Bulk Screenshot & PDF Generator

Capture full-page screenshots or PDFs from a list of URLs in a single run. Feed it 3 URLs or 3,000 — each one comes back as a PNG, JPG, WebP, or PDF, paired with a metadata row that tells you exactly what happened.

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Bulk Screenshot & PDF Generator Features

• Accepts a list of URLs, not one at a time — the whole point of a bulk tool
• Captures PNG, JPG, WebP, or PDF in the same run, picked once for the whole batch
• Desktop, mobile, tablet, or a custom viewport size — your call
• Full-page or viewport-only capture
• Dark mode emulation, for screenshots that don't look like they're from 2015
• Optional CSS selector wait, so you can capture a page after its content actually loads
• Every URL gets exactly one dataset row — success or failure. Nothing gets silently dropped, even navigation timeouts get an error row
• Resumable — pick a large batch back up without re-capturing what already finished

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Who Uses a Bulk Screenshot Tool?

• QA engineers — snapshot every page in a release before and after a deploy, then diff them
• SEO teams — pull visual + PDF snapshots of a site's key pages on a schedule
• Brand monitoring — capture how partner or competitor pages render across viewports
• E-commerce ops — archive product pages as PDFs for pricing disputes or catalog audits
• Legal and compliance — capture dated, full-page evidence of a web page's state, in PDF form
• Anyone writing a CI check — visually confirm nothing broke, across a whole URL list, in one run

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How It Works

1. Give it a list of URLs and pick a format — PNG, JPG, WebP, or PDF.
2. Set a viewport (desktop, mobile, tablet, or custom) and, if you want, dark mode.
3. It navigates each URL, optionally waits for a selector or a fixed delay, then captures.
4. You get one dataset row per URL with the capture's metadata, plus the actual file sitting in the run's key-value store.

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Input

{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com/",
    "https://example.com/pricing",
    "https://example.com/about"
  ],
  "format": "png",
  "viewport": "desktop",
  "fullPage": true,
  "darkMode": false,
  "waitMs": 1000
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
urls	array	—	List of URLs to capture. Each one produces one dataset row and one binary in the key-value store.
format	string	"png"	Output format: png, jpg, webp, or pdf. Applies to the whole run.
viewport	string	"desktop"	desktop (1920x1080), mobile (390x844), tablet (820x1180), or custom.
customWidth	integer	1280	Used when viewport is custom.
customHeight	integer	800	Used when viewport is custom.
fullPage	boolean	true	Capture the full scrollable page instead of just the viewport.
darkMode	boolean	false	Emulate prefers-color-scheme: dark before capturing.
waitForSelector	string	—	CSS selector to wait for before capturing, with a 10s timeout fallback.
waitMs	integer	1000	Extra wait after navigation completes, in milliseconds.
quality	integer	85	JPG/WebP quality (1-100). Ignored for PNG and PDF.
maxItems	integer	—	Safety cap on how many URLs to capture in this run. Leave blank to capture every URL in the list.

PDF example

{
  "urls": ["https://example.com/invoice/2026-08-01"],
  "format": "pdf"
}

Mobile, dark mode example

{
  "urls": ["https://example.com/"],
  "format": "jpg",
  "viewport": "mobile",
  "darkMode": true
}

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Bulk Screenshot & PDF Generator Output Fields

{
  "url": "https://example.com/",
  "format": "png",
  "kvsKey": "b559c7edd3fb67374c1a25e739cdd7edd1d79949-png",
  "sizeBytes": 22134,
  "viewport": { "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "preset": "desktop" },
  "capturedAt": "2026-08-04T02:53:13.724Z",
  "status": "success",
  "errorMsg": null,
  "finalUrl": "https://example.com/",
  "title": "Example Domain",
  "loadTimeMs": 1329
}

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Target URL that was captured
format	string	Output format: png, jpg, webp, or pdf
kvsKey	string	Key in the run's default key-value store holding the binary. null if the capture failed.
sizeBytes	number	Binary size in bytes
viewport	object	Viewport used: width, height, preset
capturedAt	string	ISO-8601 timestamp when the capture completed
status	string	success or error
errorMsg	string	Error message if the capture failed, otherwise null
finalUrl	string	Final URL after redirects
title	string	Page title at capture time
loadTimeMs	number	Milliseconds from navigation start to capture

Fetch the binary itself from the run's key-value store using kvsKey — the dataset row is metadata, the KVS entry is the actual PNG/JPG/WebP/PDF file.

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Resuming a large crawl

Every run emits a resumeCursor in its Output. If a large crawl stops before it finishes — because it hit maxItems, your spend cap (maxTotalChargeUsd), or was aborted — start a new run with the same input plus that resumeCursor to continue from where it left off. The crawl resumes from the queued work the previous run didn't reach.

• You are not re-charged for records the earlier run already delivered.
• Resume within your account's run-retention window — on the free tier, roughly your 10 most recent runs. Once the source run is pruned, its resumeCursor is no longer valid.
• resumeCursor is opaque — supply it unmodified.

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FAQ

How do I convert a URL to PDF in bulk?

Set format to "pdf" and pass your URL list in urls. Each URL gets its own PDF in the key-value store and a matching dataset row with the kvsKey to fetch it.

Is there a bulk screenshot API on Apify?

Yes — this actor. Pass a list of URLs and pick a format; the Apify API returns one dataset row per URL with a kvsKey pointing at the captured file, so you can script it into any pipeline that speaks HTTP.

What happens if a URL fails to load?

It still gets a dataset row, with status: "error" and an errorMsg describing what went wrong. Nothing is silently dropped — you always get one row per input URL.

Can I capture mobile screenshots?

Set viewport to "mobile" for a 390x844 viewport, or "custom" with your own customWidth/customHeight.

Do I need to set anything up before running it?

No. Point it at a URL list and run it — the capture, formatting, and storage are all handled for you.

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Need More Features?

Need a different output format, a per-URL viewport, or something else entirely? File an issue or get in touch.

Why Use Bulk Screenshot & PDF Generator?

• Actually bulk — one run, one URL list, one format decision. No looping single-URL calls yourself.
• PDF included — most screenshot actors stop at PNG. This one prints to PDF in the same code path, so you don't need a second tool for invoices, contracts, or archival captures.
• Nothing gets lost — every URL in your list produces exactly one dataset row, success or failure, so a partial run never leaves you guessing which URLs didn't make it.