Let's build a screenshot API

• LocalStack

  161 55,820 9.9 Python

  💻 A fully functional local AWS cloud stack. Develop and test your cloud & Serverless apps offline

  

  Later you can use any S3 compatible storage because the code I write will still work, but for testing purposes on my local machine, I will use LocalStack:

• SaaSHub

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  SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

  

• hugo-quick-start

  263 10 2.0

  Hugo Quick Start on Render

  

  The main upside is cost-effectiveness, but managing VPS is still painful which can be solved with PaaS like Heroku, Render, or similar.

• puppeteer

  376 88,445 9.9 TypeScript

  JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox

  

  Playwright seems to be a superior library for working with headless browsers than Puppeteer, but I will go with Puppeteer.

• Playwright

  412 66,255 10.0 TypeScript

  Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

  

  Playwright seems to be a superior library for working with headless browsers than Puppeteer, but I will go with Puppeteer.

• kamal

  53 10,782 9.6 Ruby

  Deploy web apps anywhere.

  

  Or you can use [https://kamal-deploy.org/] and GitHub actions for automating at least deploys, but there are still will be issues that you will need to solve.

• hono

  62 19,282 9.8 TypeScript

  Web framework built on Web Standards

  

  Hono—a simple and fast framework for processing HTTP requests.

• easylist

  339 2,219 10.0 Adblock Filter List

  EasyList filter subscription (EasyList, EasyPrivacy, EasyList Cookie, Fanboy's Social/Annoyances/Notifications Blocking List)

  

  import { ScreenshotOptions } from "./schema"; import puppeteer, { Page } from "puppeteer"; import { PuppeteerBlocker } from "@cliqz/adblocker-puppeteer"; import fetch from "cross-fetch"; let blocker: PuppeteerBlocker | null = null; async function blockCookieBanners(page: Page) { if (!blocker) { blocker = await PuppeteerBlocker.fromLists(fetch, [ // the list of the cookie banners to block from the https://easylist.to/ website "https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster.txt", ]); } await blocker.enableBlockingInPage(page); } export async function render( options: ScreenshotOptions ): Promise<{ url: string }> { const browser = await puppeteer.launch(); const page = await browser.newPage(); if (options.block_cookie_canners) { await blockCookieBanners(page); } await page.setViewport({ width: options.viewport_width, height: options.viewport_height, deviceScaleFactor: options.device_scale_factor, }); await page.goto(options.url); const encodedScreenshot = await page.screenshot({ type: "jpeg", encoding: "base64", fullPage: options.full_page, }); await browser.close(); return { url: `data:image/jpeg;base64,${encodedScreenshot}` }; }

• coolify

  133 32,579 10.0 PHP

  An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.

  

  Heroku and similar providers can simplify the server management issues, but you can use something much better that can combine both cost efficiency and ease of deployment—Coolify:

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