Website Screenshot Service

A simple HTTP service that uses Puppeteer to capture screenshots of websites and return them as binary PNG data.

1. Set the browserless environment variable with your Browserless.io token
2. The service will be available as an HTTP endpoint

Make a GET request to the service with a url parameter:

GET /?url=https://example.com

• url (required): The URL of the website to screenshot

• Success: Returns a PNG image as binary data with Content-Type: image/png
• Error: Returns error message as plain text with appropriate HTTP status code

# Take a screenshot of Wikipedia
curl "https://your-val-url.web.val.run/?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI" -o screenshot.png

# Take a screenshot of Google
curl "https://your-val-url.web.val.run/?url=https://google.com" -o google.png

• Validates URL format before processing
• Sets consistent viewport size (1280x720) for screenshots
• Waits for network to be idle before taking screenshot
• Returns proper error messages for invalid requests
• Includes timeout protection (30 seconds)

The service handles various error cases:

• Missing URL parameter (400)
• Invalid URL format (400)
• Missing browserless token (500)
• Screenshot capture errors (500)

• Viewport: 1280x720 pixels
• Screenshot type: PNG
• Full page: Disabled (captures viewport only)
• Timeout: 30 seconds
• Wait condition: Network idle (no requests for 500ms)