@ohos.screenshot (Screenshot)

The Screenshot module provides APIs for you to set information such as the region to capture and the size of the screen region when capturing a screen.

NOTE

The initial APIs of this module are supported since API version 7. Newly added APIs will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.

The APIs provided by this module are system APIs.

Modules to Import

import screenshot from '@ohos.screenshot';

ScreenshotOptions

Describes screenshot options.

System capability: SystemCapability.WindowManager.WindowManager.Core

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
screenRect	Rect	No	Region of the screen to capture. If this parameter is null, the full screen will be captured.
imageSize	Size	No	Size of the screen region to capture. If this parameter is null, the full screen will be captured.
rotation	number	No	Rotation angle of the screenshot. Currently, the value can be 0 only. The default value is 0.
displayId⁸⁺	number	No	ID of the display device on which the screen region is to be captured.

Rect

Describes the region of the screen to capture.

System capability: SystemCapability.WindowManager.WindowManager.Core

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
left	number	Yes	Left boundary of the screen region to capture, in pixels.
top	number	Yes	Top boundary of the screen region to capture, in pixels.
width	number	Yes	Width of the screen region to capture, in pixels.
height	number	Yes	Height of the screen region to capture, in pixels.

Size

Describes the size of the screen region to capture.

System capability: SystemCapability.WindowManager.WindowManager.Core

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
width	number	Yes	Width of the screen region to capture, in pixels.
height	number	Yes	Height of the screen region to capture, in pixels.

screenshot.save

save(options: ScreenshotOptions, callback: AsyncCallback<image.PixelMap>): void

Takes a screenshot and saves it as a PixelMap object. This API uses an asynchronous callback to return the result.

System capability: SystemCapability.WindowManager.WindowManager.Core

Required permissions: ohos.permission.CAPTURE_SCREEN (available only to system applications)

Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
options	ScreenshotOptions	Yes	Screenshot settings consist of screenRect, imageSize, rotation, and displayId. You can set the parameters separately.
callback	AsyncCallback<image.PixelMap>	Yes	Callback used to return a PixelMap object.

Example

let screenshotOptions = {
  "screenRect": {
      "left": 200,
      "top": 100,
      "width": 200,
      "height": 200},
  "imageSize": {
      "width": 300,
      "height": 300},
  "rotation": 0,
  "displayId": 0
};
try {
  screenshot.save(screenshotOptions, (err, pixelMap) => {
    if (err) {
        console.log('Failed to save screenshot. Code: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
        return;
    }
    console.log('Succeeded in saving screenshot. Pixel bytes number: ' + pixelMap.getPixelBytesNumber());
    pixelMap.release(); // Release the memory in time after the PixelMap is used.
  });
} catch (exception) {
  console.error('Failed to save screenshot. Code: ' + JSON.stringify(exception));
};

screenshot.save

save(callback: AsyncCallback<image.PixelMap>): void

Takes a screenshot and saves it as a PixelMap object. This API uses an asynchronous callback to return the result.

System capability: SystemCapability.WindowManager.WindowManager.Core

Required permissions: ohos.permission.CAPTURE_SCREEN (available only to system applications)

Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
callback	AsyncCallback<image.PixelMap>	Yes	Callback used to return a PixelMap object.

Example

try {
  screenshot.save((err, pixelMap) => {
    if (err) {
        console.log('Failed to save screenshot. Code: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
        return;
    }
    console.log('Succeeded in saving screenshot. Pixel bytes number: ' + pixelMap.getPixelBytesNumber());
    pixelMap.release(); // Release the memory in time after the PixelMap is used.
  });
} catch (exception) {
  console.error('Failed to save screenshot. Code: ' + JSON.stringify(exception));
};

screenshot.save

save(options?: ScreenshotOptions): Promise<image.PixelMap>

Takes a screenshot and saves it as a PixelMap object. This API uses a promise to return the result.

System capability: SystemCapability.WindowManager.WindowManager.Core

Required permissions: ohos.permission.CAPTURE_SCREEN (available only to system applications)

Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
options	ScreenshotOptions	No	Screenshot settings consist of screenRect, imageSize, rotation, and displayId. You can set the parameters separately.

Return value

Type	Description
Promise<image.PixelMap>	Promise used to return a PixelMap object.

Example

let screenshotOptions = {
	"screenRect": {
		"left": 200,
		"top": 100,
		"width": 200,
		"height": 200},
	"imageSize": {
		"width": 300,
		"height": 300},
	"rotation": 0,
	"displayId": 0
};
try {
  let promise = screenshot.save(screenshotOptions);
  promise.then((pixelMap) => {
      console.log('Succeeded in saving screenshot. Pixel bytes number: ' + pixelMap.getPixelBytesNumber());
      pixelMap.release(); // Release the memory in time after the PixelMap is used.
  }).catch((err) => {
      console.log('Failed to save screenshot. Code: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
  });
} catch (exception) {
  console.error('Failed to save screenshot. Code: ' + JSON.stringify(exception));
};