Changelog What’s new in urlshot.io.

The new selector parameter captures a single element, such as a pricing table, a chart or an embedded post, instead of the whole viewport.

Read more: Capture one element of a page

A render that times out now returns render_timeout, and a page that can’t be loaded navigation_failed, instead of both arriving as render_failed.

Read more: Timeouts and failed page loads keep their error codes

The default for wait_until is now auto, which waits for content that arrives after the page has loaded, so fewer screenshots come back half empty.

Read more: Screenshots wait for late content by default

A request that arrives while the browser is still starting now waits for it, instead of failing with render_timeout after timeout_ms plus five seconds.

Read more: First requests after a quiet spell no longer time out

Create an account or sign in with your Google account, and manage how you sign in from Settings.

Read more: Sign in with Google

Screenshots now carry a Cache-Control header that follows cache_ttl, so a page that embeds one doesn’t fetch it again on every view.

Read more: Browsers keep embedded screenshots

You can now POST to /v1/screenshot with a JSON body, with the same options, limits, price and cache as a GET request.

Read more: Send screenshot options as JSON

Each screenshot now carries X-Urlshot-Renderer, naming the browser build that produced it, to quote if you contact support.

Read more: A header naming the build that took a screenshot

Each request in the dashboard’s request log now says whether it used your secret key or a signed URL.

Read more: Request logs show how each request authenticated

The quickstart and the signed-URL examples now come in seven languages, with Ruby, Java, C# and Go alongside Node.js, Python and PHP.

Read more: Code examples in Ruby, Java, C# and Go

New custom_css and custom_js options change the page before the screenshot, to hide an element, open a tab, or wait until your content is ready.

Read more: Custom CSS and JavaScript before the capture

Add block_cookie_banners=true to hide consent dialogs from the major consent platforms and unlock scrolling, on every plan.

Read more: Hide cookie consent pop-ups

The home page has a live demo that takes any public URL and returns a real screenshot, without signing up.

Read more: Try the API on the home page, no account needed

Put a screenshot straight into a web page with a signed URL, without exposing your secret key.

Read more: Signed URLs for screenshots in an img tag

One request turns a public URL into a PNG, JPEG or WebP screenshot, rendered in Chromium, with a Free plan to build against.

Read more: The urlshot.io screenshot API is live