🔥 README.md

# Pinterest Image Scraper API

## 🚀 Overview
This is a lightweight **Pinterest Image Scraper API** using **Puppeteer**, allowing you to **search and fetch Pinterest images** **without needing an API key**.

## 🔥 Features
✅ **No API key required**  
✅ **Scrapes images directly from Pinterest**  
✅ **Works as an API & web interface**  
✅ **Deployable on Render/Vercel**

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## 🔧 Installation & Setup
### **1️⃣ Clone the Repository**
```sh
git clone https://github.com/your-repo/pinterest-api.git
cd pinterest-api

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Run the Server

npm start

The API will run on http://localhost:8080.

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🚀 API Usage

Search for Pinterest Images

Send a GET request to:

http://localhost:8080/api/pinterest/search/{query}

Example:

http://localhost:8080/api/pinterest/search/sunset

Expected Response

{
  "searchQuery": "sunset",
  "images": [
    "https://i.pinimg.com/example1.jpg",
    "https://i.pinimg.com/example2.jpg"
  ]
}

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🌐 Web UI

This API includes a simple frontend UI (public/index.html) where users can enter search queries and view Pinterest images.

1️⃣ Start the server
2️⃣ Open http://localhost:8080/index.html in your browser
3️⃣ Enter a search term & click "Search"
4️⃣ Images will appear directly in the browser! 🎨✨

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🛠 Deployment

Deploy on Render

1️⃣ Push your repo to GitHub
2️⃣ Go to Render
3️⃣ Create a Node.js Web Service
4️⃣ Set the start command to npm start

Deploy on Vercel

1️⃣ Install Vercel CLI

npm install -g vercel

2️⃣ Deploy

vercel deploy

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📜 License

This project is MIT Licensed. Feel free to modify and use it.

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🙌 Contributions

Want to improve this project? Open a pull request or reach out!