FAQ
If an existing monthly plan does not fit your needs, please email us at: support@htmlcsstoimage.com with the number of images you need to generate. We can send you a one time invoice and credit your account with the number of images you need to generate.
Yes, embed the link tag in your HTML and it will be loaded on render. Multiple CSS files are supported. Large files may slow down initial render time. See this CodePen for an example.
When passing your HTML to the API, include the full HTML markup. Starting and ending with the <html> tags. The HCTI API will enter full page mode and render the entire page as displayed by Google Chrome.
Forever. As long as your HCTI account is active, we keep a copy of your generated image stored and accessible from your image url.
Yes, be sure to include the full URL to your external image. The API will load it before creating the image. <img src="https://example.com/yourimage.png" />
You may change your plan anytime by visiting the Dashboard.
All images served by the hcti.io domain are cached by Cloudflare's global content delivery network. Bandwidth is unlimited and paid for as a part of your subscription.
Definitely. If you're a student and using the API to build something cool. Email us and we'd be happy to add free images to your account.
The filename for your image is a randomly generated (and unique!) UUID. We currently do not have the option to set the filename.
The v1/image namespace is shared by everyone who uses the API. Auto generating the file names makes your content more secure (hard to guess). We also use these long keys as partition keys for our infrastructure. This helps us scale the API for creating millions of images each month.
So what we're saying is, yes they aren't pretty, but they help keep the service easy to use, fast and secure. Which is important to us.
We regularly keep HCTI up-to-date with the latest version of Chrome. We run a full test suite to ensure images render as expected before upgrading the API.
Email us! support@htmlcsstoimage.com. We'd love to hear from you.