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How to Take Screenshots of Web Pages Behind a Login
July 26, 2024
Nico Clack
Maybe you want to accumulate some internal dashboards or gather your paywalled articles? There are a few different ways we can achieve this with Urlbox
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11 min read
How performance cheats broke our website screenshots
June 27, 2024
Chris Roebuck
What I discovered when debugging our latest customer reported edge case.
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23 min read
Why we changed our pricing
May 31, 2024
Jonathan Markwell
Last year we made the biggest change to Urlbox's pricing since we started in 2012.
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5 min read
Urlbox.io is now Urlbox.com
January 31, 2024
Chris Roebuck
We've purchased and switched to Urlbox.com
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1 min read
We're Hiring: Full Stack TypeScript Developer
January 30, 2024
Chris Roebuck
We're looking for a developer that values managing themselves, thrives in a calm and well organised environment and is perpetually curious about web technologies.
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4 min read
Automate Email Archiving by Converting Email to Image at Scale
October 27, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Learn how to convert email to image at scale for various use cases and archive them automatically.
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7 min read
Protect Your Intellectual Property: Best Tools for Monitoring Copyright Infringement
October 12, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Dive into the importance of monitoring your intellectual property and discover four tools that can help you protect against thieves.
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8 min read
How to block image requests with puppeteer
October 5, 2023
Chris Roebuck
Learn how to block image requests in puppeteer with request interception
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7 min read
Top 5 Advanced Visualping Alternatives to Monitor Websites for Changes
October 4, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Looking for a more advanced Visualping alternative to tracking website changes? Our guide outlines to top 5 options, detailing features and benefits. Let’s dive in!
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8 min read
5 Best GetScreenshot Alternatives That Can Integrate With Zapier
September 25, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover five powerful alternatives to GetScreenshot that integrate with Zapier for enhanced automation and productivity. Explore their unique strengths and integration capabilities.
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6 min read
How AI is Enhancing Web Monitoring
September 12, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Explore how AI is revolutionizing the web monitoring process, offering new capabilities and insights at a scale that was previously unimaginable.
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7 min read
6 Apiflash Alternatives to Capture Screenshots at Scale
September 5, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Explore top alternatives to Apiflash for capturing high-quality screenshots. Compare features, pricing, and find the best fit for your needs.
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8 min read
How to Classify Web Pages with ChatGPT
August 28, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Delve into the practical applications and benefits of web page classification for businesses with the help of ChatGPT.
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7 min read
What Is AI Detection and How Does It Work
August 18, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Delve into what AI detection is and shed some light on the latest techniques employed by researchers, developers, and business owners to distinguish between human and AI-created texts.
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7 min read
Top 6 Browshot Alternatives for Pixel Perfect Screenshots
August 9, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Discover a curated list of the top 6 Browshot alternatives for pixel-perfect screenshots.
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9 min read
How to Summarize Articles with ChatGPT
July 27, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover the best ways to summarize articles with ChatGPT and the pros and cons of each method in terms of accuracy and costs.
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8 min read
Capture screenshots from a list of URLs in google sheets
July 20, 2023
Chris Roebuck
This guide will walk you through how to automate screenshot capture from a list of URLs in google sheets.
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11 min read
Here's How AI Can Help You Analyze Web Content
July 19, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Here's how AI can help you analyze web content faster and more accurately than ever before.
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9 min read
Best 6 ShrinkTheWeb Alternatives to Generate Website Thumbnails and Screenshots
July 7, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Explore the best 6 ShrinkTheWeb alternatives you can rely on to generate website thumbnails and capture high-quality screenshots of web pages
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8 min read
Top 6 Pagepeeker Alternatives to Keep Track of Competitors
June 28, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Discover 6 of the best Pagepeeker alternatives to automate your workflow and track competitors.
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8 min read
Monitor Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) for Specific Keywords
June 16, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Here’s how SERP monitoring and keyword tracking complement each other to support effective SEO.
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9 min read
The Best Pagescreen Alternatives for Website Screenshots
June 9, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover five of the best Pagescreen alternatives, their key features, and why you might want to use them.
