README.md

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title: Free Website Screenshot API — Capture Any URL as an Image
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short_description: Capture a screenshot of any website URL as an image. Free
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# Free Website Screenshot API — Capture Any URL as an Image

Paste any website URL, pick a size, and get back a JPG image. This is a free,
no-signup demo of the **[MesmerTools Screenshot API](https://mesmer.tools/api-tools/screenshot)**
that runs entirely in your browser — handy for previews, thumbnails, link cards,
and quick visual checks of any public page.

## What it does

- **Screenshot any URL online** — enter `https://example.com` and capture it as an image.
- **URL to image** — the API returns a hosted JPG on `cdn.mesmer.tools` you can open or download.
- **Custom size** — set width (320–1920px, default 1280) and height (240–1080px, default 720),
  or use the Desktop / Wide / Mobile presets.
- **Cached + fast** — repeat captures of the same page are served from cache.

## How it works

This Space calls the public `GET /api/v1/screenshot` endpoint directly from your
browser, so every visitor gets their own free quota (no shared key, no proxy):

```
GET https://mesmer.tools/api/v1/screenshot?url=https://github.com&width=1280&height=720
→ { "url": "https://cdn.mesmer.tools/screenshots/api/….jpg", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "cached": false }
```

| Param  | Required | Range / default              |
| ------ | -------- | ---------------------------- |
| `url`  | yes      | a website URL (https://…)    |
| `width`| no       | 320–1920, default 1280       |
| `height`| no      | 240–1080, default 720        |

## Free limits

The free demo allows **10 screenshots per hour per visitor**. Need higher limits,
batch capture, or full-page screenshots for production? Use the full tool:
**[mesmer.tools/api-tools/screenshot](https://mesmer.tools/api-tools/screenshot)**.

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- [Token Price Calculator](https://mesmer.tools/free-tools/token-price-calculator) — estimate LLM API costs.

Browse everything at **[mesmer.tools](https://mesmer.tools)** — free developer & AI tools.

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