# BaseScreenshot
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A structure representing a screenshot that is used as a baseline during visual monitoring comparisons made by the canary.

## Contents
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 ** ScreenshotName **   <a name="synthetics-Type-BaseScreenshot-ScreenshotName"></a>
The name of the screenshot. This is generated the first time the canary is run after the `UpdateCanary` operation that specified for this canary to perform visual monitoring.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: Yes

 ** IgnoreCoordinates **   <a name="synthetics-Type-BaseScreenshot-IgnoreCoordinates"></a>
Coordinates that define the part of a screen to ignore during screenshot comparisons. To obtain the coordinates to use here, use the CloudWatch console to draw the boundaries on the screen. For more information, see [ Editing or deleting a canary](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/synthetics_canaries_deletion.html)   
Type: Array of strings  
Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 20 items.  
Pattern: `^(-?\d{1,5}\.?\d{0,2},){3}(-?\d{1,5}\.?\d{0,2}){1}$`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/synthetics-2017-10-11/BaseScreenshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/synthetics-2017-10-11/BaseScreenshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/synthetics-2017-10-11/BaseScreenshot)