Can I generate PDFs from a Blade template?

Yes — render the template to HTML, POST it with format=pdf, and you get the PDF back.

How do I use it in an img tag?

Sign the query string with your signing secret and put the signed URL in src. Whoever views the page cannot change its parameters.

No. Any version with cURL works; the samples use modern syntax for readability.

PHP

Screenshot API for PHP

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screenshot api php · request and resultPAGECAPTURE / 01

PHP

<?php

function capture(string $url, string $path = 'shot.png'): void
{
    $handle = curl_init('https://api.pagecapture.dev/v1/take');

    curl_setopt_array($handle, [
        CURLOPT_POST => true,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
            'X-Access-Key: ' . getenv('PAGECAPTURE_KEY'),
            'Content-Type: application/json',
        ],
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
            'url' => $url,
            'format' => 'png',
            'full_page' => true,
        ]),
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 120,
    ]);

    $body = curl_exec($handle);
    $status = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
    curl_close($handle);

    if ($status !== 200) {
        $error = json_decode($body, true);
        throw new RuntimeException("{$error['error_code']}: {$error['error_message']}");
    }

    file_put_contents($path, $body);
}