Pagesnap Diff API

Two-page comparison

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GET /v1/diff Compare two public pages #

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OpenAPI Specification

pagesnap-diff-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pagesnap Diff API
  version: 1.1.0
  description: Turn public HTTP(S) URLs into Markdown, structured data, images, PDFs, crawls, diffs, and monitors. Anonymous, API-key, agent-protocol, and x402 payment surfaces are described from the same runtime contract.
  contact:
    url: https://pagesnap.142-93-197-141.sslip.io/support
  license:
    name: Service terms
    url: https://pagesnap.142-93-197-141.sslip.io/terms
  x-guidance: For keyless USDC requests, call an /x402/v1 route once without payment, decode PAYMENT-REQUIRED, then retry the same request with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
servers:
- url: https://pagesnap.142-93-197-141.sslip.io
security:
- {}
- bearer: []
- apiHeader: []
- apiQuery: []
tags:
- name: Diff
  description: Two-page comparison
paths:
  /v1/diff:
    get:
      operationId: diffUrls
      summary: Compare two public pages
      tags:
      - Diff
      security:
      - {}
      - bearer: []
      - apiHeader: []
      - apiQuery: []
      parameters:
      - name: url_a
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uri
          pattern: ^https?://
          maxLength: 4096
        description: Public HTTP(S) URL; a missing scheme is accepted by the core /v1 URL endpoints and interpreted as HTTPS.
      - name: url_b
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uri
          pattern: ^https?://
          maxLength: 4096
        description: Public HTTP(S) URL; a missing scheme is accepted by the core /v1 URL endpoints and interpreted as HTTPS.
      - name: mode
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - visual
          - text
          default: visual
        description: Comparison mode.
      - name: width
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 200
          maximum: 3840
          default: 1280
        description: Viewport width in CSS pixels.
      - name: height
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 200
          maximum: 10000
          default: 800
        description: Viewport height.
      - name: full_page
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        description: Capture the full scrollable page.
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - png
          - jpeg
          - jpg
          - webp
          default: png
        description: Image format; jpg aliases jpeg.
      - name: quality
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 80
        description: JPEG/WebP quality.
      - name: scale
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: number
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 3
          default: 1
        description: Device scale factor.
      - name: dark
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        description: Emulate dark color scheme.
      - name: wait
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 10000
          default: 0
        description: Extra post-load wait in milliseconds.
      - name: wait_until
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - load
          - domcontentloaded
          - networkidle
        description: Navigation completion event.
      - name: block_ads
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
        description: Block known ad/tracker requests.
      - name: hide_cookie_banners
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
        description: Hide common cookie banners.
      - name: timeout
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 3000
          maximum: 45000
          default: 25000
        description: Overall timeout in milliseconds.
      - name: selector
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 200
        description: CSS selector to clip.
      - name: device
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 40
        description: Playwright device name.
      - name: user_agent
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 300
        description: Custom user agent.
      - name: actions
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          contentMediaType: application/json
        description: JSON-encoded array of at most 10 pre-capture actions. Prefer a POST JSON body.
      - name: lang
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 35
          default: en-US
          examples:
          - en-US
          - ja-JP
        description: Safe BCP-47 language tag.
      - name: timezone
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: UTC
          examples:
          - UTC
          - America/New_York
        description: UTC or an IANA time zone supported by the runtime.
      x-pagesnap-quota:
        units: 2
        cacheHitsCharged: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Visual or text comparison.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VisualDiff'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextDiff'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '408':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Timeout'
        '413':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooLarge'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unprocessable'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UpstreamFailure'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unavailable'