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9 min read
Why Tracking Customer Feedback is Crucial for Business Success
May 29, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Explore the five ways to monitor customer feedback and the key steps to get the most out of social media comments.
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8 min read
Best Ways to Save and Download Twitter Threads
May 24, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Learn the best ways to save Twitter threads and how to automatically download them by capturing Twitter screenshots at scale.
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9 min read
How to extract text from webpages
May 12, 2023
Jonathan Markwell
Get text in markdown format from a page at the same moment as taking a screenshot
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3 min read
The Best 6 Screenshot Guru Alternatives for Automated Screenshots
May 11, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover 6 Screenshot Guru alternatives you can use to capture screenshots automatically.
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10 min read
Why Testing Your Website on Different Screen Sizes is Critical for User Experience
April 28, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover why testing your website on different screen sizes is critical for user experience and learn how to do it.
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12 min read
5 MirrorWeb Alternatives for Website Archiving
April 19, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Explore five MirrorWeb alternatives for website archiving: Urlbox.io, Stillio, PageFreezer, Wayback Machine, and Archive.today.
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8 min read
How SaaS Companies Can Automate Documentation with Screenshots
April 12, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Explore the benefits of automating documentation with screenshots and how the Urlbox screenshot service API can help.
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7 min read
How to Generate and Store Daily Screenshots of Your Website
March 31, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Learn how to automatically generate and store daily screenshots of any website.
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7 min read
Render screenshots and HTML using chatGPT
March 28, 2023
Chris Roebuck
With the Urlbox ChatGPT plugin, you can ask ChatGPT to generate screenshots and render any HTML you can dream of.
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6 min read
Why Your Business Needs a Data Archiving Strategy
March 17, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Learn what data archiving is, why it's important, and the best practices and benefits associated with implementing a data archiving solution.
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6 min read
How to Take Scrolling Screenshots at Scale
March 13, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover three ways to capture scrolling screenshots at scale regardless of your technical knowledge.
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6 min read
Best Tools to Screenshot Multiple URLs in Bulk
March 1, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Find the best tools to screenshot multiple URLs in bulk regardless of your tech stack.
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12 min read
Comparing the 5 Best Website Monitoring Tools for Small Businesses
February 20, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover 5 of the best website monitoring tools for small businesses to help monitor your website's health and performance.
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9 min read
A Comparison of The 5 Best HTML Code to Image Converters in 2023
February 10, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Take a look at the five best HTML code to image converters with detailed features and pricing.
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9 min read
3 Ways to Programmatically Convert HTML to Images
February 5, 2023
Jonathan Markwell
Introducing a quick reference guide to using Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium and more to programmatically generate images, documents and screenshots.
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2 min read
Everything You Need to Know About Data Archiving Tools for Regulatory Compliance
February 1, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Learn about the importance of data archiving for regulatory compliance, different types of archives and the best archiving tools available on the market.
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11 min read
Online Reputation Monitoring Tips and Best Practices
January 20, 2023
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Monitoring your online reputation is essential to maintain a positive brand image. Read on to discover tips and best practices.
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8 min read
How to Take Full Page Screenshots - Best Tools and Most Common Use Cases
January 17, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Follow step-by-step instructions on how to take full page screenshots and save them in different formats with the best tools and apps.
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9 min read
How to Use an HTML to PDF API to Generate PDFs in Your Web Application
January 13, 2023
Dan Cucolea
Here's how to use an HTML to PDF API to generate professional high-quality PDF files for your web application.
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6 min read
How to Convert HTML to PNG Images with Python
January 9, 2023
Dave Mateer
If you want to create website screenshots using Python here are some popular options.
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11 min read
Preparing For A Successful Product Launch: Everything You Need to Know
December 22, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Here's how to prepare and run a successful product launch to create a solid first impression.
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11 min read
Scrolling Website Screenshots
December 14, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Create scolling videos of long web pages programmatically
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2 min read
How to Convert HTML to PDF in Python
December 14, 2022
Victor Elezua
There are lots of tools on the market that make it relatively easy to convert your HTML documents and web pages to PDF.
