Automate evidence capture, contract PDF generation, legal research archiving, and court filing documentation. SnapAPI is the screenshot API built for legal tech engineering teams that need reliable, timestamped page capture.
Start Free TrialCapture timestamped screenshots of web pages that constitute evidence in legal matters. SnapAPI returns the rendered page as a PNG with metadata including capture timestamp, final URL after redirects, and HTTP response code. This creates a defensible record of the page state at a specific time for use in litigation and investigations.
Render contract templates, NDAs, engagement letters, and legal agreements as high-quality PDFs from your web-based document editor. SnapAPI's PDF endpoint supports custom page sizes, margins, and headers and footers, giving you the same output quality as dedicated PDF generation tools without the complexity.
Archive legal research sources, case law pages, and regulatory documents at the time they are cited. When an online source changes or is removed, your timestamped screenshot provides the original content that was cited. Essential for maintaining the integrity of research workflows in litigation support.
Generate PDF documentation of electronic filings, court portal submissions, and e-service receipts. SnapAPI captures confirmation pages and filing receipts with timestamps, creating a reliable record of all electronic court interactions for your matter management system.
Legal technology platforms serve law firms, corporate legal departments, and legal operations teams. Each group has distinct documentation and archiving needs that benefit from screenshot automation.
Electronic discovery increasingly involves web-based evidence including social media posts, website content, and online publications. SnapAPI provides a programmatic way to capture this evidence with metadata that satisfies chain of custody requirements. Capture the target page, store the returned PNG with the capture timestamp and URL metadata, and log the capture event in your evidence management system. The result is a documented, reproducible process for web evidence collection that holds up to opposing counsel scrutiny.
Modern CLM platforms generate contract PDFs from templates populated with deal data. SnapAPI enables a web-first approach where contracts are designed as responsive HTML pages and converted to PDF on demand. This lets your design team maintain contract templates using standard web tools and see instant previews without PDF rendering quirks. When a contract is executed, generate the final PDF through SnapAPI and store it in your document management system alongside the e-signature record.
Start with 200 free captures per month. Scale to 5,000 at $19/month or 50,000 at $79/month. Enterprise plans with private cloud deployment and custom SLAs are available for legal technology platforms serving large law firms and enterprises.
Get API Key FreeLegal technology is one of the most demanding environments for software reliability and documentation. When a screenshot is used as evidence in litigation, or when a contract PDF is the definitive record of a business agreement, there is no margin for rendering errors or missing content. SnapAPI uses Playwright with Chromium to ensure every capture reflects exactly what a user would see in a modern browser, with full CSS, web fonts, and JavaScript execution completed before capture.
Social media content is frequently central to litigation involving defamation, harassment, intellectual property disputes, and employment matters. The challenge with social media evidence is that content can be deleted or modified by the poster at any time. Legal technology platforms that offer automated evidence preservation integrate SnapAPI to capture public social media pages at the moment they are identified as relevant. The timestamped screenshot, combined with the URL and HTTP metadata returned by the API, creates a foundational evidence record. For platforms that need court-admissible authentication, combine SnapAPI capture with a hash of the raw HTML content to demonstrate integrity over time.
Intellectual property attorneys investigating trademark infringement, copyright violations, and trade dress copying need to document infringing pages quickly before the infringer modifies or removes the content. SnapAPI enables attorneys and their legal technology tools to capture infringing pages with a single API call, preserving full-page screenshots including content below the fold that might be missed in a manual screenshot. For comprehensive documentation, combine full-page screenshots with the HTML source captured by the scrape endpoint to create a complete record of the infringing page at the moment of discovery.
Contract lifecycle management platforms increasingly automate the assembly of complex contracts from clause libraries and deal parameters captured in a CRM or deal room. SnapAPI fits into this workflow as the final rendering step, converting the assembled HTML contract into a PDF that is ready for electronic signature. Because SnapAPI renders in a real browser, complex formatting including tables spanning multiple pages, nested lists, and signature blocks with precise positioning renders correctly without the layout bugs common in server-side PDF generation libraries. The result is a professional document that matches the web preview the client saw before signing.
Law firms and corporate legal departments that file documents with regulatory agencies through electronic portals need to retain confirmation records. SnapAPI can capture filing confirmation pages, receipt pages, and acknowledgment screens from regulatory portals immediately after submission. These captures are stored in the matter management system as part of the filing record. When a client or regulator asks for proof of a timely filing, the timestamped screenshot provides immediate visual confirmation alongside the system logs.
Online legal research sources change over time. Cases are supplemented, regulations are amended, and commentary is updated. When an attorney cites an online source in a brief or memorandum, the source should be archived at the time of citation to preserve the content that was cited. SnapAPI makes this archiving automatic. Integrate with your research platform to trigger a capture each time an attorney bookmarks or cites a source. The archive grows automatically as attorneys do their normal research work, with no separate archiving step required. Access the archive later to retrieve the exact content that was cited regardless of subsequent changes to the original source.
Legal technology teams evaluating SnapAPI often ask about reliability and uptime guarantees. SnapAPI runs on redundant infrastructure with 99.9 percent uptime. Every API response includes a timestamp and metadata that can be used to verify the capture was successful. For mission-critical legal workflows, implement retry logic with exponential backoff to handle the rare case of a transient API error. Store the full API response including metadata alongside the screenshot file so you have a complete provenance record for each capture. Enterprise plans include SLA guarantees and dedicated support for legal technology platforms with strict reliability requirements.
Can SnapAPI produce screenshots that are admissible as evidence in US courts? SnapAPI captures are timestamped and include HTTP metadata, but admissibility as evidence depends on jurisdiction, case type, and authentication procedures established by your counsel. SnapAPI captures are routinely used to support legal proceedings when combined with appropriate chain of custody documentation. Consult with legal counsel about the specific authentication requirements in your jurisdiction. How quickly does SnapAPI capture a page? Most captures complete within two to five seconds. For pages with complex JavaScript or heavy media content, use the wait_until networkidle parameter and add a delay to ensure full rendering before capture. For time-sensitive evidence preservation where a page may be removed within minutes, the standard screenshot endpoint is fast enough for most scenarios. Can SnapAPI handle PACER and other court portal interfaces? Court portals often have security measures that detect automated access. SnapAPI can capture these pages when provided with valid session cookies from an authenticated browser session, but your firm must ensure that automated capture complies with the portal's terms of service. Does SnapAPI offer audit logs of all capture requests? Yes, every API call is logged with timestamp, URL, and response status accessible through your SnapAPI dashboard. These logs are available for export as compliance documentation. Start free at snapapi.pics today.
SnapAPI's free tier includes 200 screenshots per month with no credit card required. Create your account at snapapi.pics, copy your API key, and integrate in minutes. When your workflow grows beyond the free tier, upgrade to $19 per month for 5,000 captures or $79 per month for 50,000 captures. Enterprise plans with dedicated infrastructure, SLA guarantees, private cloud deployment, and custom rate limits are available for platforms with specific scale and compliance requirements. All paid plans include access to every API feature: screenshot, scrape, extract, PDF generation, full-page capture, custom viewports, authentication cookie support, and S3 storage delivery. There are no feature tiers, only volume tiers. Every feature is available from day one on any plan including the free tier.