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ApiFlash

Website screenshot API built on Chrome and AWS Lambda.

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First seen:2026-06-17
Last seen:2026-06-17
Sightings:1
Source:apiflash.com

What it is

Website screenshot API built on Chrome and AWS Lambda.

Why developers recommend it

A commenter described ApiFlash as the screenshot API they already run in production.

Hacker News evidence

2026-06-17

The thread included a commenter saying they run a screenshot API with Chromium in an AWS Lambda container image instead of Firecracker.

How we run Firecracker VMs inside EC2 and start browsers in less than 1s