How to Take Automated Website Screenshots with curl (Zero Signup)
Why Automate Screenshots?
Manual screenshots don't scale. Whether you need daily dashboard snapshots, CI/CD visual diffs, OG image previews, or monitoring alerts — a scriptable screenshot API saves hours.
SnapShot API is the simplest way to automate this. One endpoint, instant key, no signup.
Get a Key (No Signup)
curl https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/key
That's it. A JSON response with your key and referral_code. No email, no OAuth, no billing info.
Take a Screenshot
curl "https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/screenshot?url=https://example.com&key=YOUR_KEY" > screenshot.png
The API returns a full-page PNG. Works for any public URL.
Use Cases
Dashboard Monitoring
Schedule a cron job to snapshot your dashboards every hour:
0 * * * * curl "https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/screenshot?url=https://metrics.example.com/dashboard&key=YOUR_KEY" > /data/dash-$(date +\%Y\%m\%d\%H).png
CI/CD Visual Regression
Capture your staging site after every deploy, compare against production baseline:
curl "https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/screenshot?url=https://staging.example.com&key=YOUR_KEY" > staging-snapshot.png
AI/LLM Context
Feed webpage screenshots into vision models for analysis — product pages, documentation, competitor sites.
Price Monitoring
Track competitor pricing pages, product listings, or availability indicators over time.
Share & Earn More Capacity
Each user gets a referral link. When someone signs up using it, both parties get +50 monthly screenshots. Stackable. No limit.
# Your referral link https://snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app/?ref=YOUR_CODE
Pricing
- Free — 100 screenshots/month, instant key, referral bonuses
- Pro ($15) — 1,000/month (coming soon)
- Business ($49) — 10,000/month (coming soon)
Or try it right now in the interactive playground — no API key required.
Start at snapshot-api-production-1374.up.railway.app or browse the source on GitHub.