Screenshots help you monitor for visual changes on a web page. You can train a robot to capture:
Full page screenshot.
Only the visible part of the page.
Specific areas or sections of a page.
Once you approve your robot, you can monitor for visual changes. Screenshots work best when you need to:
Monitor for visual changes.
Track layout modifications or design updates.
Capture images, charts, or graphics that appear on pages.
Document how a page looked at a specific time.
💡 You can train a single robot to capture a screenshot, capture 'Just text', and extract data 'From a List' on a web page.
Step 1: Start training your robot
To start training your robot, all you'll need is the URL you'd like to scrape or monitor.
From your Browse AI dashboard, click "Build New Robot".
Select either:
Extract structure data - if you'd like to scrape data from a web page
Monitor site changes - if you want to create a web monitor.
Enter the Origin URL you would like to scrape or monitor.
Click Start Training Robot.
Select Use Robot Studio and wait for your web page to load.
Step 2: Train your robot to capture a screenshot
In the right sidebar, select 'Capture screenshot'
Choose between:
Selections: select a specific part of the page you'd like to screenshot.
Entire page: takes a screenshot of the entire page.
Visible part: takes a screenshot of the visible part of the page only.
Name your screenshot.
Click 'Finish' to finish recording your robot if you've captured all of the data you need, or keep capturing text or screenshots.
Name your robot to run it, review the data and approve it.
From this screen you'll be able to access and download the screenshot you've captured.
How to capture a 'selection' of the page
To capture a selection, move your mouse to the part of the page you'd like to capture. You can capture, and name multiple selections to create a structured visual output.
How to capture the 'entire page'
When capturing the entire page, simply choose that option then give the screenshot a name.
How to capture the 'visible part' only
When capturing the entire visible part, choose that option then give the screenshot a name. The robot will automatically capture the part of the page that's visible.
How do I monitor this web page for visual changes?
Once you approve your robot you can add a monitor to automatically check for visual changes.
Select your robot in the Dashboard and click Monitor.
Select Create New Monitor and configure:
How often you'd like the robot to check for changes (minute, hour, week, month).
The size of change (any change, small change, medium change, major change, gigantic change).
Where you'd like to be notified of these changes.
How do I view or download historical screenshots I've captured?
Once your robot is approved, you can access the captured screenshots.
Select your robot in the Dashboard.
Click the History tab.
Click into the specific task.
From here you'll be able to see all of the screenshots you've trained your robot to capture.
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