Using this endpoint, you can capture a full high-quality screenshot of any webpage. In this way, you can review the target page as the DataForSEO crawler and Googlebot see it.
Your account will be charged per each page screenshot.
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
login="login"
password="password"
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)"
curl --location --request POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/on_page/page_screenshot"
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
--data-raw "[
{
"url": "https://dataforseo.com/apis"
}
]"
<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
$post_array = array();
// simple way to get a result
$post_array[] = array(
"url" => "https://dataforseo.com/apis"
);
try {
// POST /v3/on_page/page_screenshot
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
$result = $client->post('/v3/on_page/page_screenshot', $post_array);
print_r($result);
// do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
echo "n";
print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
print $e->getTraceAsString();
echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>
from random import Random
from client import RestClient
# You can download this file from here https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/_examples/python/_python_Client.zip
client = RestClient("login", "password")
post_data = dict()
# simple way to get a result
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
url="https://dataforseo.com/apis"
)
# POST /v3/on_page/page_screenshot
# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
response = client.post("/v3/on_page/page_screenshot", post_data)
# you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if response["status_code"] == 20000:
print(response)
# do something with result
else:
print("error. Code: %d Message: %s" % (response["status_code"], response["status_message"]))
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
public static partial class Demos
{
public static async Task on_page_page_screenshot()
{
var httpClient = new HttpClient
{
BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.dataforseo.com/"),
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }
};
var postData = new List<object>();
// simple way to get a result
postData.Add(new
{
url = "https://dataforseo.com/apis"
});
// POST /v3/on_page/page_screenshot
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/on_page/page_screenshot", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
// you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if (result.status_code == 20000)
{
// do something with result
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
else
Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
}
}
}
The above command returns JSON structured like this:
All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). The task setting is done using the POST method. When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array.
Description of the fields for setting a task:
Field name
Type
Description
url
string
page url required field
absolute URL of the page to snap note: if the URL you indicate here returns a 404 status code or the indicated value is not a valid URL, you will obtain "error_message":"Screenshot is empty" in the response array
accept_language
string
language header for accessing the website
optional field
all locale formats are supported (xx, xx-XX, xxx-XX, etc.) note: if you do not specify this parameter, some websites may deny access; in this case, you will obtain "error_message":"Screenshot is empty" in the response array
As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.
Description of the fields in the results array:
Field name
Type
Description
version
string
the current version of the API
status_code
integer
general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
status_message
string
general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time
string
execution time, seconds
cost
float
total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count
integer
the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error
integer
the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks
array
array of tasks
id
string
task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
status_code
integer
status code of the task
generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of the response codes here
status_message
string
informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time
string
execution time, seconds
cost
float
cost of the task, USD
result_count
integer
number of elements in the result array
path
array
URL path
data
object
contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
result
array
array of results
crawl_progress
string
status of the crawling session
possible values: in_progress, finished
error_message
string
error message
if the url you indicated returns a 404 status code or is not a valid URL, you will obtain "error_message":"Screenshot is empty"
if no error is encountered, the value will be null
items_count
integer
number of items in the results array
items
array
items array
image
string
screenshot of the requested page
URL of the page screenshot on the DataForSEO storage