How to use it: 3 steps
- Make a free Apify accountApify is the cloud platform where our tools run. The free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. You pay Apify, not us.
- Paste your input and press StartNo code needed: you fill in a form (the input). It already has a working example. For example:
https://apify.comin Website URLs. Each start is one run. - Download the resultsWhen the run ends, the results are in a table (the dataset). Open Output, press Export and pick Excel or CSV. JSON and the API are there too.
This tool is an Apify Actor: a small program that runs on Apify. You can also run it on a schedule, for example every Monday. New to it? Read how it works, step by step and the 8 words you need first.
What it does
Take full-page screenshots (PNG or JPEG) or PDFs of a list of public web pages. Cookie banners are closed for you, and you can pick a desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile or custom screen. Each page gets one Dataset row with a link to the file, its size, the page title, the HTTP status and a clear error code if something went wrong. No login needed.
- Waits until the page has loaded (you choose how:
load,domcontentloaded,networkidleor a CSS selector). - Closes the cookie consent banner. It uses the open-source Autoconsent rules, which know more than 200 consent tools such as OneTrust, Cookiebot, Didomi, Quantcast and Sourcepoint. It clicks "reject" or "save choices" when it can. Anything left is hidden with cosmetic filters.
- Scrolls down the page so lazy images load, then goes back to the top.
- Saves a full-page PNG or JPEG, a screenshot of the first screen only, or a PDF.
- Stores the file in the run's Key-value store and writes one Dataset row with the file link and page details.
Good for
- Visual archive of your own or competitors' landing pages, every day or week.
- Mobile and desktop screenshots of the same page, for design and QA checks.
- PDF copies of articles, policies and terms pages for records.
- Screenshots for reports, link previews or AI agents that need to "see" a page.
- Drop-in input for the
apify/screenshot-urlexample Actor: its fieldsurls,waitUntil,delay,viewportWidth,scrollToBottom,selectorsToHideandproxyare accepted as they are.
Not a good fit
- Pages behind a login. The Actor does not sign in, does not use your cookies and does not solve CAPTCHAs. A login or "access denied" page is captured as it is, with a warning.
- Some sites block cloud browsers (for example some big news sites answer HTTP 401 or 403). You get a screenshot of what the site shows, plus a warning with the HTTP status.
- Very long pages are cut at
maxFullPageHeight(15,000 px by default, 30,000 px max) and the row hastruncated: true. - No video, GIF or animation recording. Animations are stopped before the screenshot.
- Local and private addresses (
localhost,192.168.x.x,10.x.x.xand similar) are blocked.
Who uses it
Marketers
Keep a picture archive of your landing pages or rival pages each week.
Designers and QA testers
See the same page on phone and desktop side by side.
Legal and records teams
Save terms and policy pages as PDF for your files.
Price
Pay per event: you pay for each result the tool saves, plus a small start fee for each run. The price includes Apify platform costs. Apify bills you, not us. Prices below are for the Apify free plan.
| What you pay for | Price | When |
|---|---|---|
| Start fee | $0.003 | Charged once per run, one fee per GB of memory. This tool uses 4 GB by default, so $0.012 per run. |
| Page captured | $0.015 (from $0.013 on paid Apify plans) | One saved screenshot (PNG or JPEG) or PDF of a web page. Failed, skipped and unprocessed URLs are not charged. |
| Extra wait | $0.006 | Add-on per captured page when waitFor is networkidle or delayMs is above 0: the browser stays busy for longer. Not charged with default settings. |
Examples
- One capture: about $0.03.
- 1,000 captures: about $15.01.
- Every day 100 captures, for 30 days: about $45.36 a month.
Free to try: the Apify free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. That is enough for about 330 captures.
Prices checked on 24 October 2026. See the current price on Apify.
Questions
Does it capture the whole page?
Yes, full page is the main mode. It scrolls down first so images load.
Can I save a page as PDF?
Yes. Choose PDF instead of PNG or JPEG.
Do I pay for broken links?
You pay per saved file. Invalid URLs and unknown domains never open a browser.
Can it capture pages after login?
No. It does not sign in. A login page is saved as it is, with a warning.
Can it screenshot pages that need a login?
No. It does not sign in and does not accept cookies or passwords. Only public pages.
Do I pay for failed URLs?
