Paste a link and get a picture of the page behind it, as PNG, JPG or WebP. Try it here for free, then do the same from your app with one HTTP request, or with an image URL you can drop straight into an <img> tag.
1. Here, by hand. Fine for a few links a day (5 per visitor, free).
2. One API call per URL. Send the link, get the image bytes back. Good for scripts, back ends and batch jobs:
curl "https://shotmint.creasework.com/v1/screenshot?url=https://github.com/microsoft/playwright&width=1280&format=jpeg" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" -o playwright.jpg3. A signed image URL. For link previews, directories and dashboards you often don't want to store files at all. Sign the URL once on your server, then use it as an <img src>: the image is rendered on first view and cached, and your API key never reaches the browser. The thumbnail generator builds these for you; the format is in the docs, with a worked example in thumbnails for a link directory.
The link is opened by a fresh, logged-out Chromium at the width you choose (1280 px by default), the page and its web fonts load, and the visible screen (1280 × 800) or the whole page is captured. Redirects are followed, so a short link gives you the final page. Links to private or local network addresses are refused.
A screenshot shows the page itself. A link preview card is what Slack, X or LinkedIn show when you paste a link: the page's og:image, title and description. To see or fix that card, use the Open Graph checker; to design one, the OG image generator.
Which format should I use? PNG for crisp text, JPEG or WebP for small files: a full BBC News page was 2.8 MB as PNG, 987 KB as JPEG and 660 KB as WebP in our test.
Can I get a phone-sized image? Yes: the mobile screenshot tool, or mobile=true in the API.
What does the API cost? 25 free renders a month with a free key, then €5 for 2,000, no subscription, credits never expire. See pricing.
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