CaptureKit Python SDK

The official Python SDK for the CaptureKit screenshot API.

Capture websites as PNG, JPEG, WebP or PDF, extract their content, or analyse them with AI.

The SDK exposes 7 typed methods, one per documented endpoint, with blocking and asyncio clients built on HTTPX, plus a generic request().

Requirements

• Python 3.11 or newer

Installation

pip install capturekitdev

Get your API key

Sign up for CaptureKit or sign in, then copy your API key from the dashboard. The client reads the CAPTUREKIT_API_KEY environment variable when no key is passed.

Quick start

import os

from capturekit import CaptureKitClient

with CaptureKitClient(os.environ["CAPTUREKIT_API_KEY"]) as client:
    response = client.content(url="https://example.com")
    print(response.data)

Keyword arguments mirror the API reference. Python keywords get a trailing underscore (from_=), and the wire name is used on the request.

Binary responses

Endpoints that can return a file (image, PDF…) return a JsonResponse or a BinaryResponse:

from capturekit import BinaryResponse

response = client.capture(url="https://example.com", format="png")
if isinstance(response, BinaryResponse):
    with open("screenshot.png", "wb") as file:
        file.write(response.bytes)

Async jobs

Any call accepts is_async: true (useful past the 60-second server limit): the response is then a job_id. wait_for_job() polls GET /v1/jobs/{id} until the job reaches a terminal status (CompletedJob, Error, NotFound, BadRequest):

submitted = client.content(url="https://example.com", is_async=True)
job = client.wait_for_job(
    submitted.data["job_id"],
    on_progress=lambda j: print(j["status"], j.get("progress")),
)
print(job.data)

Async I/O

import asyncio

from capturekit import AsyncCaptureKitClient


async def main() -> None:
    async with AsyncCaptureKitClient() as client:
        response = await client.content(url="https://example.com")
        print(response.data)


asyncio.run(main())

GET or POST

Methods use GET when the endpoint supports it (parameters in the query string). POST sends the same parameters as a JSON body:

from capturekit import RequestOptions

client.analyze(url="test", request_options=RequestOptions(method="POST"))

None values are omitted, False and 0 are sent, and sequences repeat the parameter name.

Any endpoint

response = client.request("GET", "/v1/usage")

Errors

from capturekit import CaptureKitAPIError

try:
    client.content(url="https://example.com")
except CaptureKitAPIError as error:
    print(error.status, error, error.response_body)

Error	When
CaptureKitConfigurationError	Missing API key, invalid options, unsupported method, closed client.
CaptureKitSerializationError	A required parameter is missing or a value can't be sent.
CaptureKitTransportError	Network failure or timeout.
CaptureKitAPIError	Non-2xx status (status, error_message, response_body, raw_response).
CaptureKitResponseDecodingError	A success response could not be decoded.

All of them extend CaptureKitError.

Retries

Requests are retried up to 3 times after a network error, a 408, 500, 502, 503 or 504, or a rate limit — which the API returns as 401 (or 429) with a Rate limit exceeded message. Per-key quota errors (…: quota daily) are not retried, nor are 400, 402, 404 or client-side timeouts. The delay starts at 1 second and grows 1.5× per retry (capped at 30 seconds); a Retry-After header wins.

client = CaptureKitClient(max_retries=5, retry_delay=0.5)

# or for one request
client.content(url="https://example.com", request_options=RequestOptions(max_retries=0))

Batch requests

batch() runs a function per item on 10 threads (concurrency) and returns one BatchResult per item, in input order. A failing item never stops the others. AsyncCaptureKitClient.batch() does the same with asyncio.

inputs = ["https://example.com", "https://www.capturekit.dev", "https://github.com"]
results = client.batch(inputs, lambda url: client.content(url=url), concurrency=5)

for result in results:
    if result.ok:
        print(result.value.data)
    else:
        print(inputs[result.index], result.error)

Constant	Default	Description
DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY	10	Tasks run at the same time by batch
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT	120.0	Request timeout (seconds)
MAX_RETRIES	3	Retry attempts after a network error, a 408/5xx or a rate limit
RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR	1.5	Exponential backoff multiplier
DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY	1.0	Delay before the first retry (seconds)

Timeouts and custom HTTPX clients

import httpx

from capturekit import CaptureKitClient, RequestOptions

client = CaptureKitClient(timeout=60)  # seconds, default 120, None disables
client.content(url="https://example.com", request_options=RequestOptions(timeout=30))

# Bring your own HTTPX client (proxies, limits, event hooks…). You keep ownership of it.
http_client = httpx.Client(proxy="http://localhost:8080")
client = CaptureKitClient(http_client=http_client)

Endpoints

7 methods, generated from the OpenAPI document.

Method	HTTP	Description
analyze()	GET / POST /v1/analyze	AI Content API analyzes any webpage and returns AI insights summary, value proposition, features, categories, use cases, and optional conta…
capture()	GET / POST /v1/capture	Browser-like Screenshot API that captures webpages as PNG/JPEG/WebP or PDF for previews, QA, reporting, monitoring, and archiving no headle…
content()	GET / POST /v1/content	CaptureKit Content API extracts structured webpage data, metadata, links, HTML/Markdown: in one request for SEO, monitoring, indexing and a…
jobs()	GET /v1/jobs/{id}	Poll the status, progress (0–100) and result of a job started with is_async=true. Polling is free. Poll until status is terminal: Completed…
stats()	GET /v1/stats	Infrastructure health for an engine or endpoint over the last hour. Not scoped to your account or tenant. Enabled per account: HTTP 403 mea…
usage()	GET /v1/usage	Retrieve real-time usage statistics and credit balance for your CaptureKit account.
website_crawler()	GET / POST /v1/website/crawler	Website Crawler API fetches raw HTML from any webpage in request mode (no rendering) for fast scraping, audits, monitoring, and link/metada…

All CaptureKit SDKs

SDK	Package	Install
Node.js	@capturekitdev/sdk	npm install @capturekitdev/sdk
Python	capturekitdev	pip install capturekitdev
Go	capturekit-go	go get github.com/capturekitdev/capturekit-go
.NET	CaptureKit	dotnet add package CaptureKit
Ruby	capturekitdev	gem install capturekitdev
PHP	capturekitdev/sdk	composer require capturekitdev/sdk
Java	capturekit-java	build from source, see its README
CLI	@capturekitdev/cli	npm install -g @capturekitdev/cli
MCP server	@capturekitdev/mcp	npx -y @capturekitdev/mcp

License

MIT — see LICENSE.