I get "limit exceeded" image instead of requested thumbnail?
If you received a "limit exceeded" image instead of your requested thumbnail, then you have exceeded your quota of free thumbnails, you aren't a registered user or you are not using your personal key.
Please upgrade to our premium services if your website is requesting more than 100.000 thumbnails in 30 days.
Please register and select the service that best suits your needs:
Free service
- Limited use (a max. of 100.000 thumbnails per month could be requested with your personal key)
- Only thumbnail of sizes T, S and M are available.
- Thumbnails are delivered with "Powered by SiteThumbshot" branding.
- Click here to register for free services or click here to register/upgrade to our premium services.
Premium services
- Professional version on high performance servers (unlimited use).
- Thubmnail of all predefined sizes are available. Custom sizes may also be configured.
- Several premium features offered (no brand labeling, high traffic service etc.)
- Click here to upgrade to our premium services.
Developer API
SiteThumbshot service is simply an HTTP GET or POST request. The service parameters are passed as simple HTTP parameters.
All request URLs start with the host-name (customized URLs available for premium users) and resemble the following code:
http://images.sitethumbshot.com/
You can request screenshots with your key using this simple API - but please always bear in mind our Terms and Conditions:
Append to the standard request url above the method followed by a question mark.
http://images.sitethumbshot.com/?
The method is followed by the actual query parameters, which take the form argument=value, where the arguments and values are url encoded. Multiple parameters are separated by an ampersand (&).
http://images.sitethumbshot.com/?size=size&key=key&url=url
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| key | String (required) | All requests to SiteThumbshot service require a key. Sign-up and get your own key. |
| url | String (required) | The url to get the thumbnail for. The url must start with http:// or https://. Try to encode url parameter (in PHP you can use urlencode function for this purpose) otherwise in some cases you might get "Forbidden 403" error. |
| size | String | The size of thumbnail. Available sizes are: T (80 x 60), S (120 x 90), M (200 x 150), XM (400 x 300), L (640 x 480) and XL (1024 x 768). If the parameter value is not set, the T size will be returned. L and XL sizes are only available to premium users. |
The following example retrieves a large thumbnail for http://www.pixcelgallery.com
(the key has to be present):
http://images.sitethumbshot.com/?url=http://www.pixcelgallery.com&size=L&key=1234567890
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