Accessibility Statement Auditor

Accessibility Statement Auditor checks whether a public website publishes an accessibility statement, finds it via the page you provide, same-site links, and common statement paths, and audits the statement against the W3C accessibility statement model and the EU Web Accessibility Directive (2016/2102) field expectations. It returns section coverage, contact channels, conformance claims, statement date, legal references, a readiness score, letter grade, and actionable recommendations.

Use cases

• Verify accessibility statement compliance before a launch, public tender, or marketplace review.
• Check EU Web Accessibility Directive (2016/2102) and European Accessibility Act statement obligations across a portfolio of sites.
• Monitor statement freshness and conformance claims after site redesigns.
• Add a statement compliance check to agency accessibility reporting and QA pipelines.
• Detect missing statements, missing contact channels, or outdated statement dates at list scale.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
startUrl	string	yes	Public HTTP or HTTPS URL to audit. Use the site homepage to let the actor discover the statement, or link directly to a statement page. Credentials and private network targets are rejected.
timeoutSeconds	integer	no	Request timeout for each HTTP request, from 3 to 30 seconds. Defaults to 15.
maxCandidates	integer	no	Maximum number of candidate statement pages to fetch and score, from 1 to 10. Defaults to 6.

Output

The actor pushes one dataset item per run.

Field	Type	Description
inputUrl	string	Original URL provided by the user.
normalizedInputUrl	string	URL after default HTTPS scheme normalization.
checkedAt	string	ISO timestamp of the audit.
statementFound	boolean	True when an accessibility statement page was detected and scored.
statementUrl	string	URL of the best-scoring statement page found, or null.
statementStatus	integer or null	HTTP status of the statement page fetch.
candidateCount	integer	Number of candidate pages checked.
candidates	array	Per-candidate summary with url, status, isHtml, statementCandidate flag, and score.
hasCommitment	boolean	Statement contains an accessibility commitment.
wcagVersion	string or null	WCAG version referenced, for example 2.1.
wcagLevel	string or null	Conformance level referenced (A, AA, or AAA).
hasConformanceStatus	boolean	Statement declares a conformance status.
conformanceStatus	string or null	Conformance phrase detected, for example partially conformant.
hasFeedbackContact	boolean	Statement provides a feedback contact channel.
contactEmail	string or null	Contact email found on the statement page.
hasStatementDate	boolean	Statement shows a creation or last-updated date.
statementDate	string or null	Date text detected.
hasLimitations	boolean	Known limitations or non-accessible content section present.
hasMeasures	boolean	Organizational measures section present.
hasAssessmentApproach	boolean	Assessment approach section present.
hasEvaluationReport	boolean	Evaluation report reference present.
hasFormalApproval	boolean	Formal approval section present.
hasComplaintsInfo	boolean	Complaint or escalation information present.
hasLegalReference	boolean	References an applicable law or standard.
legalReferences	array	Detected references such as EN 301 549 or EU Web Accessibility Directive 2016/2102.
score	integer	Statement readiness score from 0 to 100.
grade	string	Letter grade from A to F.
issues	array	Problems found.
recommendations	array	Suggested fixes.
error	string or null	Fatal fetch or validation error, if any.

Example input

{
  "startUrl": "https://example.com",
  "timeoutSeconds": 15,
  "maxCandidates": 6
}

Example output

{
  "inputUrl": "https://example.com",
  "normalizedInputUrl": "https://example.com/",
  "checkedAt": "2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "statementFound": true,
  "statementUrl": "https://example.com/accessibility-statement",
  "statementStatus": 200,
  "candidateCount": 6,
  "candidates": [
    { "url": "https://example.com/accessibility-statement", "status": 200, "isHtml": true, "statementCandidate": true, "score": 100 }
  ],
  "hasCommitment": true,
  "wcagVersion": "2.1",
  "wcagLevel": "AA",
  "hasConformanceStatus": true,
  "conformanceStatus": "partially conformant",
  "hasFeedbackContact": true,
  "contactEmail": "accessibility@example.org",
  "hasStatementDate": true,
  "statementDate": "26 October 2018",
  "hasLimitations": true,
  "hasMeasures": true,
  "hasAssessmentApproach": true,
  "hasEvaluationReport": true,
  "hasFormalApproval": true,
  "hasComplaintsInfo": true,
  "hasLegalReference": true,
  "legalReferences": ["EN 301 549", "EU Web Accessibility Directive 2016/2102", "WCAG 2.1"],
  "score": 100,
  "grade": "A",
  "issues": [],
  "recommendations": [],
  "error": null
}

Security

Only public HTTP and HTTPS URLs are accepted. The actor rejects URL credentials, localhost, private IPv4 ranges, private IPv6 ranges, and hostnames that resolve to private addresses. Redirect targets are revalidated before following. It reads only pages on the audited site and does not require login credentials or collect private data.

Pricing

Event	Suggested price
Actor start	$0.005
Site audited	$0.01

A typical single-site audit costs about $0.015 before platform fees.

FAQ

Does this crawl a whole site?

No. It fetches the page you provide, follows same-site links that look like statement pages, and checks a handful of common statement paths such as /accessibility and /accessibility-statement. Up to maxCandidates pages are checked per run.

Does it execute JavaScript?

No. It reads the returned HTML. This keeps the actor fast, cheap, and predictable. Statements rendered only via client-side JavaScript may be missed.

Is this a legal compliance certification?

No. It is a technical readiness check of the published statement's structure and content against the W3C statement model and EU Directive 2016/2102 field expectations. Legal compliance advice requires a qualified assessor.

Does it check WCAG conformance of the site itself?

No. It audits the statement, not the site's conformance. Use a full accessibility scanner for page-level WCAG checks.

What is the keep metric?

Keep if it gets organic Store impressions, runs, revenue, or inbound questions within 60 to 90 days. Improve listing or pricing if impressions arrive without runs. Archive if it gets no discovery and no usage.