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Saving image element using splinter python


How can I save image picture to a file? i tried this way but i have an error. the code is :

from splinter import Browser
import time

with Browser() as browser:
url = "https://password.gmx.com/"
browser.visit(url)
captcha=browser.find_by_id('recaptcha_challenge_container')
output = open ("image.jpg","wb")
output.write(captcha)
output.close()

Solution

  • Additional note to @alecxe's answer:
    splinter doesn't have an interface for getting attribute of web element (i.e. get_attribute method).

    Use the following code for getting src of captcha using splinter:

    script = "document.getElementById('recaptcha_challenge_image').src"
    src = browser.evaluate_script(script)
    

    EDIT: Thanks to @Jérémie!
    To get src attribute value use following:

     src = browser.find_by_id('recaptcha_challenge_image')['src']