POST /v1/render/screenshots
Loads `url` (or renders `html`) in a warm browser, captures the viewport, the full page or one element, and composes it with a style (background, window frame, padding, shadow). Returns JSON with signed artifact URLs, or the image bytes directly when `Accept` is `image/png`, `image/jpeg` or `image/webp`. `variants` adds extra encodings of the same capture. Bills one `render.screenshot` per capture plus one per variant.

Authentication

Bearer Token (b3os_sk_ API key or b3os_pat_ token) API Key (cookie: __Host-b3os_session)

Header Parameters

Idempotency-Key string optional header
A unique value (for example a UUID) that makes this request safe to retry. Scoped to your project for 24 hours: a retry with the same key, method, path and body returns the stored response with `Idempotent-Replayed: true`, and only to the same API key. Reusing the key for a different request returns `409 idempotency_key_conflict`.

Request Body required

application/json
One of:
Option 1unknown
Option 2unknown

Responses

200 The screenshot. JSON by default; the primary image when `Accept` asks for it.
application/json
id string REQUIRED
object string REQUIRED
Enum: screenshot
status string REQUIRED
Screenshots are synchronous, so a stored screenshot always succeeded.
Enum: succeeded
source object REQUIRED
url string (uri)
html boolean
Present when the screenshot rendered inline HTML.
Enum: true
profile string
width integer REQUIRED
height integer REQUIRED
format string REQUIRED
Enum: webp, png, jpeg
artifacts object[] REQUIRED
The primary image first, then variants.
Array of:
id string REQUIRED
object string REQUIRED
Enum: artifact
kind string REQUIRED
Enum: image, mp4, gif, poster, vtt, srt
content_type string REQUIRED
bytes integer
width integer
height integer
duration_ms integer
url string (uri)
Signed URL on `usercontent.b3os.org`, `https://usercontent.b3os.org/a/<id in host-safe form>/<name>?node=&exp=&sig=`: an Ed25519 signature by the node's key over the method, path and expiry (`renderGetArtifactContent`), no cookies. It works as soon as the artifact is reported, while the upload to storage is still finishing.
url_expires_at string (date-time)
created_at string (date-time)
expires_at string (date-time)
When the artifact is deleted.
created_at string (date-time) REQUIRED
expires_at string (date-time) REQUIRED
timing object
Server-side phase durations in milliseconds with microsecond resolution: the same phases as the `Server-Timing` header, keyed `<phase>_ms`. `total_ms` is always present. Phase names are product-specific and documented per operation. Example values in this reference are illustrative, not measurements.
total_ms number REQUIRED
metadata object REQUIRED
Up to 16 string key-value pairs you attach to an object for your own use. Keys are 1 to 40 characters of `A-Z a-z 0-9 _ . : -`; values are at most 500 characters. B3OS never interprets them.
400 The request failed validation (`invalid_request`, `invalid_url`).
401 Missing, malformed, expired or revoked credentials (`unauthorized`).
402 The organization has no credits left, or the key reached its spend cap.
403 The egress guard refused the source URL (`egress_denied`).
409 The object's state does not allow this operation, or the idempotency key conflicts.
413 The request body exceeds this operation's limit.
415 The Content-Type is not accepted by this operation.
422 The element to capture was not found (`target_not_found`).
429 A rate, concurrency or quota limit applies (`rate_limited`, `concurrency_limited`, `quota_exceeded`).
500 Something failed inside B3OS (`internal`). Retry with backoff.
501 `profile` was given but this node cannot load browser profiles into render yet (`not_implemented`): render reads profiles through vision's profile API, which is not on the node. Capture without `profile`.
502 The page could not be loaded or captured (`capture_failed`).
503 The node or the product is not available right now (`node_unavailable`, `product_unavailable`, `capacity_unavailable`).
