# Website Screenshot API: Full Page, Mobile & PDF (Bulk) (`prometheus-maker/website-screenshot`) Actor

Screenshot any list of web pages: full page or first screen, desktop, tablet or mobile, PNG, JPEG or PDF. Lazy images loaded, cookie banners hidden. Pay only for screenshots that succeed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/prometheus-maker/website-screenshot.md
- **Developed by:** [Prometheus](https://apify.com/prometheus-maker) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, SEO tools, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.30 / 1,000 full-page screenshots

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Website Screenshot API: Full Page, Mobile & PDF (Bulk)

Take **screenshots of any list of web pages**: the full page from top to bottom or just the first screen, as a desktop, tablet or phone would show it, in **PNG, JPEG or PDF**. Lazy-loaded images are scrolled into view first, and cookie banners are hidden.

**$5 per 1,000 full-page screenshots, $3 per 1,000 first-screen screenshots** (a little less on paid Apify plans). Pages that fail or stay blank are free.

### Who it's for

- **Agencies and freelancers**: capture client or competitor sites for reports, audits and proposals
- **SEO and marketing teams**: archive landing pages, ads and search pages over time (run it on a schedule)
- **Developers and QA**: check how pages look on desktop and mobile after a release
- **AI agents**: see a page, not just its text

### Input

```json
{
  "urls": ["https://www.python.org", "https://example.com"],
  "device": "mobile",
  "fullPage": true,
  "format": "png"
}
```

| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| `device` | `desktop` 1440×900, `laptop` 1280×800, `desktop-hd` 1920×1080, `tablet` 820×1180 at 2x, `mobile` (iPhone) 390×844 at 3x, `mobile-android` 412×915. Or set `width`/`height`. |
| `fullPage` | Whole page (default) or only the first screen |
| `format` | `png`, `jpeg` (with `quality`) or `pdf` |
| `hideCookieBanners` | On by default: hides banners of common consent tools (OneTrust, Cookiebot, Didomi, Usercentrics, Quantcast and others) and small fixed boxes about cookies. Nothing is clicked or accepted for you. |
| `hideSelectors` | Anything else to hide, e.g. `.chat-widget` |
| `selector` | Capture one element only, e.g. `#pricing` |
| `waitUntil`, `waitForSelector`, `delayMs` | Wait for the page to settle, for an element, or for a fixed time |
| `darkMode` | Ask the page for its dark color scheme |

### Output

Each screenshot is saved as a file in the run's key-value store, and the dataset gets one item per page:

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.python.org",
  "status": "ok",
  "screenshotUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/jElnasM9Sg0F5fqEh/records/www-python-org-c307504a.png",
  "title": "Welcome to Python.org",
  "finalUrl": "https://www.python.org/",
  "httpStatus": 200,
  "format": "png",
  "bytes": 442466,
  "viewport": {
    "width": 1440,
    "height": 900
  },
  "deviceScaleFactor": 1,
  "device": "desktop"
}
```

(This is a real result from a test run. The link expires with the run's storage.) A page that can't be captured gets `"status": "error"` and an `error` that says why (for example `HTTP 403: ... turned the request away`, or a DNS error). It is not charged.

### Speed and reliability

Measured on Apify with the default settings (4 GB of memory, 2 pages at a time, full page, desktop):

- **28 ordinary websites** picked at random from the Tranco top-100,000 list: **25 captured in 344 seconds**. Two sites turned automated visitors away (HTTP 403/405) and one script-heavy page kept the browser busy past the time limit. None of the three was charged.
- **25 big websites** (GitHub, Stripe, BBC, The Guardian, IKEA, Airbnb and others): **21 captured in 410 seconds**. Three sites turned automated visitors away (HTTP 403) and one never answered.

How it works on difficult pages:

- **Pages drawn by script after loading** are given time to finish (it waits until the page shows content and stops changing). A screenshot that still comes out as one flat colour is retried once, then reported as an error and **not charged**.
- **Pages that never finish loading** (slow ads or trackers) are captured once their content is there, instead of failing.
- **Pages that redirect themselves** after loading are followed.
- **Content that appears as you scroll** (animated sections, lazy images) is scrolled into view slowly enough to show up.
- **Each page has a hard time limit** (by default 105 seconds), so one stuck page can't hold up the run.

The first screen is much quicker than the full page: on the same 28 websites it needed about 40% less compute, which is why it costs less.

### Honest limits

- **No bot-detection tricks.** The browser does not hide that it is automated. Sites that block automated visitors return an error, and you aren't charged.
- **Full-screen consent walls** ("accept or subscribe") are left in place: they are the site's own access condition.
- On very long or very script-heavy pages, lazy-loaded images are scrolled into view for the first 30,000 pixels or 10 seconds, whichever comes first. The capture itself covers the whole page (a 21,822-pixel Wikipedia list came out whole in a test).
- Only public websites: addresses on private networks are refused.

### Use it from code

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/prometheus-maker~website-screenshot/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"urls": ["https://www.python.org"], "device": "mobile"}'
```

