# Web Reader & Screenshot

> Web Reader & Screenshot is a paid API for AI agents from x402.professorsausages.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Renders a given URL in a headless browser and returns a PNG screenshot of the page

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.professorsausages.com/reader/screenshot
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/web-reader-screenshot-78f2bcb2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gFpg43zRZx4_EidYEu2oJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability web-reader-screenshot-78f2bcb2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you take a screenshot of https://example.com and give me a PNG image of what that page looks like right now?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a visual, pixel-accurate snapshot of a live web page rendered exactly as a browser would show it — ideal for verifying page appearance, capturing dynamic content, archiving visual state, or generating preview thumbnails of URLs. Prefer this over HTML-only scrapers when visual fidelity matters.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable URL returns an error response
- Paywalled or auth-protected pages may render login screens instead of content
- Pages with heavy JavaScript or slow load times may produce incomplete renders
- Rate limiting or payment failure (402) if USDC payment is not attached
- Timeout if the page takes too long to render

## Output

A PNG image file rendered by a headless browser showing the full visual state of the requested URL at the time of the call.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/web-reader-screenshot-78f2bcb2/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.professorsausages.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.professorsausages.com/llms.txt)