Can I get the screenshot data as a file-like object or the image in bytes without saving any file?

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I want to send a screenshot over a discord webhook. I am using the dhooks module for this. To send a file, I need a "file-like object" so I want to get a file-like object without having the need to store the screenshot as a file. Any idea how to do this?

Tiger-222 · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-17T11:37:05.330

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I just added an example in the documentation:

import mss
import mss.tools


with mss.mss() as sct:
    # The monitor or screen part to capture
    monitor = sct.monitors[1]  # or a region

    # Grab the data
    sct_img = sct.grab(monitor)

    # Generate the PNG
    png = mss.tools.to_png(sct_img.rgb, sct_img.size)

edited Dec 17 '21 at 11:37

answered Dec 17 '21 at 11:27

Tiger-222

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That worked. Thank you! – Mark Mikealson Dec 17 '21 at 19:51
Though I have one more question, if we want to capture the screen of the first monitor, why don't we do `sct.monitors[0]` instead of `sct.monitors[1]`? – Mark Mikealson Dec 17 '21 at 20:54
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Here is the [explanation](https://python-mss.readthedocs.io/api.html#mss.tools.mss.base.MSSBase.monitors) ;) – Tiger-222 Dec 18 '21 at 08:07
Understood it, thanks so much for all the help :) – Mark Mikealson Dec 19 '21 at 17:05

Can I get the screenshot data as a file-like object or the image in bytes without saving any file?

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