshots to a Slack channel, a Custom Webhook address, or save the images in your Dropbox account.
  • Automate filling out forms, performing searches, applying filters to datasets, and more - all before taking a full page screenshot, with PagePixels Multi-Step functionality.
  • Send your screenshots to thousands of services with our Zapier or Make (Integromat) integrations.
  • Programmatically take full page 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.