shot-scraper is a Python CLI tool by Simon Willison for taking automated screenshots of websites and executing JavaScript against pages. Built on Playwright, it supports headless browser automation, multi-step screenshot workflows defined in YAML, and HTML-to-image rendering for CI pipelines and monitoring.
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# shot-scraper Automated Website Screenshot and Scraping CLI
shot-scraper is a Python CLI tool by Simon Willison for taking automated screenshots of websites and executing JavaScript against pages. Built on Playwright, it supports headless browser automation, multi-step screenshot workflows defined in YAML, and HTML-to-image rendering for CI pipelines and monitoring.
## Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pip install shot-scraper
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- The [shot-scraper-demo](https://github.com/simonw/shot-scraper-demo) repository uses this tool to capture recently spotted owls in El Granada, CA according to [this page](https://www.owlsnearme.com/?place=127871), and...
- Source: https://github.com/simonw/shot-scraper
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simonw/shot-scraper/HEAD/README.md
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/shot-scraper-automated-website-screenshot-scraping-cli/)
