An API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots
A self-hosted API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots. - goodreasonai/ScrapeServ
An API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots launched on February 6, 2025 with 208 votes, #177 of 5,999 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
This API accepts URLs and returns screenshots captured through a browser, making it useful for developers who need automated visual rendering of web pages. It's designed for those building tools that require programmatic access to how websites appear visually. The service is hosted on GitHub, indicating it may be open-source or community-maintained.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
You run the API as a web server on your machine, you send it a URL, and you get back the website data as a file plus screenshots of the site. Simple as. This project was made to support Abbey , an AI platform. Its author is Gordon Kamer . Please leave a star if you like the project! This web scraper is resource intensive but higher quality than many alternatives. Websites are scraped using Playwright, which launches a Firefox browser context for each job. A pre-built image is available for your use called usaiinc/scraper . You can use it with docker compose by creating a file called docker-compose.yml and putting the following inside it: services: scraper: image: usaiinc/scraper:latest…from github.com
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