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Website Screenshot Generator

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Website Screenshot Generator

Website Screenshot Generator

apify/screenshot-url

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Apify

Maintained by Apify

Create a screenshot of a website based on a specified URL. The screenshot is stored as the output in a key-value store. It can be used to monitor web changes regularly after setting up the scheduler.

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Pay per usage

78

Monthly users

215

Runs succeeded

>99%

Response time

71 days

Last modified

4 months ago

You can access the Website Screenshot Generator programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

1# Start Server-Sent Events (SSE) session and keep it running
2curl "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/sse?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&actors=apify/screenshot-url"
3
4# Session id example output:
5# event: endpoint
6# data: /message?sessionId=9d820491-38d4-4c7d-bb6a-3b7dc542f1fa

Using Website Screenshot Generator - Screenshot URL via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server

MCP server lets you use Website Screenshot Generator - Screenshot URL within your AI workflows. Send API requests to trigger actions and receive real-time results. Take the received sessionId and use it to communicate with the MCP server. The message starts the Website Screenshot Generator - Screenshot URL Actor with the provided input.

1curl -X POST "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/message?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&session_id=<SESSION_ID>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "id": 1,
4  "method": "tools/call",
5  "params": {
6    "arguments": {
7      "urls": [
8            {
9                  "url": "https://www.apify.com/"
10            }
11      ],
12      "waitUntil": "load",
13      "proxy": {
14            "useApifyProxy": true
15      }
16},
17    "name": "apify/screenshot-url"
18  }
19}'

The response should be: Accepted. You should received response via SSE (JSON) as:

1event: message
2data: {
3  "result": {
4    "content": [
5      {
6        "type": "text",
7        "text": "ACTOR_RESPONSE"
8      }
9    ]
10  }
11}

Configure local MCP Server via standard input/output for Website Screenshot Generator - Screenshot URL

You can connect to the MCP Server using clients like ClaudeDesktop and LibreChat or build your own. The server can run both locally and remotely, giving you full flexibility. Set up the server in the client configuration as follows:

1{
2  "mcpServers": {
3    "actors-mcp-server": {
4      "command": "npx",
5      "args": [
6        "-y",
7        "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
8        "--actors",
9        "apify/screenshot-url"
10      ],
11      "env": {
12        "APIFY_TOKEN": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
13      }
14    }
15  }
16}

You can further access the MCP client through the Tester MCP Client, a chat user interface to interact with the server.

To get started, check out the documentation and example clients. If you are interested in learning more about our MCP server, check out our blog post.

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Pricing model

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage.