Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API? by nkrisc on Saturday May 31, 2025 @12:46PM (#44145455)

Sounds like this does a lot more than simply take a screenshot. It mentions removing cookie banners, ads, etc. which is an always moving target.

If you have one, very narrow specific use case, then maybe that’s not so bad. But sounds like a huge pain if you need that for any arbitrary site.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API? by tredre3 on Saturday May 31, 2025 @10:41PM (#44148327)

> Sounds like this does a lot more than simply take a screenshot. It mentions removing cookie banners, ads, etc. which is an always moving target.

Oh okay so it does:

chrome --load-extension=path/to/ublock --headless --screenshot https://website.com

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API? by la_fayette on Sunday June 01, 2025 @04:36AM (#44149465)

Couldn't this be done with a headless Firefox and adblocker extensions?

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API? by ozim on Sunday June 01, 2025 @04:20PM (#44153512)

Feels like Dropbox comment.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API? by nkrisc on Sunday June 01, 2025 @07:38PM (#44154595)

I’m sure it could be. Just like I could bake an apple pie by first sowing wheat and planting apple trees.

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