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

      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