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Website Screenshot & PDF Capture + Change Alerts

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Take website screenshots of any URL list: full page, viewport or one page element, in PNG, JPEG or WebP at desktop, tablet and phone sizes. Optional URL to PDF. Each row has a file link. Visual change detection compares with the last run and returns a diff image.

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Malik Said

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You can access the Website Screenshot & PDF Capture + Change Alerts 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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          "viewports": {
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            "description": "Screen sizes to capture each URL at. Use desktop (1440x900), laptop (1280x800), tablet (768x1024), phone (390x844) or a size such as 1920x1080. Each URL and viewport pair is one capture.",
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            "title": "Image format",
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            "type": "string",
            "description": "File type of each screenshot. PNG is lossless. JPEG and WebP files are smaller.",
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          "quality": {
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            "description": "1 is a normal screen. 2 gives sharp images like a retina screen, and 3 like a high-end phone. Files are larger. To keep memory safe, a full page at 2 or 3 stops at the same pixel count as a default desktop capture: about 2,000 page pixels tall for desktop at 2, and about 3,280 for a phone at 3. The row then says truncated: true.",
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          "colorScheme": {
            "title": "Colour scheme",
            "enum": [
              "light",
              "dark"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Show the page in light or dark mode. Sites that support dark mode switch to their dark theme.",
            "default": "light"
          },
          "locale": {
            "title": "Locale",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional browser language and region, such as de-DE, fr-FR or ar-SA. It also sets the Accept-Language header. Combine it with a proxy country to see a page as local visitors see it."
          },
          "timezoneId": {
            "title": "Time zone",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional browser time zone, such as Europe/Berlin or Asia/Riyadh. Pages that show local times or opening hours use it."
          },
          "savePdf": {
            "title": "Also save a PDF",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Save one PDF of each URL as well, printed with backgrounds. Each PDF counts as one capture.",
            "default": false
          },
          "pdfFormat": {
            "title": "PDF paper size",
            "enum": [
              "A4",
              "Letter",
              "Legal",
              "A3"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Paper size of the PDF.",
            "default": "A4"
          },
          "pdfLandscape": {
            "title": "PDF landscape",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Print the PDF in landscape orientation.",
            "default": false
          },
          "hideCookieBanners": {
            "title": "Hide cookie banners",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Hide common cookie consent banners (OneTrust, Cookiebot, Usercentrics, Didomi, CookieYes and others) with CSS before the capture. Nothing is clicked or accepted.",
            "default": true
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          "hideSelectors": {
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            "description": "CSS selectors of elements to hide before the capture, for example chat widgets or ads. Example: #intercom-container",
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          "maskSelectors": {
            "title": "Mask elements",
            "type": "array",
            "description": "CSS selectors of moving parts to cover with a grey box, such as a clock, a rotating banner or a price ticker. The layout stays the same, so masked parts never count as a change. Masking also hides personal data in a capture.",
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          "blockAds": {
            "title": "Block ads and trackers",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Block requests to common ad and tracker hosts of other sites before the page loads. Pages load faster, and change detection reports fewer false changes from rotating ads.",
            "default": false
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            "description": "Capture only the first element that matches this CSS selector, for example #pricing. Empty: capture the page. PDFs ignore it.",
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            "minimum": 0,
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            "description": "Wait this long after the page loads and before the capture, for animations and late content.",
            "default": 1
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            "description": "For full-page captures, scroll down the page first so lazy-loaded images appear.",
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          "maxPageHeight": {
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            "minimum": 500,
            "maximum": 16000,
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Full-page captures stop at this height. Very long pages are cut, and the row says truncated: true.",
            "default": 8000
          },
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            "title": "Visual change detection",
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Compare each screenshot with the one from the last run that used the same state key. Each row gets changed, diffPercent and, for changed pages, a diff image with changed pixels in red. Schedule the Actor with this on to watch pages for visual changes.",
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          },
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            "default": "default"
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          "changeThreshold": {
            "title": "Change threshold (% of pixels)",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 100,
            "type": "number",
            "description": "A page counts as changed when more than this share of pixels differs, in percent. Example: 0.1 means 1 pixel in 1,000.",
            "default": 0.1
          },
          "maxCaptures": {
            "title": "Maximum captures",
            "minimum": 0,
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Stop after this many files (screenshots plus PDFs). The default keeps test runs short. Set 0 for no limit.",
            "default": 100
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                "format": "date-time",
                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
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                "type": "string",
                "example": "READY"
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                "type": "object",
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                    "type": "string",
                    "example": "API"
                  },
                  "userAgent": {
                    "type": "string"
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                }
              },
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Website Screenshot API: Full Page, Mobile & PDF OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

OpenAPI is effective when used with AI agents and GPTs by standardizing how these systems interact with various APIs, for reliable integrations and efficient communication.

By defining machine-readable API specifications, OpenAPI allows AI models like GPTs to understand and use varied data sources, improving accuracy. This accelerates development, reduces errors, and provides context-aware responses, making OpenAPI a core component for AI applications.

You can download the OpenAPI definitions for Website Screenshot & PDF Capture + Change Alerts from the options below:

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If you’d like to learn more about how OpenAPI powers GPTs, read our blog post.

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