Screenshot & PDF Capture API
Capture full-page screenshots and PDFs from any URL. Chromium rendering, custom viewport, PNG/JPEG/WebP output. Pay-per-call via x402 (USDC on Base L2) -- no API key, no signup, no rate-limit wall.
Part of the klymax402 marketplace -- 100 x402 micropayment APIs for AI agents, one wallet, USDC on Base.
Quickstart -- MCP
Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, ElizaOS, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"screenshot-pdf": {
"url": "https://screenshot-pdf.api.klymax402.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Quickstart -- HTTP (x402)
curl "https://screenshot-pdf.api.klymax402.com/api/screenshot?url=https://example.com"
# -> 402 Payment Required, with an x402 payment challenge in the response body
Any x402-aware client (@x402/fetch, x402-agent-tools, ATXP) handles the 402 -> sign -> retry cycle automatically.
Tools
capture_screenshot
Use this when you need a visual capture of a web page. Renders in a real Chromium browser and returns an image.
Parameters
Example response:
binary image file with Content-Type image/png, typical size 200-800KB for a full page.
When to use: visual QA testing, generating page thumbnails, archiving web pages, or verifying responsive design. Essential for automated screenshot pipelines and visual regression testing.
Not for: text extraction (use web_scrape_to_markdown), PDF from data (use document_generate_pdf), PDF from URL (use webpage_to_pdf).
capture_screenshot
Use this when you need a visual capture of a web page. Renders in a real Chromium browser and returns an image. POST variant of capture_screenshot -- same params passed as JSON body instead of query string.
Parameters
Example response:
binary image file with Content-Type image/png, typical size 200-800KB for a full page.
When to use: visual QA testing, generating page thumbnails, archiving web pages, or verifying responsive design. Essential for automated screenshot pipelines and visual regression testing.
Not for: text extraction (use web_scrape_to_markdown), PDF from data (use document_generate_pdf), PDF from URL (use webpage_to_pdf).
webpage_to_pdf
Use this when you need to convert a live web page to a printable PDF document. Renders in a real Chromium browser and returns binary PDF.
Parameters
Example response:
binary PDF file with Content-Type application/pdf, properly paginated with headers/footers.
When to use: archiving web pages as PDF, generating printable articles, saving receipts or invoices from URLs, or creating offline documentation snapshots.
Not for: custom documents from HTML/Markdown (use document_generate_pdf), screenshots (use capture_screenshot), web scraping text (use web_scrape_to_markdown).
webpage_to_pdf
Use this when you need to convert a live web page to a printable PDF document. Renders in a real Chromium browser and returns binary PDF. POST variant of webpage_to_pdf -- same params passed as JSON body instead of query string.
Parameters
Example response:
binary PDF file with Content-Type application/pdf, properly paginated with headers/footers.
When to use: archiving web pages as PDF, generating printable articles, saving receipts or invoices from URLs, or creating offline documentation snapshots.
Not for: custom documents from HTML/Markdown (use document_generate_pdf), screenshots (use capture_screenshot), web scraping text (use web_scrape_to_markdown).
Example agent prompts
- "A visual capture of a web page"
- "A visual capture of a web page"
- "Convert a live web page to a printable PDF document"
Payment
- Protocol: x402 -- HTTP-native pay-per-call, no signup, no API key
- Network: Base L2 (
eip155:8453) - Asset: USDC
- Facilitator: Coinbase CDP (primary), PayAI (fallback)
- Also reachable via ATXP (OAuth-wrapped x402, RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata)
Part of klymax402
100 x402 micropayment APIs for AI agents -- one wallet, USDC on Base, zero signup.
- Catalog: https://klymax402.com/llms.txt
- Full API reference: https://klymax402.com/llms-full.txt
- Live stats: https://klymax402.com/stats
License
MIT