Free Screenshot API - Capture as PNG/JPEG

Parameters

name	in	type	required	description
`url`	query	string	required	Url
`width`	query	number	optional	Pixels range `320 to 3840` default `1280`
`height`	query	number	optional	Pixels (ignored if full page) range `200 to 2160` default `800`
`full_page`	query	boolean	optional	Full Page default `false`
`format`	query	string	optional	Format one of `pngjpeg` default `png`
`quality`	query	number	optional	JPEG only range `1 to 100` default `80`

Request

Send your key in the X-API-Key header. More languages and patterns live on the code examples page.

curl -s "https://apixies.io/api/v1/screenshot?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://apixies.io/api/v1/screenshot?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com", {
  headers: { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

$ch = curl_init("https://apixies.io/api/v1/screenshot?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"],
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($data);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://apixies.io/api/v1/screenshot",
    params={"url": "https://github.com"},
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json())

Response

The result sits under data in the standard envelope. See the response format guide for errors and status codes.

returns

body: The screenshot as a PNG or JPEG image.

example response 200

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: image/png (or)
Content-Type: image/jpeg

<raw file bytes, not a JSON envelope>

Authentication and limits

This endpoint needs an API key. Use the sandbox ("try it" above) to test it without registering. See the authentication guide for details.

Standard rate limits apply to this endpoint.

Common use cases

Link preview thumbnails

Generate visual previews for shared links in messaging apps, social platforms, or content management systems. Show users what a page looks like before they click.

Website monitoring and archiving

Capture periodic screenshots of web pages to detect visual changes, monitor competitors, or archive page states for compliance and legal purposes.

Automated testing and QA

Capture screenshots during automated testing to verify page layouts, responsive designs, and visual regressions across different viewport sizes.

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guides

Capture Website Screenshots with a REST API tutorial Capture website screenshots programmatically with a free REST API. Full-page or viewport screenshots in PNG or JPEG. No... Build Link Previews with a Screenshot API use-case Generate link preview images and OG thumbnails using a screenshot API. Capture any URL as an image for social sharing, d... Full-Page Screenshots: Capture Entire Web Pages via API tutorial Capture full-page screenshots of long, scrollable web pages via API. Get the entire page rendered as a single PNG image....

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