Picto

Take bookmarks.json, a URL list (newline delimited), or a single URL - convert those to screenshots.

Setup

python3 -mpip install picto
playwright install --with-deps chromium

CLI

Save a URL as an image - optionally embed a HAR archive of the site.

Usage:

$ picto [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:

• --install-completion: Install completion for the current shell.
• --show-completion: Show completion for the current shell, to copy it or customize the installation.
• --help: Show this message and exit.

Commands:

• snapshot

snapshot

Usage:

$ picto snapshot [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:

• --help: Show this message and exit.

Commands:

• extract: Take a picto snapshot and extract embedded...
• take: Take a snapshot of the provided URL -...

snapshot extract

Take a picto snapshot and extract embedded assets

Usage:

$ picto snapshot extract [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --filepath FILE: The path to a picto snapshot [required]
• --help: Show this message and exit.

snapshot take

Take a snapshot of the provided URL - optionally including a HAR file either as a standalone or embedded in the returned image as EXIF data.

Usage:

$ picto snapshot take [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --filepath FILE: The path to a bookmarks.json file as exported from a browser or a newline delimited text file of URLs
• --url TEXT: The URL of a website you wish to take a snapshot of
• --out PATH: The output directory to store results in [default: /tmp/picto]
• --include-har / --no-include-har: Capture and save a HAR file when taking the screenshot [default: no-include-har]
• --include-pdf / --no-include-pdf: Capture and save a PDF file when taking the screenshot [default: no-include-pdf]
• --embed-har / --no-embed-har: If true, enables include_har - save HAR in the screenshots EXIF data [default: no-embed-har]
• --max-processes INTEGER: The number of processes to spawn which will consume the bookmarks.json entries in parallel [default: 5]
• --timeout FLOAT: Wait at most this many seconds for a page to load [default: 15.0]
• --no-progress / --no-no-progress: Disable progress bar and just print the filepaths [default: no-no-progress]
• --help: Show this message and exit.