How to capture websites, generate OG images, test UIs visually, and automate screenshots at scale.
An honest guide to Puppeteer alternatives in 2026, matched to the job: Playwright for automation, Selenium for cross-language, Cypress for app tests, and a hosted API when all you need is a screenshot of a URL.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Capture a webpage screenshot with headless Chrome from the command line: the real chrome --headless --screenshot command, its window-size and full-page limits, and when a hosted API is less to maintain.
Jul 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Why your link shows up as a bare gray bubble in iMessage, and how to fix it: add the right Open Graph tags, point og:image at a real render of your page, put the URL at the start or end of the message, and re-send to bust the per-device cache.
Jul 13, 2026 · 8 min read
Capture screenshots in Cypress with cy.screenshot(): manual shots, full-page captures, elements, automatic on-failure images, and where they get saved. Plus the captures Cypress cannot do, and when an API fits.
Jul 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Set up Storybook screenshot testing yourself with Playwright and the test-runner: capture each story, diff against a baseline, and catch visual regressions without a paid service.
Jul 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Turn any URL into a hosted PNG, JPG, or WebP with one API call. The programmatic way to save a webpage as an image, plus the manual browser methods and when each fits.
Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min read
Why your link shows up bare in WhatsApp, and how to fix it: add the right Open Graph tags, point og:image at a real render of your page, keep the image under 600KB, and re-send to bust WhatsApp's per-device cache.
Jul 9, 2026 · 8 min read
Use an Open Graph debugger to fix a broken link preview. Read the Facebook, LinkedIn, and X validators, force a re-scrape to clear a stale cache, and generate a correct og:image.
Jul 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Turn any URL into a hosted PNG with one API call. When PNG is the right format over WebP or JPEG, how to capture the full page, and why lossless output matters for visual testing.
Jul 7, 2026 · 6 min read
Configure Playwright to capture a screenshot the moment a test fails, wire it into the HTML report and traces, and see the picture of the broken page instead of guessing from a stack trace.
Jul 6, 2026 · 7 min read
How screenshot testing works: capture a baseline image of your UI, diff every new build against it, and catch layout regressions functional tests miss. Covers the false-positive traps and where a hosted render fits.
Jul 5, 2026 · 6 min read
Stop manually screenshotting your site and dropping it into a Figma browser frame. Automate the capture with one API call, then wrap the real screenshot in a CSS or Tailwind browser mockup, no design round-trip.
Jul 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Capturing one webpage by hand is easy. Capturing hundreds reliably from code is not. Here is how to screenshot a webpage programmatically with a single API call, plus how to run it over a full URL list without babysitting a headless browser.
Jul 3, 2026 · 5 min read
X retired its Twitter Card Validator, so cards-dev.twitter.com no longer works. Here is how to validate an X card in 2026: draft the tweet, inspect the served twitter: and og: tags, and use a third-party Open Graph debugger.
Jul 2, 2026 · 8 min read
Turn any URL into a hosted JPG, PNG, or WebP image with one API call. No headless Chrome to install, no local converter, and the format and full-page options developers actually need.
Jul 1, 2026 · 6 min read
@vercel/og is instant and edge-cached, but satori breaks on RTL languages, CSS grid, and some custom fonts. Here is when to keep it and when to render OG images with a real browser instead.
Jun 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Two honest ways to capture a website screenshot in PHP: Spatie Browsershot driving headless Chrome, or a hosted screenshot API. Working code, the gotchas each one hits, and why imagegrabscreen is not the answer.
Jun 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Capture website screenshots automatically in a GitHub Actions workflow. A single curl step that screenshots any URL on every push or deploy, stores the image, and needs no browser to install or maintain in CI.
Jun 28, 2026 · 7 min read
Capture just one element from a web page instead of the whole thing. How element screenshots work in the browser, in code, and with a CSS selector over an API, and when each one fits.
Jun 27, 2026 · 6 min read
Turn any URL into a website preview image with one API call. How to render a real screenshot of a page, what size to capture, how it differs from a social link preview, and how to cache the image.
Jun 26, 2026 · 6 min read
The Twitter (X) card image size that renders a large preview is 1200 by 628 pixels at a 1.91 to 1 ratio. Here is how to set twitter:card and og:image, validate the card, and make the image a real screenshot of your page.
Jun 25, 2026 · 7 min read
Why your LinkedIn link shows up bare or with the wrong image, and how to fix it: add the right Open Graph tags, point og:image at a real 1200x627 render, and force LinkedIn to re-scrape with Post Inspector.