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11 min read
How to Monitor and Keep Track of Website Changes - 5 Online Tools to Use
December 13, 2022
Dan Cucolea
Discover 5 of the best tools you can use to monitor and keep track of website changes.
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10 min read
8 Best Brand Monitoring Tools to Supercharge Your Marketing Efforts in 2023
December 7, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover 8 of the best brand monitoring tools you can use in 2023 to supercharge your marketing efforts and boost your ROI.
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13 min read
GPU Accelerated Website Screenshots
December 7, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Render complex webpages faster with a hardware GPU.
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1 min read
Best Ways to Track Product Prices on Amazon and eBay
November 29, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Learn the best ways to track product prices on Amazon, eBay, or any other online store.
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8 min read
Animated Screenshots
November 29, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Create animated screenshots of your app with a single command.
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1 min read
Generate PDF documents from HTML with Urlbox
November 29, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
The full power of Urlbox's rendering engine so you and your designers can make beautiful reports.
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1 min read
Post HTML, CSS and JavaScript
November 22, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Generate images from HTML on the fly without having to host it at a URL
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1 min read
Screenshots by Webhook
November 22, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
No need to keep a request open while your screenshot is rendered
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1 min read
The Ultimate Guide to Brand Monitoring and How to Track Brand Mentions
November 21, 2022
Dan Cucolea
The best ways to keep track of your online brand mentions and tools you can use to automate brand monitoring.
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11 min read
How to extract custom metadata
November 15, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Get any data you want from a page at the same moment as taking a screenshot
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1 min read
Save screenshots (and more) to S3
November 15, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Store a screenshots, HTML and metadata in your own s3 bucket
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2 min read
How to Keep Archives of Web Pages With Website Screenshot Archive Tools
November 10, 2022
Dan Cucolea
Learn how to archive websites conveniently using the best screenshot service APIs and tools available today.
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8 min read
Extract Metadata with Screenshots
November 8, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Get publisher, title, date, author and more with every one of your screenshots
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2 min read
How to take screenshots with Zapier
November 8, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Use Zapier to integrate screenshots with over 5,000 apps
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1 min read
Generate an image or PDF from HTML
November 4, 2022
Chris Roebuck
Instead of sending in a URL to the API, send in a HTML snippet
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1 min read
Bulk screenshot generation with Urlbox
November 3, 2022
Chris Roebuck
Grab screenshots from a list of 100s of URLs
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1 min read
Block pop ups and hide cookie banners from screenshots
November 2, 2022
Chris Roebuck
Several solutions for removing these annoying banners and making your screenshots look a lot cleaner.
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1 min read
10 years of Urlbox: 10 ways to improve your screenshots (7 new for 2022)
November 1, 2022
Chris Roebuck
I rarely write about our business but this milestone felt worthy of an update.
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3 min read
Converting HTML To SVG At Scale - Top Tips, Tools, And APIs To Use
October 31, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Discover 3 of the best tools you can use to convert HTML to SVG at scale and how they work.
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8 min read
How to Take Screenshots in Django
October 31, 2022
Esther Vaati
In this article, you will explore several ways of automating screenshot capturing using Django, along with code implementation for each method.
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13 min read
Best Website Thumbnail APIs To Automatically Generate Webpage Previews
October 19, 2022
Dan Cucolea
This article will cover four of the best website thumbnail APIs you can use to automatically generate high-quality webpage previews.
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7 min read
Best Browserstack Alternatives For Automated Testing
October 10, 2022
Dan Cucolea
Discover 4 of the best Browserstack alternatives broken down by their unique functionalities, features, and pricing.
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9 min read
How to Capture Ad Screenshots And Automate Tear Sheets
September 30, 2022
Dan Cucolea
In this article, you'll learn how to automatically create tear sheets of different ad campaigns and share them with your clients, regardless of the ads' placement.
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8 min read
How To Screenshot a Web Page - The Full Guide
September 23, 2022
Dan Cucolea
This article will teach you how to screenshot a web page based on what you plan on doing with the final image.
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10 min read
How to Add Website Screenshots to a Laravel Application
September 22, 2022
Amr Abdou
In this article, you will explore several ways of automating screenshot capturing using Laravel, along with code implementation for each method.