components:
  responses:
    Timeout:
      description: Target or action timed out.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    RateLimited:
      description: Caller, quota, concurrency, or target-host limit reached.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid or missing input.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    UpstreamFailure:
      description: Target or rendering engine failed.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid credentials.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unprocessable:
      description: Input is understood but unsupported or cannot be processed.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    TooLarge:
      description: Request or stored result is too large.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unavailable:
      description: Capacity, facilitator, billing, or engine temporarily unavailable.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Forbidden:
      description: Disabled key, plan restriction, or blocked target.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
          description: Seconds to wait when supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    VisualDiff:
      type: object
      required:
      - ok
      - mode
      - percent_changed
      - bounding_boxes
      - diff_image
      - urls
      properties:
        ok:
          const: true
        mode:
          const: visual
        percent_changed:
          type: number
        bounding_boxes:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        diff_image:
          type: string
          format: uri
        urls:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          minItems: 2
          maxItems: 2
    TextDiff:
      type: object
      required:
      - ok
      - mode
      - percent_changed
      - added
      - removed
      properties:
        ok:
          const: true
        mode:
          const: text
        percent_changed:
          type: number
        added:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        removed:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
          - code
          - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
              - MISSING_URL
              - INVALID_URL
              - INVALID_ACTIONS
              - MISSING_HTML
              - MISSING_URLS
              - BATCH_TOO_LARGE
              - BAD_REQUEST
              - INVALID_KEY
              - KEY_REQUIRED
              - KEY_DISABLED
              - BLOCKED_URL
              - TIMEOUT
              - ACTION_FAILED
              - TOO_LARGE
              - RESULT_TOO_LARGE
              - UNSUPPORTED
              - UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA
              - RATE_LIMITED
              - TARGET_BUSY
              - ANON_GLOBAL_QUOTA
              - DAILY_QUOTA
              - MONTHLY_QUOTA
              - CONCURRENCY
              - KEY_LIMIT
              - KEY_SPIKE_LIMIT
              - BUSY
              - ENGINE_UNAVAILABLE
              - NAV_FAILED
              - HTTP_ERROR
              - BROWSER_ERROR
              - JOB_QUEUE_FULL
              - JOB_NOT_FOUND
              - JOB_NOT_READY
              - RESULT_UNAVAILABLE
              - INVALID_MODE
              - MONITOR_LIMIT
              - MONITOR_NOT_FOUND
              - MONITOR_RUNNING
              - MONITOR_PAUSED
              - PLAN_INTERVAL
              - SNAPSHOT_TOO_LARGE
              - INVALID_INTERVAL
              - INVALID_THRESHOLD
              - INVALID_SELECTOR
              - INVALID_PLAN
              - CHECKOUT_CONTEXT_REQUIRED
              - CHECKOUT_KEY_LIMIT
              - CHECKOUT_IP_LIMIT
              - BILLING_UNAVAILABLE
              - INVOICE_UNAVAILABLE
              - ORDER_NOT_FOUND
              - INVOICE_NOT_FOUND
              - PAYMENT_REPLAY
              - FACILITATOR_UNAVAILABLE
              - SETTLEMENT_UNVERIFIED
              - TICKET_LIMIT
              - NOT_FOUND
              - INTERNAL
            message:
              type: string
            reason:
              type: string
              enum:
              - bot_protection
              - interactive_challenge
              - ip_policy_or_geo_block
            upstream_status:
              type: integer
              minimum: 100
              maximum: 599
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: ps_live_…
      description: Pagesnap API key.
    apiHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
    apiQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: key
      description: Compatibility only; headers avoid key leakage in URLs.
    x402:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: PAYMENT-SIGNATURE
      description: x402 v2 exact EIP-3009 USDC authorization on Base; X-PAYMENT is a legacy alias.
x-pagesnap-limits:
  quotaUnits:
    read: 1
    screenshot: 1
    pdf: 1
    meta: 1
    extract: 1
    render: 1
    diff: 2
    batch: one per URL
    crawl: one per reserved page
    llmsTxt: one per reserved page
    monitorCheck: 1
  planCrawlCaps:
    anon: 5
    free: 25
    starter: 50
    pro: 200
    scale: 200
  synchronousCrawlPages: 25
  target:
    perMin: 60
    concurrency: 3
  monitorCaps:
    free: 2
    starter: 10
    pro: 50
    scale: 200
  jobRetentionHours: 24
  temporaryLinkHours: 1