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title: locator.screenshot
description: Capture a screenshot of the matched element.
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`locator.screenshot` is a browser runtime capability in the `locator` namespace.

## Availability

* Runtime: `browser`
* Kind: `raw`
* Category: `extraction`
* Supported drivers: Playwright, Puppeteer

## SDK Surface

* SDK path: `runtime.page.locator(...).screenshot`
* Async: Yes

## HTTP Surface

* Transport: `workspace.execute(...)`
* Call: `locator.screenshot`
* Long-running: No

## Reference Semantics

* Requires refs: `locator`
* Returns refs: `artifact`

## Arguments

| Argument  | Type     | Required | Description         |
| --------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------- |
| `options` | `object` | No       | Screenshot options. |

## Result

* Type: `artifact`
* Description: Screenshot artifact metadata.

## SDK Example

```ts
await runtime.page.locator('button[type=submit]').screenshot();
```

## HTTP Example

```json
{
  "runtime": "crm",
  "steps": [
    {
      "call": "locator.screenshot"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Related Capabilities

* [`page.screenshot`](../extraction/page-screenshot)
* [`runtime.live`](../lifecycle/runtime-live)