Examples

How to convert HTML to a base64 image with Playwright and Python

Install Playwright and the Playwright client for Python

pip install playwright
playwright install chromium

Get the base64 encoded image of some HTML and print to screen

import base64

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.launch()
    page = browser.new_page()
    page.set_content('<html><body><h1>Hello World</h1></body></html>')
    image = page.screenshot()
    print(base64.b64encode(image).decode())
    browser.close()

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