Free Thumbnail API

by thumbnail.ws

Media Added on October 8th, 2014 Checked and working on November 8th, 2026

What it does

Create amazing thumbnails from websites for all your projects. Free and Paid API. Currently the maximum size for a screenshot is 1024 by 768.

This API can create fullpage screenshots, not just the part of the screen above the fold.

API
HTTP-GET
REST
SOAP
XML

At a glance

API key: Needed, free · More APIs with a free key
Pricing: Free and Paid API.
Formats: XML
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET, SOAP
Provider: thumbnail.ws
Last checked: Working on November 8th, 2026

More information: https://thumbnail.ws/

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HTML

<a href="https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/thumbnail-creator.html"><img src="https://free-web-services.com/badge.svg" width="208" height="44" alt="Listed on Free Web Services" /></a>

Markdown

[![Listed on Free Web Services](https://free-web-services.com/badge.svg)](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/thumbnail-creator.html)

Example request

curl

curl 'https://api.thumbnail.ws/api/YOUR_API_KEY/thumbnail/get?url=https://example.com/&width=640'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.thumbnail.ws/api/YOUR_API_KEY/thumbnail/get?url=https://example.com/&width=640");
const text = await response.text();
console.log(text);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.thumbnail.ws/api/YOUR_API_KEY/thumbnail/get?url=https://example.com/&width=640",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.text)

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your own key.