Jun 24, 2026 · 7 min read
Turn any URL into a website thumbnail with one API call. How automatic thumbnail generation works, what size to use, and how to cache the image for galleries, dashboards, and directories.
Jun 23, 2026 · 6 min read
Three ways to turn HTML into an image: a client-side DOM library, an online converter, and a screenshot API that renders your HTML at a URL and returns a hosted PNG, JPG, or WebP.
Jun 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Why your links show up bare in Discord and how to fix it: add the right Open Graph tags, point og:image at a real 1200x630 render, and force Discord to re-fetch the metadata.
Jun 21, 2026 · 6 min read
How to take a scrolling screenshot on Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, Chrome, and Firefox, plus how to capture long scrolling pages automatically with an API.
Jun 20, 2026 · 5 min read
Capture screenshots of a whole list of URLs at once. Compare browser extensions, DIY scripts, and a screenshot API, with a runnable loop that turns a URL list into hosted images.
Jun 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Multimodal LLMs can reason about images, but they need a way to see web pages. A screenshot API is the one-line bridge that turns any URL into a hosted image your agent can analyze.
Jun 18, 2026 · 5 min read
Four ways to screenshot a website in Node.js: Puppeteer, Playwright, the capture-website wrapper, and a hosted API. Working code, the trade-offs, and when to skip running Chromium.
Jun 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Set up visual regression testing in Playwright with toHaveScreenshot: baselines, diff thresholds, the CI flake problem, and where a screenshot API fits as a stable baseline source.
Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read
A practical guide to capturing full-page screenshots on Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, and in code. One API call handles any device or environment.
Jun 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Three ways to capture a website screenshot in Python: Selenium, Playwright, and a hosted API. Full-page captures, the gotchas each one hits, and when to skip running a browser entirely.
Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Ten Open Graph image patterns that actually get clicks, what makes each one work, and the build approach behind them, so you can ship great social previews on every page without a design tool.
Jun 16, 2026 · 5 min read
A practical guide to website change monitoring: capture a baseline screenshot, re-capture on a schedule, diff the images, and alert when something changes.
Jun 16, 2026 · 5 min read
How to capture screenshots in Selenium WebDriver: the viewport default, the full-page workarounds Selenium does not handle natively, single elements, and when a screenshot API is less work.
Jun 16, 2026 · 4 min read
Add dynamic Open Graph images to a Next.js app two ways: the built-in opengraph-image convention with @vercel/og for templated cards, and a screenshot API when you want the OG image to be a real render of the page.
Jun 15, 2026 · 4 min read
Skip the headless browser setup. Learn the three ways to capture a screenshot from a URL, and when a screenshot API beats Puppeteer or Playwright for production workloads.
Jun 15, 2026 · 5 min read
A practical comparison of Puppeteer and Playwright for taking screenshots: API ergonomics, full-page capture, cross-browser support, speed, and when a hosted API beats both.
Jun 15, 2026 · 6 min read
A practical rundown of the best visual regression testing tools in 2026, open source and SaaS, plus how to feed any of them consistent screenshots of deployed URLs.
Jun 14, 2026 · 4 min read
Everything you need to take screenshots in Playwright: the viewport default, full-page captures, element-level shots, and wiring it all into CI. Plus when to reach for an API instead.
Jun 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Preview your OG image before you publish using platform debuggers and a screenshot API. Test how a link unfurls on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and from localhost.
Jun 14, 2026 · 5 min read
An OG image is the preview image that appears when a link is shared on social media. Learn what it is, why it breaks, and how to automate one per page.
Jun 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Capture a full-page screenshot in Chrome with built-in DevTools, no extension required. Plus the keyboard shortcut, the extension route, and how to automate it for many pages.
Jun 13, 2026 · 4 min read
How to take screenshots in Puppeteer: full page, specific elements, and high quality. Plus the failure modes that make people switch to a hosted screenshot API.
Jun 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Generate a unique Open Graph image for every page by pointing a screenshot API at your HTML template. One template, zero design work, scales to any number of pages.
Jun 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Comparing the top screenshot APIs on billing model, per-grab cost, features, and agent support so you can pick the right one for your project.
Jun 11, 2026 · 6 min read
What visual regression testing is, how the baseline-and-diff workflow works, the best tools, and how consistent screenshots keep your visual tests from going flaky.
Jun 11, 2026 · 4 min read
How to take a full-page screenshot on Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android, plus how to capture full pages automatically with an API.
Jun 10, 2026 · 4 min read
The right Open Graph image size is 1200 by 630 pixels. Here are the exact dimensions for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Slack, and Discord, plus how to generate OG images from a URL.
Jun 10, 2026 · 4 min read
