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		cjr on April 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are you working on? I'm currently working on a website screenshot API. It also converts webpages to PDF. You can check it out at https://urlbox.io.

NicoJuicy on April 4, 2017 [–]

I did something similar ( simple hack really), that uses phantom https://github.com/NicoJuicy/WebsiteAsImageWebService

It gives a screenshot of the url, with optional variables ( height, width and onlyFrontPage)

How are you doing it?

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