Take screenshots and save pages as PDF

Capture what a page looks like in Zenrows Browser, the browser for agents: a viewport or full-page screenshot, a single element, or a print-ready PDF. You can also download files the page links to, through the same session, IP and cookies. Uses: Browser with page.screenshot, locator.screenshot, page.pdf and in-page fetch

Ask your AI agent

With the Zenrows MCP server connected to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client, paste this prompt. Your agent picks the right Zenrows tools and settings on its own.

Use the Zenrows browser to open https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/product/abominable-hoodie/.
Take a screenshot of the product summary, save the full page as a PDF, and describe
what the screenshot shows. Then close the browser session.

Take screenshots and a PDF

import asyncio
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright

CONNECTION_URL = "wss://browser.zenrows.com?apikey=YOUR_ZENROWS_API_KEY"

async def main():
    async with async_playwright() as p:
        browser = await p.chromium.connect_over_cdp(CONNECTION_URL)
        try:
            page = await browser.contexts[0].new_page()
            await page.goto("https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/product/abominable-hoodie/")

            await page.screenshot(path="viewport.png")
            await page.screenshot(path="full-page.png", full_page=True)
            await page.locator(".summary").screenshot(path="product-summary.png")
            await page.pdf(path="product.pdf", format="A4", print_background=True)
            print("Saved viewport.png, full-page.png, product-summary.png and product.pdf")
        finally:
            await browser.close()

asyncio.run(main())

import { chromium } from "playwright-core";

const connectionURL = "wss://browser.zenrows.com?apikey=YOUR_ZENROWS_API_KEY";

const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP(connectionURL);
try {
  const page = await browser.contexts()[0].newPage();
  await page.goto("https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/product/abominable-hoodie/");

  await page.screenshot({ path: "viewport.png" });
  await page.screenshot({ path: "full-page.png", fullPage: true });
  await page.locator(".summary").screenshot({ path: "product-summary.png" });
  await page.pdf({ path: "product.pdf", format: "A4", printBackground: true });
  console.log("Saved viewport.png, full-page.png, product-summary.png and product.pdf");
} finally {
  await browser.close();
}

import puppeteer from "puppeteer-core";

const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
  browserWSEndpoint: "wss://browser.zenrows.com?apikey=YOUR_ZENROWS_API_KEY",
});
try {
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto("https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/product/abominable-hoodie/");

  await page.screenshot({ path: "full-page.png", fullPage: true });
  const summary = await page.$(".summary");
  await summary.screenshot({ path: "product-summary.png" });
  await page.pdf({ path: "product.pdf", format: "A4", printBackground: true });
  console.log("Saved full-page.png, product-summary.png and product.pdf");
} finally {
  await browser.close();
}

SESSION=$(zenrows browser open https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/product/abominable-hoodie/ --json | jq -r .session_id)
zenrows browser screenshot --session "$SESSION" --out viewport.png
zenrows browser screenshot --session "$SESSION" --selector .summary --out product-summary.png
zenrows browser pdf --session "$SESSION" --print-background --out product.pdf
zenrows browser close --session "$SESSION"

The screenshots and PDF render in the cloud browser and arrive as files on your machine.

Download files through the session

To save a file the page links to (an image, a report, an export), read the link and fetch it from inside the page. The request runs in the remote browser, so it carries the session’s IP, cookies and login, and returns the bytes to your script.

Python (Playwright)

import asyncio, base64
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright

CONNECTION_URL = "wss://browser.zenrows.com?apikey=YOUR_ZENROWS_API_KEY"

# Runs inside the remote browser: same IP, cookies and session as the page
FETCH_AS_BASE64 = """async (url) => {
    const response = await fetch(url, { credentials: "include" });
    const bytes = new Uint8Array(await response.arrayBuffer());
    let binary = "";
    for (const b of bytes) binary += String.fromCharCode(b);
    return btoa(binary);
}"""

async def main():
    async with async_playwright() as p:
        browser = await p.chromium.connect_over_cdp(CONNECTION_URL)
        try:
            page = await browser.contexts[0].new_page()
            await page.goto("https://www.scrapingcourse.com/ecommerce/product/abominable-hoodie/")

            # Find the file link on the page, then download it through the browser
            file_url = await page.get_attribute(".woocommerce-product-gallery__image a", "href")
            data = await page.evaluate(FETCH_AS_BASE64, file_url)
            filename = file_url.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
            with open(filename, "wb") as f:
                f.write(base64.b64decode(data))
            print(f"Saved {filename} ({len(base64.b64decode(data))} bytes)")
        finally:
            await browser.close()

asyncio.run(main())

Swap the selector for your site’s export or download link. The same pattern works for files behind a login: log in first, then fetch the file in the same page.

Example output

Saved viewport.png, full-page.png, product-summary.png and product.pdf

The files from the Python run:

viewport.png:        PNG image data, 1680 x 869
full-page.png:       PNG image data, 1665 x 2099
product-summary.png: PNG image data, 417 x 517
product.pdf:         PDF document, version 1.4, 2 pages

The download:

Saved mh09-blue_main.jpg (203443 bytes)

Customize it

Change	How
JPEG with a smaller file size	`page.screenshot(path="shot.jpg", type="jpeg", quality=70)`
A fixed viewport size	`await page.set_viewport_size({"width": 1280, "height": 800})` before the screenshot
Landscape or Letter PDF	`page.pdf(path="page.pdf", format="Letter", landscape=True)`
Screenshot what visitors in a country see	Add `&proxy_country=jp` to the connection URL, see Country targeting
A screenshot without a browser session	Use Fetch with `screenshot=true`, see Capture screenshots and files with Fetch
Screenshots of many pages	One session per page, see Run browser sessions in parallel

Troubleshooting

The screenshot shows a half-loaded page: the page was still rendering. Wait for the element you care about with page.wait_for_selector(...) before the screenshot.
Lazy-loaded images are blank in the full-page screenshot: they load as you scroll. Scroll to the bottom first (see Scroll and paginate), then take the screenshot.
The PDF has no background colors: set print_background=True (printBackground: true in Node.js).
A download triggered by a click comes back as canceled: the file lands inside the cloud browser. Read the link’s URL and fetch it in the page, as shown above, to get the bytes in your script.

Fill and submit multi-step forms

Submit a form, then capture the result as proof.

Log in once and reuse the session

Download files that sit behind a login.

Capture screenshots, PDFs, and files

One request per screenshot, PDF or file, no session to manage.

Let your AI assistant browse with Browser tools

Ask Claude or Cursor for screenshots and PDFs in plain language.

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Download files through the session

Example output

Customize it

Troubleshooting

Fill and submit multi-step forms

Log in once and reuse the session

Capture screenshots, PDFs, and files

Let your AI assistant browse with Browser tools

​Ask your AI agent

​Take screenshots and a PDF

​Download files through the session

​Example output

​Customize it

​Troubleshooting

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Fill and submit multi-step forms

Log in once and reuse the session

Capture screenshots, PDFs, and files

Let your AI assistant browse with Browser tools

Ask your AI agent

Take screenshots and a PDF

Download files through the session

Example output

Customize it

Troubleshooting

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