GrabShot - Website Screenshot API for Python

Capture website screenshots with a single API call. No headless browser setup, no Puppeteer, no Selenium. Just pip install grabshot and go.

Quick Start

pip install grabshot

from grabshot import GrabShot

client = GrabShot("your-api-key")  # Free at https://grabshot.dev
screenshot = client.capture("https://example.com")
screenshot.save("example.png")

Get your free API key at grabshot.dev - 25 screenshots/month on the free plan, no credit card required.

Features

• One line of code to capture any URL
• Full-page screenshots - capture the entire scrollable page
• Device frames - wrap screenshots in iPhone, MacBook, etc.
• Dark mode - capture sites in dark mode
• Element capture - screenshot a specific CSS selector
• Multiple formats - PNG, JPEG, WebP
• Cookie banner removal - auto-dismiss cookie popups
• Ad blocking - clean screenshots without ads
• PDF conversion - convert any URL to PDF
• Meta extraction - pull Open Graph, Twitter Card, and meta tags
• Zero dependencies - uses only Python standard library

Examples

Full-page screenshot

screenshot = client.capture(
    "https://example.com",
    full_page=True
)
screenshot.save("full-page.png")

Mobile screenshot with device frame

screenshot = client.capture(
    "https://example.com",
    width=390,
    height=844,
    device_frame="iphone"
)
screenshot.save("mobile.png")

Dark mode JPEG

screenshot = client.capture(
    "https://example.com",
    format="jpeg",
    quality=85,
    dark_mode=True
)
screenshot.save("dark.jpg")

Capture specific element

screenshot = client.capture(
    "https://example.com",
    selector="#hero-section"
)
screenshot.save("hero.png")

Clean screenshot (no ads, no cookie banners)

screenshot = client.capture(
    "https://example.com",
    hide_cookie_banners=True,
    block_ads=True
)
screenshot.save("clean.png")

Convert URL to PDF

pdf_bytes = client.pdf("https://example.com", format="A4")
with open("page.pdf", "wb") as f:
    f.write(pdf_bytes)

Extract meta tags

meta = client.meta("https://example.com")
print(meta["title"])
print(meta["og:image"])

API Reference

GrabShot(api_key, base_url="https://grabshot.dev", timeout=30)

Create a client instance.

client.capture(url, **options) -> Screenshot

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	str	required	URL to capture
width	int	1280	Viewport width (px)
height	int	800	Viewport height (px)
full_page	bool	False	Capture full scrollable page
format	str	"png"	"png", "jpeg", or "webp"
quality	int	auto	JPEG/WebP quality (1-100)
delay	int	None	Wait before capture (ms)
device_frame	str	None	"iphone", "macbook", etc.
dark_mode	bool	False	Enable dark mode
hide_cookie_banners	bool	False	Remove cookie popups
block_ads	bool	False	Block ads and trackers
selector	str	None	CSS selector to capture
wait_for	str	None	CSS selector to wait for

Screenshot

• .save(path) - Save to file, returns Path
• .data - Raw bytes
• .size - Size in bytes

Pricing

Plan	Price	Screenshots/mo
Free	$0	25
Starter	$9/mo	1,000
Pro	$29/mo	10,000
Business	$79/mo	50,000

Why GrabShot?

• No infrastructure - No Docker, no Chrome, no Puppeteer to maintain
• Fast - Screenshots in ~2 seconds, globally distributed
• Reliable - 99.9% uptime, automatic retries
• Affordable - Free tier to get started, pay as you grow

License

MIT