curl -X POST 'https://beta-api.b3os.org/v1/render/screenshots' \  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "url": "https://example.com",  "html": "string",  "profile": "string",  "viewport": {    "width": 320,    "height": 240  },  "dpr": 1,  "full_page": false,  "target": {    "role": "button",    "name": "Continue"  },  "wait_until": "load",  "wait_for_ms": 0,  "timeout_ms": 30000,  "theme": "auto",  "hide": [    "string"  ],  "block_ads": true,  "style": {    "background": "string",    "frame": "string",    "cursor": "string",    "captions": "string",    "click_effect": "string",    "overrides": {}  },  "format": "webp",  "quality": 90,  "variants": [    {      "format": "webp",      "width": 16,      "quality": 1    }  ],  "metadata": {    "customer": "acme",    "ticket": "ENG-1423"  }}'
const response = await fetch('https://beta-api.b3os.org/v1/render/screenshots', {  method: 'POST',  headers: {      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",      "Content-Type": "application/json"  },  body: JSON.stringify({    "url": "https://example.com",    "html": "string",    "profile": "string",    "viewport": {      "width": 320,      "height": 240    },    "dpr": 1,    "full_page": false,    "target": {      "role": "button",      "name": "Continue"    },    "wait_until": "load",    "wait_for_ms": 0,    "timeout_ms": 30000,    "theme": "auto",    "hide": [      "string"    ],    "block_ads": true,    "style": {      "background": "string",      "frame": "string",      "cursor": "string",      "captions": "string",      "click_effect": "string",      "overrides": {}    },    "format": "webp",    "quality": 90,    "variants": [      {        "format": "webp",        "width": 16,        "quality": 1      }    ],    "metadata": {      "customer": "acme",      "ticket": "ENG-1423"    }  })});const data = await response.json();console.log(data);
import requestsheaders = {    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'}response = requests.post('https://beta-api.b3os.org/v1/render/screenshots', headers=headers, json={  "url": "https://example.com",  "html": "string",  "profile": "string",  "viewport": {    "width": 320,    "height": 240  },  "dpr": 1,  "full_page": false,  "target": {    "role": "button",    "name": "Continue"  },  "wait_until": "load",  "wait_for_ms": 0,  "timeout_ms": 30000,  "theme": "auto",  "hide": [    "string"  ],  "block_ads": true,  "style": {    "background": "string",    "frame": "string",    "cursor": "string",    "captions": "string",    "click_effect": "string",    "overrides": {}  },  "format": "webp",  "quality": 90,  "variants": [    {      "format": "webp",      "width": 16,      "quality": 1    }  ],  "metadata": {    "customer": "acme",    "ticket": "ENG-1423"  }})print(response.json())
200 Response
{  "id": "shot_01m5t4gy1j4hazr9khn5x51m6f",  "object": "screenshot",  "status": "succeeded",  "source": {    "url": "https://app.example.com/billing"  },  "width": 1792,  "height": 1092,  "format": "webp",  "artifacts": [    {      "id": "art_01m5t41x77fg4pdnm2ryq73wgs",      "object": "artifact",      "kind": "image",      "content_type": "image/webp",      "bytes": 148210,      "width": 1792,      "height": 1092,      "url": "https://usercontent.b3os.org/a/art-01m5t41x77fg4pdnm2ryq73wgs/screenshot.webp?node=n1&exp=1793040000&sig=qOxWOOryXIikfgvLdKZ3rjxZyxuO_eFCf-VXOHy2Zf5AEuXtOr-JsyyXTvIPP8joM4Rbp519aKjyAkMMxVAvAQ",      "url_expires_at": "2026-10-26T18:40:00.000Z",      "created_at": "2026-10-25T18:40:00.118Z",      "expires_at": "2026-11-01T18:40:00.118Z"    }  ],  "created_at": "2026-10-25T18:40:00.000Z",  "expires_at": "2026-11-01T18:40:00.118Z",  "timing": {    "claim_ms": 1,    "navigate_ms": 37.8,    "settle_ms": 50.4,    "capture_ms": 21.4,    "compose_ms": 11.9,    "encode_ms": 9.6,    "total_ms": 133.4  },  "metadata": {}}
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