Web Accessibility Audit

Web Accessibility Audit is an actor that ensures compliance with the European Accessibility Act by detecting WCAG standard violations.

Motivation

In 2025, compliance with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) becomes mandatory for businesses operating in the EU. This legislation emphasizes the importance of inclusivity, requiring websites and digital services to meet strict accessibility standards outlined in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Non-compliance can result in significant penalties, reputational damage, and loss of customers who rely on accessible digital experiences. Ensuring compliance is not just a legal obligation—it's a commitment to providing equitable access for all users, including those with disabilities.

Solution

We leverage @axe/core, a widely trusted accessibility testing tool, to detect WCAG standard violations with precision and reliability. This allows us to provide accurate assessments and actionable insights, helping you address accessibility issues effectively and meet EAA requirements.

Input

{
    "startUrls": ["https://www.apify.com"],
    "tags": ["wcag2a"],
    "lang": "en",
    "isDeep": false
}

startUrls

List of URLs to start the scan from

urlBlacklistRegex (optional)

Regular expression to filter out URLs from the scan

tags (optional)

If you want to specify rules set standards, please check out supported values here

Note: To start a run, you must select at least one set of rules; otherwise, all available sets of rules will be automatically applied by default.

impactThreshold (optional)

default: null

Minimum impact level to include in the report

lang (optional)

default: en

Specify report's language (ISO 639-1)

isDeep (optional)

default: false

Find and scan all links found on the original page

includePasses (optional)

default: false

Whether to include passed checks in the report

Output

The audit output is JSON with the following structure

{
    "url": "https://apify.com/",
    "passes": [
        {
            "id": "aria-allowed-attr",
            "impact": null,
            "description": "Ensure an element's role supports its ARIA attributes",
            "help": "Elements must only use supported ARIA attributes"
        }
    ],
    "violations": [
        {
            "id": "listitem",
            "impact": "serious",
            "description": "Ensure <li> elements are used semantically",
            "help": "<li> elements must be contained in a <ul> or <ol>",
            "nodes": [
                {
                    "target": [".list > li:nth-child(1)"],
                    "summary": "Fix any of the following:\n  List item does not have a <ul>, <ol> parent element"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}