About snaplab
snaplab is a hosted rendering API for turning web pages and HTML into screenshots, PDFs, and images. Its MCP integration makes these rendering operations available to clients such as Claude and Cursor.
Key features
- 01Render web pages as screenshots
- 02Generate PDFs from web pages
- 03Convert HTML to images
- 04Check usage through an API tool
Use cases
- 01Capture a web page as an image
- 02Create a PDF rendering of a page
- 03Render HTML for a preview image
MCP support
The hosted Streamable HTTP MCP server exposes screenshot, PDF, HTML-to-image, and usage tools to MCP clients.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://snaplab.hsingh.app/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http app-hsingh-snaplab-snaplab https://snaplab.hsingh.app/mcp{"mcpServers":{"app-hsingh-snaplab-snaplab":{"type":"http","url":"https://snaplab.hsingh.app/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"app-hsingh-snaplab-snaplab":{"type":"http","url":"https://snaplab.hsingh.app/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"app-hsingh-snaplab-snaplab":{"type":"http","url":"https://snaplab.hsingh.app/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"app-hsingh-snaplab-snaplab":{"serverUrl":"https://snaplab.hsingh.app/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://snaplab.hsingh.app/mcpAuth requiredTools
Details
From the project READMEsnaplab — screenshot, PDF and OG-image rendering API
Hosted at https://snaplab.hsingh.app · Docs: https://snaplab.hsingh.app/docs · Free tier: 100 renders/month, no card.
This repo contains the open integration packages:
- MCP server (hosted, Streamable HTTP):
claude mcp add --transport http snaplab https://snaplab.hsingh.app/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer sk_..."— tools:screenshot,pdf,html_to_image,usage. Seemcp-registry/server.json. - n8n community node:
n8n-nodes-snaplab(n8n-nodes-snaplab/) - Apify actor: snaplab Screenshot & PDF Renderer (
apify-actor/) - JavaScript SDK
snaplab(snaplab-js/) and Python SDKsnaplab-sdk(snaplab-python/) - OpenAPI 3.1 spec:
openapi/openapi.json(also served at https://snaplab.hsingh.app/openapi.json)
curl -X POST "https://snaplab.hsingh.app/api/render" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_..." -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url":"https://example.com","format":"png","fullPage":true}' -o shot.png
API keys: https://snaplab.hsingh.app/app/keys
MIT licensed.
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