I'm seeking to scrape a web page using Playwright.
I load the page, and click the download button with Playwright successfully. This brings up a print dialog box with a printer selected.
I would like to select "Save as PDF" and then click the "Save" button.
Here's my current code:
with sync_playwright() as p:
browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=True)
playwright_page = browser.new_page()
got_error = False
try:
playwright_page.goto(url_to_start_from)
print(playwright_page.title())
html = playwright_page.content()
except Exception as e:
print(f"Playwright exception: {e}")
got_error = True
if not got_error:
soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
#download pdf
with playwright_page.expect_download() as download_info:
playwright_page.locator("text=download").click()
download = download_info.value
path = download.path()
download.save_as(DOWNLOADED_PDF_FOLDER)
browser.close()
Is there a way to do this using Playwright?
Thanks very much to @KJ in the comments, who suggested that with headless=True
, Chromium won't even put up a print dialog box in the first place.