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<h1><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ImageGrab</span></code> Module (macOS and Windows only)<a class="headerlink" href="#imagegrab-module-macos-and-windows-only" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>The <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ImageGrab</span></code> module can be used to copy the contents of the screen
or the clipboard to a PIL image memory.</p>
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<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">The current version works on macOS and Windows only.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 1.1.3.</span></p>
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<dt id="PIL.ImageGrab.PIL.ImageGrab.grab">
<code class="descclassname">PIL.ImageGrab.</code><code class="descname">grab</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>bbox=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#PIL.ImageGrab.PIL.ImageGrab.grab" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Take a snapshot of the screen. The pixels inside the bounding box are
returned as an “RGB” image on Windows or “RGBA” on macOS.
If the bounding box is omitted, the entire screen is copied.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 1.1.3: </span>(Windows), 3.0.0 (macOS)</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><strong>bbox</strong> – What region to copy. Default is the entire screen.</td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">An image</td>
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<dt id="PIL.ImageGrab.PIL.ImageGrab.grabclipboard">
<code class="descclassname">PIL.ImageGrab.</code><code class="descname">grabclipboard</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#PIL.ImageGrab.PIL.ImageGrab.grabclipboard" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Take a snapshot of the clipboard image, if any.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 1.1.4: </span>(Windows), 3.3.0 (macOS)</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">On Windows, an image, a list of filenames,
or None if the clipboard does not contain image data or filenames.
Note that if a list is returned, the filenames may not represent image files.<p>On Mac, an image,
or None if the clipboard does not contain image data.</p>
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