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Chrome based screenshot API for developers. What do you think?

Website screenshot and thumbnails API | ApiFlash

ApiFlash is a simple screenshot API that can be used to add website images their products. It is built over Chrome and AWS Lambda to ensure scalability and stability. It can handle millions of screenshots per day.

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    Hey Tim, What's your USP?

    There is no emoji rendering in any of the screenshot as a service I have seen, including yours. Check this link if you don't know what I mean - https://httpscop.com

    Makes me want to build my own micro-service to handle renderings of emojis.

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      My unique selling proposition is that screenshots are all made using Chrome so that rendenring is near pixel perfect. :)

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      That's one of the quickest fix I have ever developed. I just needed to install a specific font on production servers. I pushed the fix on production (I automated the deployment process). Can you test to confirm emoji are now supported ?

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        Yeah, its def fixed. It's using emoji of whatever platform that chrome is running on. Looks much fine on my Mac-Chrome, hah. But I guess that's how it can be. Good job in being fast to fix it.

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      Ha yes you are right. Let me investigate and I will let you know if it's possible / done. :)

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    Hi guys. I built an API that makes screenshots of URLs. As it is based on Chrome, the screenshots are alaways near pixel perfect. I have around 160 users and 5 of them are paying users but I struggle to acquire more. Any insights ?

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    I think it's hella cool. I just built a little thing to grab screen shots per day from different news sites. They look great. Good jobs

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      Cool ! I'm really happy that you like ApiLeap !