Use the API

To use the API, you must have an API key. Just sign up for an account at screeenly.com. You find your API key at the dashboard.
Next it's important to know that Screeenly doesn't store your screenshots forever. 1 hour after the creation of a screenshot, the file will be deleted on the server!

Available API Endpoints

The base url for all API calls is http://screeenly.com/api/v1.
The response type is always JSON.

1. /fullsize

Create a screenshot of a given URL.

Payload structure:

keyname	type	validation	default value	description
key	string	required		Your Screeenly API Key
url	string	required	http://screeenly.com	Website which should be captured
height	integer	optional		Height of screenshot
width	integer	optional		Width of screenshot viewport (300 equals mobile device)
delay	integer	optional	1	Delay in seconds before a screenshot should be taken (max 10 seconds)

Response structure

Success

keyname	Description
path	Path to image file on Screeenly server
base64	Base64-string of image file. Can be used in src-Attribute of img-Tag (eg. <img src="$response->base64">)
base64_raw	Base64-string of image file. Can be used, if you want to store the image directly to a file

Error

keyname	Description
title	Title message
message	Description of accoured error

A word about errors

Everything else than HTTP status 200 should be considered as an error!

HTTP Code	Description
200	All is fine
401	Authorization failed. No or wrong API Key used
400	Validation Error, checkout the response message!
500	Something went wrong in the API