Urlbox Render Links API

Stateless, cacheable HMAC-signed GET render URLs.

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urlbox-render-links-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Urlbox Render Render Links API
  description: Urlbox is a website screenshot and rendering API for capturing screenshots, PDFs, and video (MP4/WebM) of any URL or raw HTML. Renders can be requested synchronously (POST /render/sync), asynchronously with polling or webhooks (POST /render/async + GET /render/{renderId}), or via signed, cacheable HMAC render links (GET /{api_key}/{token}/{format}).
  termsOfService: https://urlbox.com/terms
  contact:
    name: Urlbox Support
    url: https://urlbox.com/contact
    email: support@urlbox.com
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.urlbox.com/v1
  description: Urlbox v1 API
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Render Links
  description: Stateless, cacheable HMAC-signed GET render URLs.
paths:
  /{apiKey}/{token}/{format}:
    get:
      operationId: getRenderLink
      tags:
      - Render Links
      summary: Render via a signed render link
      description: Returns a render directly from a stateless, cacheable URL. The token is an HMAC-SHA256 signature of the URL-encoded options query string, generated server-side with the project secret. Render options are passed as query-string parameters (url or html is required).
      security: []
      parameters:
      - name: apiKey
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The project publishable API key.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: token
        in: path
        required: true
        description: HMAC-SHA256 hex signature of the URL-encoded options query string, signed with the project secret. Use 'true' for unsigned links if the project allows them.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: format
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Output format for the render.
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RenderFormat'
      - name: url
        in: query
        description: The website URL to render (required unless html is supplied).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: html
        in: query
        description: Raw HTML to render (required unless url is supplied).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The rendered asset (image, PDF, or video binary).
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            application/pdf:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            video/mp4:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error response.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            code:
              type: string
        requestId:
          type: string
    RenderFormat:
      type: string
      description: Output format of the render.
      enum:
      - png
      - jpeg
      - webp
      - avif
      - svg
      - pdf
      - html
      - mp4
      - webm
      - md
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Project secret key supplied as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.