axe-core Accessibility Audit Scraper ♿

Unofficial. This Actor is powered by axe-core (v4.10.2, MPL-2.0 license by Deque Systems). It is not affiliated with, authorised by, or officially endorsed by Deque Systems Inc.

axe-core Accessibility Audit Scraper performs automated WCAG 2.1 & 2.2 accessibility evaluations directly within the browser context. Powered by axe-core, it identifies automated accessibility violations (Level A & AA) across any web page and exports structured, actionable dataset records.

What does it do?

Navigates to target URLs, injects the industry-standard axe-core engine, evaluates computed DOM, ARIA trees, and visual styles, and outputs each violation with:

• Exact CSS selectors identifying the offending element (target).
• Verbatim source code snippet of the element (html).
• Clear remediation advice on how to fix it (failureSummary).
• Deque University documentation links with code examples (helpUrl).

Why use it?

• Real browser execution: Evaluates computed layout, styles, contrast, and dynamic JavaScript state, which static linters cannot test.
• 512 MB Lightweight Footprint: Powered by Bright Data Scraping Browser connector via CDP WebSocket—heavy browser rendering runs in the cloud, keeping container memory strictly at 512 MB.
• Comprehensive Standards Support: Supports wcag2a, wcag2aa, wcag21a, wcag21aa, section508, and best-practice rule tags.
• Severity Filtering: Filter output by minimum impact (minor, moderate, serious, or critical).

How to use it

1. Supply one or more target web page URLs in urls.
2. Optionally configure wcagTags (defaults to ["wcag2a", "wcag2aa"]) and minImpact (defaults to "minor").
3. Run the Actor and export results to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Input

Field	Type	Description
urls	array	List of webpage URLs to audit. Required.
wcagTags	array	WCAG rule tags to evaluate (default: ["wcag2a", "wcag2aa"]).
minImpact	string	Minimum severity level: minor, moderate, serious, critical (default: minor).
maxItems	integer	Maximum violation records to output (default: 100).
brightDataApiKey	string	Optional Bright Data API key (BYOK mode). If omitted, uses platform secret connector.
brightDataZone	string	Bright Data Browser zone name (default: cli_browser).

Sample Input

{
  "urls": ["https://example.com"],
  "wcagTags": ["wcag2a", "wcag2aa"],
  "minImpact": "minor",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output

Each dataset item contains:

Field	Type	Description
url	string	The audited web page URL.
ruleId	string	The axe-core rule identifier (e.g. image-alt, color-contrast, label).
impact	string	Severity impact (critical, serious, moderate, minor).
help	string	Short rule title / description.
description	string	Full technical explanation of the standard.
helpUrl	string	Deque University reference URL.
tags	array	Associated WCAG standard tags.
html	string	Verbatim HTML snippet of the violating DOM node.
target	array	CSS selector path locating the element on the page.
failureSummary	string	Exact remediation advice describing how to resolve the issue.
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of the audit.

How much does it cost to scrape web pages for accessibility issues?

Pay-per-event: $0.001 per violation row saved to the dataset ($1.00 per 1,000 violation rows), plus $0.0001 charged once when the run starts. No subscription. Only rows saved to the dataset are charged. A page with no violations saves one passing summary row, charged the same.