Each item's `screenshotUrl` downloads the image. More examples: [apify-tools-examples](https://github.com/prometheus-maker/apify-tools-examples).

### Related tools

- [SEO Audit & Broken Link Checker](https://apify.com/prometheus-maker/website-seo-audit): audit every page of a site and find broken links
- [Website Tech Stack Detector](https://apify.com/prometheus-maker/website-tech-stack-detector): what a website is built with: CMS, analytics, CDN, hosting
- [Image & Scanned PDF to Text OCR](https://apify.com/prometheus-maker/image-to-text-ocr): text from photos, screenshots and scans in 41 languages

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# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

One URL per line, e.g. https://example.com or python.org.

## `device` (type: `string`):

Screen size and type to capture as.

## `fullPage` (type: `boolean`):

Capture the whole page down to the bottom. Off = only the first screen.

## `format` (type: `string`):

PNG is sharp, JPEG is smaller, PDF is a printable document of the page.

## `quality` (type: `integer`):

1-100, only for JPEG.

## `hideCookieBanners` (type: `boolean`):

Hide cookie and consent banners of common consent tools, and small fixed boxes about cookies. Nothing is clicked or accepted. Full-screen consent walls are left as they are.

## `hideSelectors` (type: `array`):

CSS selectors of anything else to hide, e.g. .chat-widget or #newsletter-popup.

## `selector` (type: `string`):

CSS selector of one element to capture instead of the page, e.g. #pricing.

## `waitUntil` (type: `string`):

When the page counts as loaded. 'networkidle' waits for background requests to stop (slower, more complete).

## `waitForSelector` (type: `string`):

Optional CSS selector to wait for before capturing.

## `delayMs` (type: `integer`):

Wait this long after loading, e.g. for animations. Max 20000.

## `darkMode` (type: `boolean`):

Ask the page for its dark color scheme.

## `width` (type: `integer`):

Override the device width in pixels.

## `height` (type: `integer`):

Override the device height in pixels (the first-screen size).

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Give up on a page after this long.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Screenshots taken at the same time. Default: one per 2 GB of the run's memory (2 at the default 4 GB); maximum one per GB. More at once is not faster on heavy pages: they share the run's CPU.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.python.org",
    "https://example.com"
  ],
  "device": "desktop",
  "fullPage": true,
  "format": "png",
  "quality": 80,
  "hideCookieBanners": true,
  "hideSelectors": [],
  "waitUntil": "load",
  "delayMs": 0,
  "darkMode": false,
  "timeoutSecs": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per page: link to the image or PDF, page title, final URL, HTTP status and error.

## `files` (type: `string`):

The screenshot files in the run's key-value store.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.python.org",
        "https://example.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("prometheus-maker/website-screenshot").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "urls": [
        "https://www.python.org",
        "https://example.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("prometheus-maker/website-screenshot").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.python.org",
    "https://example.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call prometheus-maker/website-screenshot --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,prometheus-maker/website-screenshot"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/iF7EyHWmgBqoP5AK4/builds/f79uxMDhOerVgi9Q6/openapi.json