Why I built screenshot.fyi

👋 Hey hackers!

I built screenshot.fyi because I needed a reliable, easy way to take programmatic screenshots of websites. While there are other solutions out there, they were either too complex, too expensive, or lacked the features I needed.

What it does:

• Take high-quality screenshots of any webpage via API

• Customize viewport size, capture full page scrolls

• Remove cookie banners automatically

• Support for dark mode captures

• Reliable infrastructure built on AWS Lambda

Perfect for:

• SaaS dashboards

• Social media preview cards

• Website monitoring

• Automated reporting

• Visual regression testing

Integrations:

• Zapier: https://zapier.com/apps/screenshotfyi/integrations

Tech Stack:

• Next.js for the API and frontend

• AWS Lambda for screenshot processing

• Puppeteer for browser automation

The API is super simple to use:

GET /api/take?url=example.com&accessKey=xyz