Website Preview Tool / SnapShot API

Free website preview tool + screenshot API. Paste any URL, get instant screenshot + metadata (title, description, OG tags, favicon). No signup, no API key needed for the web tool.

Try it: https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app

Web Tool

Preview any website instantly — one click, no signup:

1. Go to https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app
2. Paste any URL
3. Get screenshot + page metadata (title, description, OG tags, favicon)
4. Download, share, or embed the preview

Bookmarklet: Drag "Preview This Page" from the site to your bookmarks bar for one-click previews of any page you visit.

API (for automation)

Need programmatic screenshots? SnapShot API gives you a free key in one curl call:

# Get a free API key in one request
curl https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/key

# Take a screenshot — returns PNG in 2-5 seconds
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ss_YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/screenshot?url=https://example.com" \
  -o screenshot.png

From zero to screenshot in under 10 seconds. No account, no dashboard, no bullshit.

Quick Start

# 1. Get your free API key (100 screenshots/month)
curl https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/key
# → {"api_key":"ss_xxx...","plan":"free","monthly_limit":100,...}

# 2. Take a screenshot
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ss_xxx..." \
  "https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/screenshot?url=https://github.com" \
  -o github.png

# 3. Check your usage
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ss_xxx..." \
  https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/usage

Features

• Zero signup — get a key with a single curl, no email required
• Fast renders — 2-5 second response time with full JavaScript execution
• PNG & JPEG — choose your format with ?format=jpeg
• Custom viewport — ?width=1920&height=1080 or ?width=1200 for OG images
• Full page capture — ?fullPage=true for scrollable pages
• Configurable delay — ?delay=2000 to wait for JS-rendered content
• GitHub Action — snapshot-action for CI/CD pipelines
• Open source — MIT license, self-host friendly

API Reference

Endpoint	Description
GET /key[?ref=CODE]	Generate a free API key (optional referral code)
GET /screenshot?url=...	Capture a webpage screenshot
GET /usage	Check your current usage and remaining quota
GET /api/metadata?url=...	Fetch page metadata (title, OG tags, favicon)
GET /health	Health check

Screenshot Parameters

Param	Default	Description
url	required	Page to screenshot (must start with http(s)://)
width	1280	Viewport width in pixels
height	auto	Viewport height in pixels
format	png	png or jpeg
fullPage	false	Capture full scrollable page
delay	0	Milliseconds to wait before capture

Auth via Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY header or ?api_key=YOUR_KEY query param.

Pricing

Plan	Price	Screenshots	Features
Free	$0	100/mo (+50 per referral)	PNG, 1280x720
Pro	$15/mo	1,000/mo	PNG+JPEG, custom viewport, full page
Business	$49/mo	10,000/mo	All formats, priority support, team keys

Referral Program

Share your referral link and both you and your friend get +50 free screenshots.

# Get your referral link
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/usage

Use Cases

Use Case	Description
Blog posts	Add website preview images to your articles
Dashboards	Embed live webpage previews anywhere
Monitoring	Visual checks for website changes
AI/LLM Tools	Feed webpage screenshots to vision models
CI/CD	Visual regression tests with GitHub Action
OG Images	Generate Open Graph preview images at ?width=1200
Documentation	Auto-capture docs pages for manuals

Tech Stack

Node.js, TypeScript, Hono, Puppeteer, SQLite, Railway.

License

MIT — use it, fork it, self-host it.