About Snapgrab
Snapgrab is a Python tool for capturing web pages as images or PDFs and collecting page metadata. It serves developers and MCP clients with viewport, element, and Claude Vision-oriented capture options.
Key features
- 01PNG、JPEG 和 PDF 截图
- 02提取页面元数据
- 03针对 Claude Vision 调整图像
- 04桌面、平板和移动视口
- 05按 CSS 选择器截取元素
- 06浅色和深色模式
Use cases
- 01为 URL 生成全页截图
- 02获取页面标题和 Open Graph 信息
- 03比较桌面与移动视口
- 04向 Claude Vision 提供优化图像
MCP support
Snapgrab includes an MCP server with tools for screenshots, viewport comparisons, and metadata extraction. MCP clients can launch it over stdio with `snapgrab-mcp`. ——
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMESnapgrab
URL to screenshot with metadata. Claude Vision optimized.
from snapgrab import capture
result = await capture("https://example.com")
print(result.path) # /tmp/snapgrab/example_com_desktop_20260317_120000.png
print(result.metadata.title) # "Example Domain"
print(result.vision_tokens) # ~2764
Features
- Screenshot capture — PNG, JPEG, PDF with full-page support
- Page metadata — title, description, Open Graph tags, favicon, HTTP status
- Claude Vision optimized — auto-resize to 1568px, token cost estimation
- Viewport presets — desktop (1920x1080), tablet (768x1024), mobile (375x812)
- MCP server included — 3 tools for Claude Code / MCP clients
- Element capture — screenshot specific CSS selectors
- Dark mode — force light/dark color scheme
Install
pip install snapgrab
First run will prompt to install Playwright browsers:
playwright install chromium
Usage
Python API
import asyncio
from snapgrab import capture
async def main():
# Basic screenshot
result = await capture("https://example.com")
# Mobile viewport, full page
result = await capture("https://example.com", viewport="mobile", full_page=True)
# Dark mode, JPEG format
result = await capture("https://example.com", dark_mode=True, format="jpeg")
# Specific element
result = await capture("https://example.com", selector="#main-content")
# Custom viewport
result = await capture("https://example.com", viewport=(1440, 900))
asyncio.run(main())
CLI
snapgrab https://example.com # basic PNG
snapgrab https://example.com -v mobile -f # mobile, full page
snapgrab https://example.com --format jpeg -q 90 # JPEG quality 90
snapgrab https://example.com -s "#hero" --dark-mode # element + dark mode
snapgrab https://example.com -j # JSON output
snapgrab meta https://example.com # metadata only
MCP Server
pip install "snapgrab[mcp]"
snapgrab-mcp # starts stdio MCP server
Tools:
capture_screenshot— capture URL with metadata and vision token estimatecapture_comparison— compare desktop vs mobile (or any viewports)extract_page_metadata— metadata only, no screenshot
How It Works
flowchart LR
A["🔗 URL"] --> B["Playwright\nlaunch browser"]
B --> C["📸 Screenshot\nfull page / viewport"]
C --> D["Resize for\nClaude Vision"]
D --> E["✅ Image +\nMetadata"]
CaptureResult
result.path # saved file path
result.format # "png", "jpeg", "pdf"
result.width # viewport width
result.height # page height (full_page) or viewport height
result.file_size # bytes
result.vision_tokens # estimated Claude Vision token cost
result.vision_path # path to Vision-optimized image (≤1568px)
result.processing_time_ms
result.metadata.title
result.metadata.description
result.metadata.og_title
result.metadata.og_image
result.metadata.favicon_url
result.metadata.status_code
result.metadata.url # final URL after redirects
Used in
- watchdeck — Web page monitoring with visual diffs and safety guards
License
Part of the QuartzUnit ecosystem — composable Python libraries for data collection, extraction, search, and AI agent safety.
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