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title: "shot-scraper: automated screenshots for documentation, built o..."
description: "!https://simonwillison.net/2022/Mar/10/shot-scraper/#a-complex-example"
date: 2023-08-16
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  - docs
  - playwright
  - python
  - thought
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      <img src="https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2022/annotated-screenshot.png" alt="shot-scraper: automated screenshots for documentation, built on Playwright — shot-scraper is a new tool that I’ve built to help automate the process of keeping screenshots up-to-date in my documentation. It also doubles as a scraping tool—hence the name—which I …" loading="lazy">
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      <div class="embed-card-title">shot-scraper: automated screenshots for documentation, built on Playwright</div>
      <div class="embed-card-description">shot-scraper is a new tool that I’ve built to help automate the process of keeping screenshots up-to-date in my documentation. It also doubles as a scraping tool—hence the name—which I …</div>
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An interesting way to build automatically annotaatd docs with arrows pointing to elements on a webpage.