Website Screenshot & PDF - Reliable Capture

Capture full-page or viewport screenshots (PNG/JPEG) and PDFs of any URL — with the waiting and cookie-banner handling that make captures actually look right.

A lot of screenshot tools fire too early and hand you a half-loaded page, a spinner, or a giant cookie banner covering the content. This actor waits for the page to settle, dismisses common consent banners, and lets you wait for a specific element before it captures. You pay only for captures that succeed.

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Why this actor

	This actor	Bare screenshot tools
Page readiness	Waits for networkidle (or your rule) + optional selector	Often captures before content loads
Cookie banners	Auto-dismisses common consent banners	Left covering the page
Formats	PNG, JPEG, and paginated PDF	Usually PNG only
Devices	Desktop + mobile presets, or custom viewport	Fixed size
Billing	Pay per successful capture; failures are free	Charged regardless

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Features

• 🖼 PNG, JPEG, or PDF. Full-page or viewport screenshots, or a paginated A4 PDF of the page.
• ⏳ Smart waiting. Choose load, domcontentloaded, or networkidle, and optionally wait for a CSS selector (a chart, a main element) before capturing.
• 🍪 Cookie-banner dismissal. Best-effort auto-close of common consent/cookie dialogs so they don't cover your shot.
• 📱 Device presets. Desktop 1920/1366, iPhone, iPad, or a custom width/height.
• 🔒 Authenticated pages. Pass cookies to capture pages behind a login (stored encrypted).
• 💬 Actionable errors. Timeouts, unreachable hosts, and missing selectors come back as clear codes, not stack traces.
• 💸 Fair pricing. One charge per successful capture. Navigation errors and timeouts cost nothing.

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Input

Field	Required	Description
url	✅	Page to capture (include https://).
format		png (default), jpeg, or pdf.
fullPage		Capture the whole scrollable page (PNG/JPEG). Default true.
device		desktop_1920 (default), desktop_1366, iphone, ipad, or custom.
width / height		Viewport size when device = custom.
waitUntil		load, domcontentloaded, or networkidle (default).
waitForSelector		Optional CSS selector to wait for before capturing.
delayMs		Extra wait after ready, for late animations (max 30000).
dismissCookieBanners		Auto-close consent banners. Default true.
jpegQuality		1–100, for format = jpeg.
headers / cookies		Optional custom headers / auth cookies.

Example — full-page PNG

{ "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com", "format": "png", "fullPage": true }

Example — mobile screenshot, wait for content

{
    "url": "https://example.com/report",
    "format": "jpeg",
    "device": "iphone",
    "waitForSelector": "#report-ready"
}

Example — PDF (A4 print output)

{ "url": "https://example.com/invoice", "format": "pdf" }

PDF uses Chromium's print rendering (paginated A4), not a device-sized screenshot.

Output

The captured file is stored in the run's key-value store (key OUTPUT), and a report is pushed to the dataset:

{
    "type": "capture_report",
    "status": "SUCCEEDED",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "format": "png",
    "assetUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../records/OUTPUT.png",
    "widthPx": 1920,
    "heightPx": 1063,
    "bytes": 84213,
    "durationMs": 3120
}

Error reference

Code	Meaning
INVALID_URL	URL missing or not http(s)
SSRF_BLOCKED	Target is a private/internal address (blocked by default)
NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT	Page didn't finish loading in 60s
DNS_OR_UNREACHABLE	Host couldn't be reached
SELECTOR_TIMEOUT	waitForSelector never appeared
OUTPUT_TOO_LARGE	Full-page height over the limit (raise maxFullPageHeightPx)
HTTP_ERROR	Page returned 4xx/5xx and failOnHttpError is on
RENDER_FAILED / NAVIGATION_FAILED	Rendering or navigation error

Pricing

One pay-per-event charge per successful capture. Failed captures (timeouts, unreachable hosts) are free.

FAQ

The screenshot is missing content that loads late — what do I do? Use waitUntil: networkidle (the default), add a waitForSelector for the element you care about, or a small delayMs.

Can it capture pages behind a login? Yes — pass session cookies (Playwright format). They're stored as a secret.

Full-page or viewport? fullPage: true captures the entire scrollable page; set it to false for just the visible viewport.