ScreenCraft – Screenshot and PDF API Without the Puppeteer Headaches

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Hey HN, I built a REST API for capturing screenshots and generating PDFs from URLs. Why: I got tired of managing Puppeteer/Playwright in production. Memory leaks, zombie processes, Docker issues. So I wrapped it in an API. Stack: - Node.js + Fastify - Playwright (more stable than Puppeteer in my experience) - Self-hosted on Hetzner Features: - Screenshots: PNG, JPEG, WebP - PDFs: A4, Letter, custom sizes - Full-page capture, custom viewports - Cookie consent auto-accept - Lazy-load handling API example: curl -X POST "https://www.screencraftapi.com/api/v1/screenshots" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \ -d '{"url": "https://example.com"}' Free tier: 250 requests/month Docs: https://www.screencraftapi.com/docs Would love technical feedback. What's missing? What would make this useful for your projects?

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