Can I capture screenshots without cookie banners and ads?

Yes. Pass blockCookieBanners=true to hide common consent popups (OneTrust, Cookiebot, Usercentrics, Didomi and others) and blockAds=true to block ad and tracker requests at network level.

Can I use RenderShot from scripts, CI pipelines or automation tools?

Yes. It is a plain REST API with a single x-api-key header, machine-readable OpenAPI spec at https://api.rendershot.dev/openapi.yaml and an LLM-friendly reference at https://rendershot.dev/llms-full.txt, so it drops into any language, workflow tool or agent.

Screenshot API, Visual Diff & Signed Evidence

Light — any URL, full page

Dark mode — darkMode=true

Everything you need

The features the expensive APIs charge for

Built on headless Chromium. One API key, simple parameters, binary or base64 output.

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Screenshots

Full-page or viewport, PNG or JPEG, retina scale, single-element clipping.

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HTML & URL → PDF

A4/Letter, landscape, margins, headers, footers and automatic page numbers.

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Device emulation

Capture as iPhone, Pixel, iPad and more with a single parameter.

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Dark mode

Render any site in its dark theme with darkMode=true.

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Ad & cookie blocking

Clean captures — block ads, trackers and cookie banners automatically.

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Fast & cached

Repeat captures return instantly from built-in response caching.

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Secure by default

SSRF-protected — never reaches internal or metadata addresses.

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Dead-simple auth

One API key. Subscribe and pay through RapidAPI in seconds.

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Visual Diff

Pixel-level comparison between two URLs. Metrics-first, ignore regions & selectors, SHA-256 fast path.

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Signed Evidence

Tamper-evident captures with a SHA-256 + Ed25519-signed manifest you verify offline.

Pricing

Lower price. Every feature.

Start free. Upgrade when you grow. Every plan includes every feature.

FREE

100 requests / month

All features
Great for testing

Start free

What you'd pay elsewhere

Cheapest paid plan, public list prices (June 2026). RenderShot starts at $5/mo.

Cheapest paid plan	RenderShot	ScreenshotOne	ApiFlash	Urlbox
Monthly price	$5	$17	$7	$19
Free tier	✓ 100	✓ 100	✓ 100	trial
Dark mode + ad/cookie block	✓	✓	~	✓

Cheapest paid entry plan. Competitor prices via public pricing pages, June 2026.

Quickstart

Three lines to your first capture

Works in any language. Here are the basics.

# Screenshot (mobile, dark, no cookie banner) curl "https://api.rendershot.dev/v1/screenshot?url=https://github.com&device=iphone_15&darkMode=true&blockCookieBanners=true" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" --output shot.png # PDF from HTML, with page numbers curl -X POST "https://api.rendershot.dev/v1/pdf" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" -H "content-type: application/json" \ -d '{"html":"<h1>Invoice #42</h1>","pageNumbers":true}' --output doc.pdf

const res = await fetch( "https://api.rendershot.dev/v1/screenshot?url=https://stripe.com&fullPage=true", { headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_KEY" } } ); const buffer = await res.arrayBuffer(); // → write buffer to a .png file or upload it

import requests r = requests.get( "https://api.rendershot.dev/v1/screenshot", params={"url": "https://stripe.com", "fullPage": "true"}, headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_KEY"}, ) open("shot.png", "wb").write(r.content)

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Screenshots and PDFs in one API call — without the enterprise price tag.

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For developers

Built for developers

Integrate RenderShot with cURL, Node.js, Python, PHP, Postman or GitHub Actions.

View examples on GitHub Use the GitHub Action Explore the API docs

Capabilities: Visual Diff API · Signed Evidence API

Compare: vs ApiFlash · vs ScreenshotAPI · vs ScreenshotOne · vs Urlbox · vs Playwright

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I take a screenshot of a website with an API?

Call GET /v1/screenshot?url=https://example.com on api.rendershot.dev with your key in the x-api-key header. Add fullPage=true, device=iphone_15, darkMode=true or blockCookieBanners=true as needed — the response is the image bytes.

How do I convert HTML to PDF with an API?

POST JSON to /v1/pdf with {"html":"<h1>Invoice</h1>","pageNumbers":true} — or pass a url instead. Formats, margins, landscape and custom headers/footers are supported.

Is there a free screenshot API?

Yes — the FREE plan includes 100 requests/month, no credit card. Paid starts at $5/month, the cheapest entry among major screenshot APIs.

Can I capture without cookie banners and ads?

Yes — blockCookieBanners=true hides common consent popups (OneTrust, Cookiebot, Usercentrics, Didomi…) and blockAds=true blocks ad/tracker requests.

Does it work from scripts, CI and automation tools?

It's a plain REST API: one header, an OpenAPI spec and an LLM-friendly reference, so it drops into any language or workflow.

Where do I get an API key?

Subscribe on RapidAPI — the free plan activates instantly and billing is handled by the marketplace.