No. Only saved files are charged, plus the small start fee.
How long are the files kept?
They live in the run's default Key-value store, as long as your Apify plan keeps run storage. Download or copy them if you need them longer.
Is the full page always captured?
Up to maxFullPageHeight. For very long pages with many elements (for example long Wikipedia articles) the Actor makes the browser window as tall as the screenshot instead of scrolling; elements sized to the screen height may then look taller, and the row has a warning.
Can I use it instead of apify/screenshot-url?
Yes for input: its fields are accepted unchanged, within our limits (delay up to 5000 ms, up to 200 URLs). A network-idle waitUntil (their default is often networkidle2) or a delay above 0 adds the extra-wait add-on; use load and no delay for the base price. The output names differ: use url (their startUrl), fileUrl/screenshotUrl (their screenshotUrl) and kvsKey (their screenshotKey).
Details
Step by step on Apify
- Open the Input tab.
- In Website URLs (
urls), keep the prefilledhttps://apify.comandhttps://example.com, or paste your own URLs, one per line. - Keep Output format =
pngand Full page on. - Click Start.
- Open the Output tab. The Captures view shows a preview of each screenshot. Click
fileUrlto open or download the file.
Use cases
| Task | Input | You get | Key fields | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archive landing pages every week | urls, format: "png" | 1 PNG per page | fileUrl, takenAt, title | Schedule + webhook, save files to your storage |
| Check a page on phones | viewport: "mobile" | 780 px wide PNG (390 px × 2) | fileUrl, width, height | Compare with the desktop run |
| Save articles as PDF | format: "pdf", pdfFormat | 1 PDF per page | pdfUrl, pdfPages, bytes | Store with your documents |
| Lighter files for many pages | format: "jpeg", jpegQuality | 1 JPEG per page | fileUrl, bytes | Thumbnails, reports |
| Give an AI agent a "look" at a page | urls, fullPage: false | 1 screen-sized PNG | screenshotUrl, title, statusCode | Pass the link to a vision model |
Tips for better results
- Keep the default wait settings. Extra waits cost a little more per page.
- For 200 URLs, set the run timeout to about 35 minutes.
- If you used apify/screenshot-url before, you can keep your old input fields.
Limits and good to know
- Up to 200 URLs per run. Larger lists: split them into several runs
- About 7–8 full-page screenshots per minute at 4 GB (200 real sites took 26 minutes). 4 GB is the maximum memory; for 200 URLs set the run timeout to about 35 minutes
- Each page has its own time limit (page load timeout + about 1 minute), so one slow site cannot block the run
- If at least 3 pages time out or never show
waitForSelector, and they are more than a third of the captured pages, the run stops withstopReason: "TOO_MANY_TIMEOUTS"so a list of dead sites or a wrong selector does not run for hours - In the same way, 10 or more failed pages of any kind (for example refused connections), when they are more than a third of the captured pages, stop the run with
stopReason: "TOO_MANY_FAILURES". Invalid URLs and unknown domains do not count: they never open a browser
For developers
Sample result
One result from a real test run, in JSON. Real values change from run to run. In Excel or CSV each field is a column.
{
"url": "https://apify.com",
"finalUrl": "https://apify.com/",
"status": "success",
"statusCode": 200,
"format": "png",
"fileUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/<storeId>/records/capture-0001-apify.com.png?signature=<signature>",
"screenshotUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/<storeId>/records/capture-0001-apify.com.png?signature=<signature>",
"pdfUrl": null,
"kvsKey": "capture-0001-apify.com.png",
"contentType": "image/png",
"bytes": 1034646,
"width": 1920,
"height": 10052,
"pageHeight": 10052,
"truncated": false,
"pdfPages": null,
"title": "Apify: Marketplace of ready-to-run tools for AI",
"viewport": "desktop",
"viewportWidth": 1920,
"viewportHeight": 1080,
"deviceScaleFactor": 1,
"fullPage": true,
"cookieBanner": { "detected": false, "cmp": null, "handled": false },
"warnings": [],
"loadTimeMs": 6638,
"takenAt": "2026-10-13T12:30:04.076Z",
"errorCode": null,
"error": null
}Use it from code
Actor ID: cliqtomedia/website-screenshot-pdf. You need your Apify API token from Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations.
