How to Extract Structured Data from Websites with an API
Learn how to turn web pages into validated JSON with extraction APIs, schemas, crawlers, browser rendering, retries, and production safeguards.
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Guides for capturing the web
How to take clean screenshots, turn HTML into images and PDFs, run headless browsers, and give AI agents eyes. Written by the team that builds ScreenshotNeo.
Meta Scraping API to Extract Open Graph and Link Preview Data
Build a reliable Open Graph scraper for link previews with Python, cURL, Node.js, fallbacks, troubleshooting, and a managed API option.
How to Reset API Quotas
There is no universal API quota reset. Identify whether you hit a temporary rate limit, an account spending cap, or a changeable service quota, then use the right fix.
Using Postman for Web Scraping API Requests
Learn how to configure, authenticate, test, automate, and troubleshoot web-scraping API requests in Postman, with reusable collections and scripts.
How to Auto-Generate Instagram Carousels and Reels From Google Sheets
Build a reliable Google Sheets queue that drafts, renders, publishes and tracks Instagram carousels and Reels without duplicate posts.
How to Receive Screenshot API Webhooks in Node.js
Build a secure Node.js screenshot webhook receiver: preserve raw bodies, verify provider signatures, process events safely, and troubleshoot delivery.
HTML to Word API: Programmatic DOCX Conversion
Compare hosted HTML-to-DOCX APIs and local libraries, with runnable cURL, Python, Node.js and .NET examples, troubleshooting and production guidance.
How to Select Elements by Attribute Using CSS Selectors
Learn every CSS attribute selector: presence, exact, token, prefix, suffix, substring, case flags, combinations, debugging, and automation examples.
CAA Record Lookup: Check DNS Certificate Authority Authorization
Learn how to check CAA records, trace parent and CNAME policies, fix blocked renewals, and verify which certificate authorities can issue for your domain.
URL Screenshot API for Sales Prospecting
Capture consistent screenshots of prospect websites at scale. Learn how to queue URLs, choose views, handle failures, secure images, and control cost.
PDF Generation Options You Can Control with an API
Compare the PDF options APIs expose, from page size and margins to fonts, accessibility, pagination, and asynchronous jobs.
How to Fetch Web Pages as Markdown and JSON
Fetch a known page with HTTP or a browser, convert it to Markdown for readable context, or extract validated fields into JSON.
Automate Email Archiving by Converting Email to Images at Scale
Design a reliable email-to-image archive with originals, manifests, OCR, validation, and a scalable rendering pipeline.
How to Scrape Articles From BigGo
A permission-first guide to inspecting BigGo pages, extracting article text with Python, cURL and Node.js, and handling rendering and errors.
How Caching Works in Web Scraping APIs
Learn how HTTP caches differ from scraper result caches, how freshness and revalidation work, and what to check before relying on a vendor’s cache.
Request Isolation and SSRF Protection for Browser APIs
CORS controls what browser scripts can read; it does not stop a server-side URL fetch from reaching internal services. Learn how to protect both boundaries.
How to Audit Competitor Websites With Claude and MCP
Build a traceable competitor website audit with Claude, web search, page retrieval, browser tools, and MCP. Capture pages and separate evidence from inference.
How to Capture Webpages as PNG Images in TypeScript
Capture a webpage as a PNG in TypeScript with Playwright, including full-page, element, and in-memory screenshots, plus reliable waits and cleanup.