ScreenshotAPI runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 227 installs a week from npm. Last commit 27 Oct 2026.
Website screenshots, URL/HTML to PDF, scrolling videos, and web scraping via ScreenshotAPI.
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add screenshot-mcp -e 'SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN=<SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @screenshotapinet/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"screenshot-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@screenshotapinet/mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN": "<SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.screenshot-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@screenshotapinet/mcp"]
env = { SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN = "<SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"screenshot-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@screenshotapinet/mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN": "<SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"screenshot-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@screenshotapinet/mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN": "<SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<SCREENSHOTAPI_TOKEN> (Your ScreenshotAPI API key from https://app.screenshotapi.net).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
SCREENSHOTAPI_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS (Request timeout in milliseconds (default 180000)), SCREENSHOTAPI_MAX_INLINE_IMAGE_BYTES (Max screenshot size returned inline as an image (default 3500000)).
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