Quickly generate screenshots, PDFs and other renders using the urlbox screenshot as a service API.
Signup at Urlbox to get an API key and secret.
npm install urlbox --save
import Urlbox from "urlbox";
// Get your API key and secret from urlbox.com
const urlbox = Urlbox(YOUR_API_KEY, YOUR_API_SECRET);
// See all urlbox screenshot options at urlbox.com/docs
const options = {
url: "github.com",
thumb_width: 600,
format: "jpg",
quality: 80,
};
const imgUrl = urlbox.generateRenderLink(options);
// https://api.urlbox.io/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/TOKEN/jpg?url=github.com&thumb_width=600&quality=80Now stick that url in an img tag to render the screenshot!
Available options:
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
url |
- | The URL of the website you want to screenshot |
width |
1280 | Viewport width of the browser in pixels |
height |
1024 | Viewport height of the browser in pixels |
selector |
- | Take a screenshot of the element that matches this selector |
thumb_width |
- | Width in pixels of the generated thumbnail, leave off for full-size screenshot |
format |
png | Format of the resulting screenshot image (png or jpg) |
user_agent |
- | User-Agent string used to emulate a particular client. |
cookie |
- | Set a cookie value before taking a screenshot. E.g. OptIn=true. Can be set multiple times to set more than one cookie. |
delay |
- | Amount of time to wait in milliseconds before urlbox takes the screenshot |
wait_for |
- | Waits for the element specified by this selector to be visible on the page before taking a screenshot |
timeout |
30000 | Amount of time to wait in milliseconds for the website at url to respond |
full_page |
false | Specify whether to capture the full-length of the website |
flash |
false | Enable the flash plugin for flash using websites |
force |
false | Take a fresh screenshot instead of getting a cached version |
ttl |
2592000 (30 days) | Short for 'time to live'. Number of seconds to keep a screenshot in the cache. Note the default is also the maximum value for this option. |
quality |
80 | JPEG only - image quality of resulting screenshot (0-100) |
disable_js |
false | Turn off javascript on target url to prevent popups |
retina |
false | Take a 'retina' or high definition screenshot equivalent to setting a device pixel ratio of 2.0 or @2x. Please note that retina screenshots will be double the normal dimensions and will normally take slightly longer to process due to the much bigger image size. |
click |
- | Element selector that is clicked before taking a screenshot e.g. #clickme would click the element with id="clickme" |
hover |
- | Element selector that is hovered before taking a screenshot e.g. #hoverme would hover over the element with id="clickme" |
bg_color |
- | Hex code or css color string. Some websites don't set a body background colour, and will show up as transparent backgrounds with PNG or black when using JPG. Use this setting to set a background colour. If the website explicitly sets a transparent background on the html or body elements, this setting will be overridden. |
crop_width |
- | Crop the width of the screenshot to this size in pixels |
hide_selector |
- | Hides all elements that match the element selector by setting their style to display:none !important;. Useful for hiding popups. |
highlight |
- | Word to highlight on the page before capturing a screenshot |
highlightfg |
white | Text color of the highlighted word |
highlightbg |
red | Background color of the highlighted word |
use_s3 |
false | Save the screenshot directly to the S3 bucket configured on your account |