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HTML to Image API: Convert Any HTML Template to a PNG in One Request

HTML to Image API: Convert Any HTML Template to a PNG in One Request

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HTML to Image API: Convert Any HTML Template to a PNG in One Request You need to generate images dynamically. Not screenshots of existing pages — images from HTML templates you control . Think about it: OG social cards — generate a unique preview image for every blog post, product, or page Email header images — personalized images with user names, dates, or stats Certificates — render diplomas, badges, or achievement cards with dynamic data Dynamic badges — GitHub stats, contributor badges, live metrics as images Invoice thumbnails — preview of what a PDF will look like before sending You could build this with Puppeteer, but that's overkill. You don't need a full browser. You just need HTML → PNG. An HTML-to-image API solves this in one request. The Problem: Building Image Generation In-House Option 1: Self-hosted Puppeteer const puppeteer = require ( ' puppeteer ' ); async function generateImage ( htmlString ) { const browser = await puppeteer . launch (); const page = await browser .

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