You can access the Website Visual Monitor 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "urls": ["https://example.com"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("void_error/website-visual-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Website Visual Monitor API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Website Visual Monitor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Website Visual Monitor API in JavaScript

Website Visual Monitor API through CLI

Website Visual Monitor OpenAPI definition

Website Visual Monitor API

Website Screenshot Comparison — Visual Diff Tool

weeknds/screenshot-diff-api

Compare two web pages pixel-by-pixel with visual diff overlay. Configurable threshold, dimension matching, match percentage. Playwright + Pillow. For QA visual regression testing, competitor site monitoring, and brand compliance verification.

C R

Website Change Monitor - AI Page Diff Tracker

viralanalyzer/website-change-monitor

Monitor any website for changes. Visual diffs, AI change summaries.

viralanalyzer

5.0

Website Change Monitor - Page Diff & Alerts

logiover/website-change-monitor

Monitor any website for content changes automatically.

Logiover

Actor Website Change Monitor

anyhowmarketer/actor-website-change-monitor

Egor Kaleynik

Website Change Detector

eloquent_mountain/website-change-detector

Monitors websites for changes. Detects modifications to HTML structure and visual differences via screenshots. Provides detailed change reports including HTML diff. Track multiple URLs. Use tasks for recurring runs. Integrate as API

Paco

Web Page Change Monitor — Content & Visual Diffs

junipr/web-page-change-monitor

Monitor webpages for text, HTML, selector, and optional screenshot changes. Compare snapshots, ignore noisy regions, and export diff reports.

junipr

Website Change Monitor & Diff Tracker

ryanclinton/website-change-monitor

Monitor any website for content changes with automatic diff detection. Track pricing pages, competitor sites, ToS updates, and more. Compares snapshots, reports added/removed text, and supports CSS selector targeting for precise monitoring.