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Quickstart

Take your first screenshot in about a minute. There are three ways in. Pick the one that suits you: they all do the same thing.

Using an AI assistant? Press Copy for AI and paste this page into your chat.

Ask your AINo code. Connect once, then ask in plain words.Command lineOne curl command.From your codeOne HTTP request, any language.

1Get your API key

Create a key in the dashboard, under Connect. It starts with lss_live_. You can copy it again from there any time. Keep it secret. Your account comes with 50 free credits.

The examples on this page read the key from an environment variable, so it is not written in every command or saved in a file you share:

export LOCALSCREENSHOT_API_KEY="your key"

2Take a screenshot

Ask your AI

Add our MCP server to your AI tool, with your key in the Authorization header. Ask your AI (MCP) has the exact line for each tool. Then just ask:

Take a screenshot of wikipedia.org on an iPhone.

Your AI gets three tools: take_screenshot, list_countries and get_credits.

Or call the API

Send the page address to /v1/screenshot. The answer is the image itself. Your key goes in the Authorization header, never in the address.

3Add what you need

Every option is one parameter. A few to start with:

Option	What it does
`device=iphone_15`	Capture the page as a phone sees it.
`full_page=true`	Capture the whole page, not only the visible part.
`block_cookie_banners=true`	Remove most cookie banners before the picture.
`country=DK`	Load the page from a country. 227 to choose from.
`format=pdf`	Save the page as a PDF. Also `png`, `jpeg`, `webp`.
`response=json`	Get a link to the image and the page details instead of the image.

The full list is on Take a screenshot.

What it costs

A screenshot uses 1 credit. From a chosen country, it uses 2.
A failed screenshot is not charged. The number of failed screenshots per day is limited.
Your 50 signup credits do not expire. Monthly credits reset each month. Pack credits do not expire.

What it does not do. It does not sign in to websites, solve CAPTCHAs or get past paywalls. You get a clear error instead.

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