python selenium saved image empty

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I am new to selenium module in python. I am trying to load image and save it locally. For that I am using following code

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.execute_script("window.open()" )
driver.switch_to_window(driver.window_handles[1])
driver.get("http://media.santabanta.com/medium1/cricket/trent%20boult/trent-boult-0a.jpg")
driver.save_screenshot('im1.jpg')

The problem I am getting is the saved image is empty(0 bytes).

Is the url a protected URL? I'm not able to access this image via the URL directly. This might explain why file is of 0 KBs. — demouser123
– demouser123, Commented Jun 18, 2017 at 7:45
add some implicit wait and try. We can also use driver.get_screenshot_as_file('/tmp/google.png') — santhosh kumar
– santhosh kumar, Commented Jun 18, 2017 at 7:47
@demouser123 No, its not. Are you opening it in your browser ? — WSS
– WSS, Commented Jun 18, 2017 at 9:14
@santhoshkumar driver.get_screenshot_as_file is having same problem. — WSS
– WSS, Commented Jun 18, 2017 at 9:15
Can you add some implicit wait and some sleep and try? Is the screenshot working for other sites? — santhosh kumar
– santhosh kumar, Commented Jun 18, 2017 at 12:10

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-18 07:54:12Z

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My answer cannot solve your current issue, but if you want just to save picture you can avoid using selenium and simply use below piece of code:

import urllib

urllib.request.urlretrieve("http://media.santabanta.com/medium1/cricket/trent%20boult/trent-boult-0a.jpg", 'path/to/im1.jpg')

P.S. In Python 2.X urllib.urlretrieve() should be used instead of urllib.request.urlretrieve()

answered Jun 18, 2017 at 7:54

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WSS Over a year ago

Although this method worked for me, but I dont know whether I should accept this answer since the question is about Selenium

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