ScreenshotMAX Python SDK

This is the official Python SDK for the ScreenshotMAX API.

It allows you to easily capture high-quality screenshots of any URL directly from your applications. The SDK handles authentication, request signing, and provides a simple interface to integrate ScreenshotMAX’s powerful screenshot services into your Python projects.

Get started in minutes. Just sign up to receive your access and secret keys, import the client, and you’re ready to capture screenshots.”

The SDK client is synchronized with the latest ScreenshotMAX API options.

Installation

pip install screenshotmax

Usage

Use the SDK to generate signed or unsigned URLs for screenshots, PDFs, web scraping, or animated screenshot—without executing the request. Or fetch and download the result directly. You have full control over when and how each capture runs.

Screenshot example

from screenshotmax import SDK
from screenshotmax.enum import ImageFormat
from screenshotmax.options import ScreenshotOptions

sdk = SDK("<ACCESS_KEY>", "<SECRET_KEY>")

# set up options
opts = ScreenshotOptions(
  url="https://example.com",
  format=ImageFormat.PNG
)

# fetch screenshot (chaining method)
result, headers = sdk.screenshot.set_options(opts).fetch()

# optionnaly: generate signed URL
# (https://api.screenshotmax.com/v1/screenshot?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&format=png&access_key=<ACCESS_KEY>&signature=370f5b161bc59eed13b76........1f778635d7fc595dbab12)
url = sdk.screenshot.get_url()

Web scraping example

from screenshotmax import SDK
from screenshotmax.options import ScrapeOptions

sdk = SDK("<ACCESS_KEY>", "<SECRET_KEY>")

# set up options and scrape content (chaining)
opts = ScrapeOptions(url="https://example.com")
sdk.scrape.set_options(opts)

result, headers = sdk.scrape.fetch()

PDF generation example

from screenshotmax import SDK
from screenshotmax.enums import PDFPaperFormat
from screenshotmax.options import PDFOptions

sdk = SDK("<ACCESS_KEY>", "<SECRET_KEY>")

# set up options and scrape content (chaining)
opts = PDFOptions(url="https://example.com", pdf_paper_format=PDFPaperFormat.LETTER)
result, headers = sdk.pdf.set_options(opts).fetch()

Scheduled task example

from screenshotmax import SDK
from screenshotmax.options import PDFOptions

sdk = SDK("<ACCESS_KEY>", "<SECRET_KEY>")

# get all tasks from account
tasks = sdk.task.get_tasks()
# {"tasks":[{
# "id":5678133109850112,
# "name":"Test CRON",
# "api":"screenshot",
# "query":
# "url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com",
# "frequency":"every_day",
# "crontab":"25 13 * * *",
# "timezone":"Etc/UTC",
# "enabled":true,
# "created":1747229104,
# "last_run":1748611516,
# "runs":18}]}

License

screenshotmax is released under the MIT license.