[Home](./index.md) > [puppeteer](./puppeteer.md) > [Page](./puppeteer.page.md) > [screenshot](./puppeteer.page.screenshot.md) ## Page.screenshot() method Signature: ```typescript screenshot(options?: ScreenshotOptions): Promise; ``` ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | options | [ScreenshotOptions](./puppeteer.screenshotoptions.md) | | Returns: Promise<Buffer \| string \| void> Promise which resolves to buffer or a base64 string (depending on the value of `encoding`) with captured screenshot. ## Remarks Options object which might have the following properties: - `path` : The file path to save the image to. The screenshot type will be inferred from file extension. If `path` is a relative path, then it is resolved relative to [current working directory](https://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_cwd). If no path is provided, the image won't be saved to the disk. - `type` : Specify screenshot type, can be either `jpeg` or `png`. Defaults to 'png'. - `quality` : The quality of the image, between 0-100. Not applicable to `png` images. - `fullPage` : When true, takes a screenshot of the full scrollable page. Defaults to `false` - `clip` : An object which specifies clipping region of the page. Should have the following fields:
- `x` : x-coordinate of top-left corner of clip area.
- `y` : y-coordinate of top-left corner of clip area.
- `width` : width of clipping area.
- `height` : height of clipping area. - `omitBackground` : Hides default white background and allows capturing screenshots with transparency. Defaults to `false` - `encoding` : The encoding of the image, can be either base64 or binary. Defaults to `binary`. NOTE: Screenshots take at least 1/6 second on OS X. See [https://crbug.com/741689](https://crbug.com/741689) for discussion.