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("cliqtomedia/website-screenshot-pdf").call(run_input={
"urls": [
"https://apify.com",
"https://example.com"
],
"format": "png"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cliqtomedia~website-screenshot-pdf/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"urls": ["https://apify.com", "https://example.com"], "format": "png"}'# pip install langchain-apify
# set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment
from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool
tool = ApifyActorsTool("cliqtomedia/website-screenshot-pdf")
result = tool.invoke({"run_input": {"urls": ["https://apify.com", "https://example.com"], "format": "png"}})
print(result)The cURL call waits for the results, up to 300 seconds. For longer runs, start a run (/runs) and get the results with a webhook or by checking the run. Apify API docs. LlamaIndex, MCP for AI agents and the JavaScript client: AI agents & MCP.
Data fields (28)
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
url | string | URL as given in the input. |
finalUrl | string | URL after redirects; null when the page did not load. |
status | string | success when a file was saved; failed otherwise (see errorCode). |
statusCode | integer | HTTP status of the main page, e.g. 200 or 404. |
format | string | Output format of this run. |
fileUrl | string | Public link to the saved file (image or PDF) in the run key-value store. |
screenshotUrl | string | Same as fileUrl for PNG/JPEG; null for PDF. |
pdfUrl | string | Same as fileUrl for PDF; null for images. |
kvsKey | string | Key of the file in the run key-value store, e.g. capture-0001-apify.com.png. |
contentType | string | image/png, image/jpeg or application/pdf. |
bytes | integer | File size in bytes. |
width | integer | Image width in pixels (CSS width × pixel density); null for PDF. |
height | integer | Image height in pixels; null for PDF. |
pageHeight | integer | Full scrollable page height in CSS pixels at capture time. |
truncated | boolean | True when a very long page was cut at the maximum height. |
pdfPages | integer | Number of PDF pages; null for images. |
title | string | Page <title>. |
viewport | string | Device preset: desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile or custom. |
viewportWidth | integer | Viewport width in CSS pixels. |
viewportHeight | integer | Viewport height in CSS pixels. |
deviceScaleFactor | integer | Pixel density used (1 or 2 usually). |
fullPage | boolean | True for a full-page image. |
cookieBanner | object | Cookie consent handling: detected (pop-up shown), cmp (consent manager name), handled (rejected/closed). Null when hiding is off or the page failed. |
warnings | array | Non-fatal notes, e.g. the page was cut or a load event was late. |
loadTimeMs | integer | Time from navigation start to capture, in milliseconds. |
takenAt | string | Capture time (ISO 8601, UTC). |
errorCode | string | INVALID_URL, BLOCKED_URL, DNS_ERROR, CONNECTION_FAILED, NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT, SELECTOR_NOT_FOUND, NOT_A_WEB_PAGE, CAPTURE_FAILED or OUTPUT_TOO_LARGE; null on success. |
error | string | Plain-English error message; null on success. |
Input settings (22)
The main fields of the input form. With the API you send them as JSON.
| Setting | Name in the API | Type | Example value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website URLs required | urls | array | ["https://apify.com", "https://example.com"] |
| Output format | format | string | "png" |
| Full page | fullPage | boolean | true |
| Device / viewport | viewport | string | "desktop" |
| Custom width (px) | viewportWidth | integer | 1920 |
| Custom height (px) | viewportHeight | integer | 1080 |
| Pixel density | deviceScaleFactor | integer | |
| Wait until | waitFor | string | "load" |
| Element to wait for (CSS selector) | waitForSelector | string | |
| Extra delay (ms) | delayMs | integer | 0 |
| Page load timeout (s) | navigationTimeoutSecs | integer | |
| Scroll to load lazy images | scrollToLoadLazyContent | boolean | true |
| Hide cookie banners | hideCookieBanners | boolean | true |
| Block ads and trackers | blockAds | boolean | false |
| Hide elements (CSS selectors) | hideSelectors | array | |
| Max full-page height (px) | maxFullPageHeight | integer | 15000 |
| JPEG quality | jpegQuality | integer | 80 |
| PDF paper size | pdfFormat | string | "A4" |
| PDF landscape | pdfLandscape | boolean | false |
| PDF background graphics | pdfPrintBackground | boolean | true |
| PDF looks like the screen | pdfUseScreenMedia | boolean | false |
| Proxy | proxyConfiguration | object |