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13 min read
How to make puppeteer wait for page to load
September 19, 2022
Chris Roebuck
Because sometimes it's not as easy as waiting for the Page load event!
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14 min read
How To Create a Swipe File with Google Sheets and Zapier
September 14, 2022
Dan Cucolea
Learn how to create your own swipe file using no-code tools and share it with your followers, employees, or clients.
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9 min read
Scripts to Take Website Screenshots from the Command Line (Linux and macOS)
September 2, 2022
Alvin Charity
This article will show you how to take screenshots of webpages from the command line.
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18 min read
Top Restpack Alternatives For Website Snapshots - What To Look For
August 29, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Thinking of switching from Restpack for your website screenshots? Look no further. In this article, we explore the top Restpack alternatives for website snapshots.
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6 min read
Best Social Media Archive Tools and APIs
August 19, 2022
Dan Cucolea
Best social media archive tools that help you keep your social media records safe and accessible to protect yourself against lawsuits.
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10 min read
Capturing a Screenshot of a Webpage in ASP.NET Core
August 18, 2022
Ivan Kahl
This article will show you how to take screenshots of webpages in an ASP.NET Core application without JavaScript.
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26 min read
How to Take a Screenshot of a Web Page with Clojure
August 11, 2022
Yehonathan Sharvit
This article will show you how to take screenshots of webpages in an ASP.NET Core application without JavaScript.
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8 min read
Convert Links To PDF At Scale - Best Screenshot APIs and Tools
August 10, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Converting a webpage to PDF can be daunting, especially if you want a high-quality document. Learn how to convert links to PDFs at scale using screenshot APIs and tools.
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7 min read
HTML to Image
August 5, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Turn your HTML and CSS into images for easy sharing.
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2 min read
URL to Image
August 5, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Convert a URL into an Image in the favourite format for taking screenshots of websites.
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6 min read
Html2Canvas Alternatives: Comparing The Top 4 Website Screenshot APIs and Libraries
July 29, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
This article compares the top 4 website screenshot APIs and JS libraries you can use to replace Html2Canvas.
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8 min read
How to Take a Screenshot of a Web Page with Rust
July 29, 2022
Ivan Kahl
In this article, you'll learn how to take screenshots in Rust using several Rust crates.
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15 min read
Top 6 Wayback Machine Alternatives - Archive Sites With Automated Screenshots
July 19, 2022
Dan Cucolea
In this article, we share six of the best Wayback Machine alternatives you can use to archive sites and web pages with the help of automated screenshots.
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11 min read
Screenshot Machine Alternatives for Full Page Screenshots
July 8, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Looking for a Screenshot Machine alternative for full-page screenshots? We've got you covered! Here's the full list of the most reliable screenshot APIs.
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7 min read
How to Take Screenshots with Ruby on Rails
July 6, 2022
Corinn Pope
We’ll show you 4 different ways to take website screenshots using Rails. Puppeteer & Goover, Cloudinary + URL2png, html2canvas and Urlbox.
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15 min read
The Best Website Screenshot Generator Tools and APIs
June 29, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
We've put together this list of the best website screenshot generators to help you find the one best suited for your use case. Check out the full list here!
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9 min read
Generating Website Screenshots With Ruby
June 29, 2022
Bilal Budhani
I will explore different approaches to generating website screenshots with Ruby using Selenium, Grover, Playwright and Urlbox
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5 min read
Automatic Screenshot Tools - An In-Depth Look at the Top 3 Stillio Alternatives
June 17, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Looking for a reliable Stillio alternative for fast and responsive website screenshots? Take a look at the best 3 options on the market today and pick your favorite.
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9 min read
How to Take a Screenshot of a Website Using PHP
June 17, 2022
James Walker
We'll look at four different ways in which you can produce high-quality captures, including methods which require no JavaScript knowledge
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11 min read
How to Take Website Screenshots With Elixir
June 9, 2022
Allan MacGregor
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to take website screenshots with Elixir using different methods.
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12 min read
Golang Website Screenshots - The Ultimate Guide
June 7, 2022
Rexford Nyarko
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to take screenshots in Go using different methods.
