# Force offscreen rendering from direct python script

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/force-offscreen-rendering-from-direct-python-script/3144
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/force-offscreen-rendering-from-direct-python-script/3144 "2019-12-09T10:15:45Z")
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### Author: ![gilcu2](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gilcu2/32/2183_2.png) [@gilcu2](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gilcu2)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/force-offscreen-rendering-from-direct-python-script/3144/1 "2019-12-09T10:15:46Z")

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How can I force offscreen rendering running from python (not from pvpython)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/force-offscreen-rendering-from-direct-python-script/3144/2 "2019-12-09T10:22:16Z")

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A solution is to connect to an offscreen pvserver.