Dry runs

--dry-run resolves your input (URL, CSV, sitemap, or paths) and prints the resulting target list — without launching Chromium or capturing anything.

terminal


shotsweep capture --urls paths.json --dry-run


Would capture 3 URLs:

  https://example.com
  https://example.com/about
  https://example.com/contact

This is the fastest way to sanity-check:

that a sitemap resolved the pages you expect
that --replace-origin rewrote origins correctly
that a CSV picked the right column

Combine it with --json for a scriptable preview:

terminal


shotsweep capture --sitemap https://example.com/sitemap.xml --dry-run --json

output


{ "dryRun": true, "targets": ["https://example.com", "https://example.com/about"] }