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14 min read
Urlscan.io Alternatives for Mitigating the Risks of Cyber Attacks
May 27, 2022
Dan Cucolea
Discover 4 Urlscan.io alternatives and the best ways to prepare your business in case you ever get hacked.
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8 min read
Capturing Screenshots of Websites From URLs in C#
May 27, 2022
Jura Gorohovsky
If you're a seasoned C# backend developer with limited JavaScript skills, chances are you don't want to maintain a Node.js application.
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16 min read
Convert a Webpage to PDF Using APIs - The Complete Guide
May 18, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
Looking for a reliable way to convert webpages to PDFs? This guide includes everything you need to know, from building your own microservice to using APIs.
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8 min read
How to Take Website Screenshots With Java
May 13, 2022
Vikram Aruchamy
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to take screenshots in Java using different methods.
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12 min read
How to Generate Twitter Screenshots Automatically Using Twitter Screenshot Apps
May 10, 2022
Dan Cucolea
Here’s an overview of the best Twitter screenshot apps that help you generate Twitter screenshots automatically. Read on!
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6 min read
Using Python Scripts to Take Screenshots
May 6, 2022
Ravgeet Dhillon
It can be surprisingly tricky to take screenshots using Python, especially when JavaScript is involved.
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10 min read
Best HTML to PNG Converters. HTML to Image Tools - The Ultimate List
April 29, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
HTML to PNG screenshot converters are a dime a dozen, but which one will help you generate the screenshots you need? Here's a list of the five best HTML to image tools.
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9 min read
Html2Canvas vs PhantomJS vs Urlbox - A Comparison
April 15, 2022
Dan Cucolea
This article is a thorough comparison between HTML2Canvas, Phantom JS, and Urlbox, some of the leading website screenshot tools on the market. Read on!
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10 min read
Top 5 Website Screenshot APIs for Your Business
April 8, 2022
Maria-Cristina Muntean
There's a lot to know about website screenshot APIs, which is why we've created this guide. Here are 5 of the best website screenshot APIs and what makes them stand out from the crowd.
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16 min read
How To Detect Annoying Website Overlays, Modals and Popups
March 21, 2022
Alan Donohoe
It’s a wild, wild, web out there. There’s all sorts of odd servers, doing dodgy stuff when you visit them and take a screenshot.
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5 min read
Website screenshots with web fonts
March 14, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Render web fonts exactly as they look in your browser
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2 min read
Using AI To Classify Website Screenshots
March 7, 2022
Alan Donohoe
Written in Python, using the deep learning libraries of Keras on top of Tensorflow.
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10 min read
How to Take Screenshots with WordPress
March 2, 2022
James Ogilvie
Various ways of taking website screenshots with WordPress
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11 min read
Website screenshots with Apple-style emoji
February 28, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Render emoji exactly as they look on your iPhone, iPad or Mac
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2 min read
Automate website screenshots on a schedule
February 16, 2022
Chris Roebuck
Schedule website screenshots hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or on a specific date with Urlbox screenshot API and Zapier.
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9 min read
Generate website screenshots from URLs in Airtable
February 16, 2022
Chris Roebuck
Learn how to grab a screenshot from a URL in a record in an Airtable base
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8 min read
HTML to PDF
February 14, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Design printable documents in HTML and CSS.
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2 min read
7 ways to take website screenshots with node.js and JavaScript
February 7, 2022
Chris Roebuck
Learn how to take website screenshots with node.js and javascript. Use puppeteer, playwright, electron, nightmare, selenium, phantomjs and urlbox to take website screenshots with javascript
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14 min read
How to take website screenshots with Puppeteer
February 7, 2022
Chris Roebuck
Learn how to capture website screenshots using headless chrome via the popular Puppeteer framework.
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18 min read
URL to PDF
January 31, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
The best way to prepare a URL for printing.
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7 min read
HTML to PNG
January 17, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
Turn your HTML and CSS into PNGs for easy sharing.
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2 min read
URL to PNG
January 3, 2022
Jonathan Markwell
The favourite format for taking screenshots of websites.
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6 min read
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