Sept. 13, 2023, 5:27 p.m. | Max

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We will see how to take screenshot using python in desktop with the help of pyautogui package this package is used of GUI automation.


First lets install the package by running the command



pip install pyautogui





Take screenshot using python


To take screenshot using python in desktop, for this import the pyautogui module, this comes with many features, but in this will be using the screenshot method.



import pyautogui

screen = pyautogui.screenshot()
screen.save( …

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