Crawlbase

Crawlbase Screenshots API

Rendered page screenshots in headless Chrome (legacy).

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GET /screenshots Capture a screenshot of a URL #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Crawlbase Screenshots API
  description: Crawlbase (formerly ProxyCrawl) is a web crawling and scraping platform.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Crawlbase
    url: https://crawlbase.com
servers:
- url: https://api.crawlbase.com
  description: Crawlbase API host (all products share this host)
security:
- tokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Screenshots API
  description: Rendered page screenshots in headless Chrome (legacy).
paths:
  /screenshots:
    get:
      operationId: screenshot
      tags:
      - Screenshots API
      summary: Capture a screenshot of a URL
      description: Renders the target `url` in headless Chrome and returns a screenshot. Requires the JavaScript token. Documented by Crawlbase as a legacy endpoint (closed to new sign-ups on 2024-11-01).
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Url'
      - name: mode
        in: query
        required: false
        description: viewport (visible area) or fullpage (entire scrollable page).
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - viewport
          - fullpage
          default: viewport
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Image output format.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - png
          - jpeg
          default: png
      - name: width
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Viewport width in pixels.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1280
      - name: height
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Viewport height in pixels.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 800
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Device'
      - name: store
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Persist the capture in Cloud Storage.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The rendered screenshot image.
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            image/jpeg:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        pc_status:
          type: integer
        error:
          type: string
  parameters:
    Device:
      name: device
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Device profile - desktop (default), tablet, or mobile.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - desktop
        - tablet
        - mobile
        default: desktop
    Url:
      name: url
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Fully URL-encoded target URL, including http:// or https://.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    tokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: token
      description: 'Crawlbase authentication token passed as the `token` query parameter. Each account has two tokens: a Normal (TCP) token for static content and a JavaScript token for headless-Chrome rendering.'