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Microlink turns any link into screenshots, PDFs, previews, or structured data. No more Puppeteer clusters. Open source roots. Say hi to [email protected].

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https://t.co/QCZRK66uWS is now generally available

- One endpoint for avatar resolution
- Usernames, emails, and domains
- Free tier keeps 50 avatars per day
- Pay-as-you-go at $0.001 per token
- Only charged for successful, uncached avatars

https://t.co/3YqSkvJpmH

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Full docs → https://t.co/BKnYkU47H2.

Landing on Microlink next 👀

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Publishable keys are now available on https://t.co/18TeGiKpn3

You can authenticate avatar requests directly from the frontend, no backend required.

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<img src="https://unavatar_io/github/kikobeats?token=pk_YOUR_PUBLISHABLE_KEY" />

Domain allowlist is enforced server-side, so the key is safe to ship in client code.

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@patoroco @edu_seo_scraper the easy way: https://t.co/hwyPj7cR4W

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This week on https://t.co/u5jXVLrLZX:

Added support for Apple Store, Google Play, Flickr, StackOverflow.

The universal avatars API 🙂

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This week on https://t.co/QCZRK65X7k:

Support has been added for Facebook, PSN profiles, Tumblr, and Xbox Gamertag.

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We have released is-antibot v2.

It can now be easily ported to any language.

A version for Python is available thanks to @Musantro: https://t.co/Zfhn8lCPKC

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We open sourced our antibot library:
https://t.co/4UEEh1EEXw

– Understand why a request was blocked
– Detect challenge pages and CAPTCHAs
– Make better, cost-aware decisions

Shaped by processing 700M+ URLs every month.

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Full benchmark, per-URL tables, methodology, and context:

→ https://t.co/uu5UYAhBw4

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We benchmarked cold-start latency across 6 screenshot APIs.

No caching, no warm pools.

7 real-world URLs, all providers triggered simultaneously.

The gap was wider than expected.

https://t.co/uu5UYAhBw4

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We open-sourced the entire benchmark suite. If you want to check our Node.js or verify the network conditions, you can clone the repo and run it yourself.

https://t.co/jkWRrEld6x

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This week https://t.co/QCZRK65X7k added support for

- Behance
- Discord
- Pinterest
- Snapchat
- Threads

Missing a provider? Tell us.

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Microlink can now return JSON:

https://t.co/95rJndYlgo

Useful when you want structured output taking advantage of Microlink’s infrastructure against common blockers.

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Getting avatars from @printablescom is now supported by unavatar.

https://t.co/xA5uIGb5wv