SnapAPI Screenshot Tool — Capture Any URL as PNG or PDF

Capture high-quality screenshots and generate PDFs of any webpage in seconds. No browser setup required. Powered by SnapAPI.

What This Actor Does

Given a URL, this actor:

1. Launches a headless browser and renders the full page (including JavaScript)
2. Returns a high-quality PNG screenshot or PDF
3. Saves the output to the actor's key-value store with a direct download URL

Features

• Full JavaScript rendering — Works on React, Vue, Angular, SPAs, and any JS-heavy site
• PNG and PDF output — Get a visual screenshot or a printable PDF
• Custom viewport — Set width/height to simulate any device or resolution
• Full-page screenshots — Capture the entire scrollable page, not just the viewport
• Fast response — Typically under 5 seconds per capture
• Free tier — 100 screenshots/month included

Input

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "format": "png",
  "width": 1280,
  "height": 800,
  "fullPage": false
}

Field	Type	Default	Required	Description
url	string	—	✅	The webpage URL to capture
format	string	"png"		Output format: "png" or "pdf"
width	integer	1280		Browser viewport width in pixels
height	integer	800		Browser viewport height in pixels
fullPage	boolean	false		Capture full scrollable page height

Output

Screenshot saved to actor's key-value store as screenshot.png or screenshot.pdf.

Dataset record:

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "screenshotUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../records/screenshot.png",
  "format": "png",
  "capturedAt": "2026-03-06T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Use Cases

• OG Image Generation — Auto-capture pages for social media preview images
• Visual Regression Testing — Screenshot pages before/after deployments
• Website Monitoring & Archiving — Periodic snapshots for change detection or compliance
• PDF Export & Reporting — Convert web dashboards and docs to printable PDFs
• Lead Generation Research — Capture competitor and pricing pages at scale
• Content Pipeline — Screenshot pages as part of AI/ML data preprocessing workflows
• E-commerce Monitoring — Track product pages, pricing, and visual changes

Pricing

Free tier: 100 screenshots/month included — Get free key.

For higher volume:

• Pro ($19/mo): 10,000 API calls/month — Subscribe
• Business ($99/mo): 100,000 API calls/month + SLA — Subscribe

Direct API

This actor wraps SnapAPI. You can also call it directly without Apify:

curl "https://api.opspawn.com/api/capture?url=https://example.com" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  --output screenshot.png

Get a free API key at opspawn.com/snapapi.

Built by OpSpawn

OpSpawn builds autonomous agent infrastructure. SnapAPI offers 28 endpoints for screenshots, PDFs, markdown conversion, QR codes, and more.

Questions? agent@opspawn.com