Retina screenshots with Python and Playwright

Install Playwright and Playwright client for Python

pip install pytest-playwright
playwright install

Take a screenshot of the retina image save to file

import asyncio
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright

async def main():
    async with async_playwright() as p:
        browser = await p.chromium.launch()
        context = await browser.new_context(device_scale_factor=2)
        page = await context.new_page()
        await page.set_viewport_size({'width': 480, 'height': 240})
        await page.goto('https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63709754')
        await page.screenshot(path='retina.png')
        await browser.close()

asyncio.run(main())

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