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Python 3 PyAutoGUI Script to Automate & Take Screenshot of Desktop & Export to PDF Using Pillow
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Jun 3, 2025
Get the full source code of application here: https://codingshiksha.com/python/python-3-pyautogui-script-to-automate-take-screenshot-of-desktop-export-to-pdf-using-pillow/
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uh hello guys uh welcome to this video
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So in this video I will show you how to
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take the screenshot of your uh desktop
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screen and uh also save it as a PDF file
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as well So for this we are using this
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Python script here Uh if I just show you
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if I execute the script here you will
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see it will take the screenshot and uh
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also it will convert this into PDF file
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as well So it taken the screenshot So
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this is actually you will see it taken
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the screen screenshot PNG file and then
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it also converted this into PDF file as
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well So you will see it created two
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files this script as soon as I executed
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this First of all it taken the
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screenshot This is your PNG file and
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then it also converted into PDF file as
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well So these two files is it created So
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for automating this process we are using
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a library called as PI auto GUI This is
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actually a very famous library which
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lets you control your
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uh your mouse and keyboard or other
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automation task you can do inside your
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application So this is actually a Python
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library Simply install this pip install
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pi autogy I have already installed it
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and also we are using the pillow library
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as well which is a image processing
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library We also need this library as
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well So simply install this as well pip
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install pillow I have given all the
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source code in the description of this
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video So now let me show you how to
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uh write this code step by step
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So so just create a simple app py file
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and now let me show you from scratch So
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first of all we need to require the
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necessary packages So we simply say
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import pi autogui and then from the
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pillow library pil we need to import the
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image class After importing the modules
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we just need to specify where we need
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to save the screenshot So here we will
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be using this pi autogy method which
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contains the screenshot method So it
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will automatically take the screenshot
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once you execute the python script using
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this method After that here we need to
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specify at which path we need to save
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the image file So here we will be
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specifying we need to save it right in
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the current directory
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screenshot.png and then after that uh we
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will invoke this save method which will
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save the screenshot at that particular
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location and we pass the path here
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screenshot path So what now if I execute
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the script now it will take the
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screenshot and then it will save this
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screenshot.png file you will see
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that so as soon as I execute this it
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takes the screenshot automatically by
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using this pi autogy screenshot method
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and then it saves at that location Uh
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but we also need to convert this image
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file to PDF file as well So for
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converting that we now need to use the
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pillow library We need to open this
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image and then we need to convert this
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into first of
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all convert this into RGB red green blue
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alpha and then here we need to make the
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output path here which will be the out
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uh output PDF file and then we simply
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need to say open image
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save
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output path That's all That's all that
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we need to do Once we get the image file
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then we simply open the image by using
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the pillow image class Then we convert
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this into RGB Then we save this as a PDF
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file So now what happens if
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I again rerun the script here it first
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of all take the screenshot and then it
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converts it into PDF So in this easy way
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you can use this Python script to
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automate taking the screenshot and also
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converting it to PDF file as well
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So so this is a very useful library pi
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autogy which is a automation library for
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controlling mouse keyboard anything you
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can control inside Python And thank you
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