WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Scanner (axe-core)

Scan any public web page for WCAG 2.2 AA failures. You get one row per page: each failing rule, its impact, the WCAG success criteria, how many elements fail, and sample CSS selectors with HTML so a developer or coding agent can fix them.

Built for AI agents. Plain JSON in, plain JSON out, one charge per page.

What it does

• Loads each URL in real Chrome and runs axe-core with the WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 A/AA rule sets.
• Counts failing elements by impact: critical, serious, moderate, minor.
• Keeps elements inside third-party iframes (chat widgets, review embeds) out of the main count and reports them apart, because the site owner can't edit that code.
• Store mode (optional): from each URL, also finds and scans one collection page and one product page. Works on Shopify and WooCommerce.

Input

{
  "urls": ["https://example.com"],
  "storeMode": false,
  "samplesPerRule": 3
}

Output (one dataset row per page)

{
  "url": "https://example.com/",
  "pageType": "page",
  "title": "Example Domain",
  "standard": "WCAG 2.2 AA",
  "failedRules": 2,
  "failedElements": 5,
  "critical": 0, "serious": 4, "moderate": 1, "minor": 0,
  "elementsInThirdPartyFrames": 0,
  "passedRules": 21,
  "needsReview": 1,
  "violations": [
    {
      "rule": "color-contrast",
      "impact": "serious",
      "help": "Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds",
      "helpUrl": "https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.11/color-contrast",
      "wcag": ["wcag143"],
      "elements": 4,
      "samples": [{ "selector": ".footer a", "html": "<a href=\"/about\">About</a>" }]
    }
  ],
  "getFixes": "https://thaliabloom.com/accessibility"
}

A page that fails to load returns a row with error and is not charged.

Pricing

Pay per event: you pay only for pages that were scanned. Set a max charge on the run and the scan stops cleanly when it's reached.

Use it from an AI agent

Agents connected to the Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com) can find this Actor by searching "accessibility" or "WCAG" and call it directly. Pass urls, then read the dataset rows.

Honest limits

• Automated tools catch only part of WCAG. A clean scan does not mean a page is accessible or that a site is legally compliant. Nobody can promise "ADA compliant" from a scan.
• Pages behind a login, a CAPTCHA or bot blocking can't be scanned.
• Only public URLs. Don't send private or internal pages.

Want the fixes done?

Thalia Bloom does code-level accessibility fixes for online stores: https://thaliabloom.com/accessibility