Save image without http request

[wirekang]

Is there a way to save image of element.src without additional http request?

Expected:

1. Get (example.com)

2. Find element (img)

3. Save image from src (src = "example.com/assets/asdf.png)

Actual:

...

3. Get src attribute

4. Send http get request again to download image

I don't want to send http request twice per image.

[wirekang]

Why do you spamming meaningless AI generated reply?

On Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 9:43:03 PM UTC+9 ebubeki...@gmail.com wrote:

 C# code using Selenium to download an image from a web page:

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using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using System.Net;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Start the ChromeDriver
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        // Open a web page
        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://example.com");

        // Find the image element and get its src attribute
        IWebElement imgElement = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("img"));
        string src = imgElement.GetAttribute("src");

        // Download and save the image
        using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
        {
            client.DownloadFile(new Uri(src), "image.jpg");
        }

        // Close the Selenium session
        driver.Quit();
    }
}
In this C# code example, we use OpenQA.Selenium and OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome to initialize Selenium. Then, we open a web page, locate an img element, and retrieve its src attribute. Next, we use System.Net.WebClient to download the image using the src URL and save it as "image.jpg". Finally, we close the Selenium session.

With this code, you make only one HTTP request to download an image from the web page.

Method 2

C# code using Selenium to capture a screenshot of a specific WebElement or element:

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using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Start the ChromeDriver
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        // Open a web page
        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://example.com");

        // Locate the desired element (e.g., an image)
        IWebElement imgElement = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("img"));

        // Capture a screenshot of the element and save it to a file
        Screenshot screenshot = ((ITakesScreenshot)driver).GetScreenshot();
        screenshot.SaveAsFile("element_screenshot.png", ScreenshotImageFormat.Png);

        // Close the Selenium session
        driver.Quit();
    }
}
In this C# code example, we utilize the ITakesScreenshot interface to capture a screenshot of a specific element. First, we locate the desired element (e.g., an image), and then we use the GetScreenshot() method to capture the screenshot of the element. The screenshot is saved to a file named "element_screenshot.png" in PNG format.

This way, you can capture and save a screenshot of a specific element using Selenium.