SnapAPI

REST API for website screenshots, metadata extraction, text extraction, and PDF generation. Powered by headless Chromium. Free tier with 50 requests/month, no credit card required. API key issued via self-service signup.

SnapAPI publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Metadata API, Pdf API, Screenshot API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Screenshots, Website Screenshots, Metadata Extraction, Text Extraction, and PDF Generation.

The SnapAPI catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

SnapAPI’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, and 4 more developer resources.

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43.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumOpen⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

ScreenshotsWebsite ScreenshotsMetadata ExtractionText Extraction PDF GenerationHeadless ChromiumWeb Scraping Developer Tools REST

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 43.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 10.5 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Contract Governance 1.6 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Snapapi Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 5

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: snapapi
name: SnapAPI
description: REST API for website screenshots, metadata extraction, text extraction, and PDF generation. Powered by headless
  Chromium. Free tier with 50 requests/month, no credit card required. API key issued via self-service signup.
url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/apis.json
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://snap.michaelcli.com/favicon.ico
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-05-27'
modified: '2026-05-27'
tags:
- Screenshots
- Website Screenshots
- Metadata Extraction
- Text Extraction
- PDF Generation
- Headless Chromium
- Web Scraping
- Developer Tools
- REST
apis:
- aid: snapapi:snapapi-metadata-api
  name: SnapAPI Metadata API
  description: The Metadata API from SnapAPI — 1 operation(s) for metadata.
  humanURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  baseURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/snapapi-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  - type: Signup
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/api/signup
- aid: snapapi:snapapi-pdf-api
  name: SnapAPI Pdf API
  description: The Pdf API from SnapAPI — 1 operation(s) for pdf.
  humanURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  baseURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  tags:
  - PDF
  tags_raw:
  - Pdf
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/snapapi-pdf-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  - type: Signup
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/api/signup
- aid: snapapi:snapapi-screenshot-api
  name: SnapAPI Screenshot API
  description: The Screenshot API from SnapAPI — 1 operation(s) for screenshot.
  humanURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  baseURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  tags:
  - Screenshot
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/snapapi-screenshot-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  - type: Signup
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/api/signup
- aid: snapapi:snapapi-signup-api
  name: SnapAPI Signup API
  description: The Signup API from SnapAPI — 1 operation(s) for signup.
  humanURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  baseURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  tags:
  - Sign Up
  tags_raw:
  - Signup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/snapapi-signup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  - type: Signup
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/api/signup
- aid: snapapi:snapapi-text-api
  name: SnapAPI Text API
  description: The Text API from SnapAPI — 1 operation(s) for text.
  humanURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  baseURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  tags:
  - Text
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/snapapi-text-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  - type: Signup
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/api/signup
- aid: snapapi:snapapi-usage-api
  name: SnapAPI Usage API
  description: The Usage API from SnapAPI — 1 operation(s) for usage.
  humanURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  baseURL: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  tags:
  - Usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/snapapi-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com
  - type: Signup
    url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/api/signup
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/snapapi-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/snapapi-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/snapapi-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://snap.michaelcli.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://snap.michaelcli.com
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/openapi.json
- type: Signup
  url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/api/signup
- type: Blog
  url: https://snap.michaelcli.com/blog/building-screenshot-api.html
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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