
Why and how to choose a screenshot API
You don't need a screenshot API if it is a one-off task for you and you can use some library for screenshotting.
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With more than a decade of experience in software engineering, I share the best practices and solutions you can apply to your problems in the space of headless browsers. You can also find me on Twitter and LinkedIn
You don't need a screenshot API if it is a one-off task for you and you can use some library for screenshotting.
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