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arcade-snaprender

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arcade-snaprender

Arcade tools for SnapRender, so AI agents can see and read public web pages. Pages load in a real Chrome browser, so content drawn by JavaScript is included.

Tool

What it does

SnapRender.TakeScreenshot

Captures a page as PNG, JPEG, WebP or PDF (full page, phone or tablet presets, dark mode, hidden elements, click before capture) and returns a link to the file

SnapRender.ExtractContent

Reads a page as markdown, plain text, HTML, article fields, a list of links, or metadata

SnapRender.GetUsage

Shows the plan, captures used this month and captures left

Built with arcade-mcp. Works as a local MCP server (stdio or HTTP) or deployed to Arcade Cloud.

Get an API key

Create a free account at app.snap-render.com. The free plan includes 200 captures a month with no card. Screenshots and extractions share the allowance; failed captures are not counted.

The tools read the key from an Arcade secret named SNAPRENDER_API_KEY. The key is never passed to the model.

Related MCP server: Screenshot API

Install

pip install arcade_snaprender

or with uv:

uv pip install arcade_snaprender

Run it

Local MCP server

Export the key, or put it in a .env file in the folder you start the server from:

echo "SNAPRENDER_API_KEY=sk_live_..." > .env

Then start the server over stdio (for Claude Desktop, Cursor and other local clients):

arcade-snaprender

or over HTTP on 127.0.0.1:8000:

arcade-snaprender http

You can also load it with the Arcade CLI, which finds installed arcade_* packages:

arcade mcp --tool-package snaprender

Arcade Cloud

Clone this repository, log in and deploy:

arcade login
arcade deploy -e arcade_snaprender/__main__.py

Then add SNAPRENDER_API_KEY under Secrets in the Arcade dashboard, or with the CLI:

arcade secret set SNAPRENDER_API_KEY=sk_live_...

Tools

TakeScreenshot

Parameter

Type

Default

Notes

url

string

required

Full URL starting with https:// or http://

format

png, jpeg, webp, pdf

png

full_page

bool

false

Whole scrollable page

device

iphone_14, iphone_15_pro, pixel_7, ipad_pro, macbook_pro

none

Overrides width and height

width

int

1280

320 to 3840

height

int

800

200 to 10000

dark_mode

bool

false

Asks the page for its dark color scheme

block_ads

bool

true

block_cookie_banners

bool

true

hide_selectors

string

none

Comma-separated CSS selectors to hide

click_selector

string

none

Element to click before the capture

delay

int

0

Extra wait in ms after load, 0 to 10000

quality

int

90

JPEG and WebP only

include_image_data

bool

false

Also return the file as a base64 data URI

link_expires_in

int

86400

Link lifetime in seconds, 60 to 2592000

Returns screenshot_url (a link anyone can open, ready to paste into Slack, an email or a ticket), link_expires_at, format, width, height, size_bytes, served_from_cache, render_time and remaining_credits.

Each capture uses one credit. When the same page with the same options was captured in the last 24 hours, that copy comes back for free. Opening the link serves the stored copy, so it does not use another credit while the copy is kept (24 hours on the free plan, longer on paid plans).

ExtractContent

Parameter

Type

Default

Notes

url

string

required

content_type

markdown, text, html, article, links, metadata

markdown

selector

string

none

Read only part of the page, e.g. main

block_ads

bool

true

block_cookie_banners

bool

true

delay

int

0

0 to 10000 ms

max_length

int

100000

1 to 500000 characters

Returns url, type, content, word_count and processing_time_ms.

GetUsage

No parameters. Returns plan, period_start, period_end, used, limit and remaining. Free to call.

Limits

SnapRender only captures public pages. Pages behind a login, localhost and private network addresses are refused. If a site you own shows a security check instead of the page, see allowing SnapRender through your firewall.

Development

python -m venv .venv && . .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest -q
ruff check . && mypy

The tests mock the SnapRender API, so they need no key.

Links

License

MIT

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