Universal Web Printer

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Universal Web Printer

A powerful web rendering Actor that converts URLs and HTML to PDF, PNG, JPEG, or WebP. Features smart scroll-stitch for full-page captures, element-level extraction, reading mode, watermark and PDF merging.

Pricing

Pay per event

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Developer

👁 Richard Feng

Richard Feng

Maintained by Community

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Monthly active users

3 months ago

Last modified

🎯 Features

Multi-Format Output: PDF, PNG, JPEG, WebP
Flexible Input: URLs or raw HTML strings
Advanced View Modes:
- viewport - Capture exactly what you see
- full-page - Smart Scroll technology to capture lazy-loaded content perfectly
- selector - Extract specific DOM elements as vector-rich PDFs or images
- readability - Distraction-free reading mode (Mozilla Readability integration)
Page Manipulation:
- Remove unwanted elements (ads, cookie banners)
- Click buttons ("Load More", "I Agree")
- Inject custom CSS
- Hide fixed sticky elements
Security & Branding:
- PDF Encryption: Password protect your documents (RC4 128-bit)
- Watermarking: Add text or image watermarks with custom positioning, royalty-free tiling, and transparency
Enterprise-Ready: Proxy support, automatic retries, fingerprint evasion, and PDF merging

🚀 Quick Start

URL to PDF

{
"sourceType":"url",
"startUrls":[{"url":"https://example.com"}],
"outputFormat":"pdf",
"viewMode":"viewport"
}

HTML to Image

{
"sourceType":"html",
"htmlContent":"<h1>Hello World</h1><p>This is a test.</p>",
"baseUrl":"https://example.com",
"outputFormat":"png",
"viewportWidth":1200,
"viewportHeight":630
}

Full Page Screenshot

{
"sourceType":"url",
"startUrls":[{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com"}],
"outputFormat":"png",
"viewMode":"full-page",
"smartScroll":true,
"hideFixedElements":true
}

Element Extraction

{
"sourceType":"url",
"startUrls":[{"url":"https://example.com"}],
"outputFormat":"pdf",
"viewMode":"selector",
"targetSelector":".invoice-container"
}

📋 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`sourceType`	`url` \| `html`	`url`	Input source type
`startUrls`	array	-	URLs to render
`htmlContent`	string	-	Raw HTML to render
`baseUrl`	string	-	Base URL for relative paths
`outputFormat`	`pdf` \| `png` \| `jpeg` \| `webp`	`pdf`	Output file format
`viewMode`	`viewport` \| `full-page` \| `selector` \| `readability`	`viewport`	Capture mode
`targetSelector`	string	-	CSS selector for element extraction
`viewportWidth`	integer	1920	Browser width
`viewportHeight`	integer	1080	Browser height
`scaleFactor`	integer	2	Device Scale Factor (DPR)
`paperFormat`	`A4` \| `A3` \| `Letter` \| `Legal` \| `Tabloid`	`A4`	PDF paper size
`printBackground`	boolean	`true`	Include backgrounds in PDF
`smartScroll`	boolean	`true`	Enable lazy-load triggering
`scrollDelay`	integer	500	Wait time after scroll (ms)
`waitForSelector`	string	-	Wait for element before capture
`removeSelectors`	array	`[]`	Elements to remove
`clickSelectors`	array	`[]`	Elements to click
`hideFixedElements`	boolean	`true`	Hide sticky navbars
`customCss`	string	-	Custom CSS to inject
`mergePdfs`	boolean	`false`	Merge all PDFs into one
`pdfPassword`	string	-	PDF encryption user/owner password
`imageQuality`	integer	80	Image compression (1-100)
`watermark`	object	-	Watermark configuration (see below)

💧 Watermark Configuration

The watermark object supports the following properties:

Property	Type	Default	Description
`type`	`text` \| `image`	-	Watermark type
`text`	string	-	Text content (for text type)
`imageUrl`	string (url)	-	Image URL (for image type)
`opacity`	number (0-1)	-	Opacity level
`color`	string	-	Text color (e.g. `red`, `#ff0000`, `rgba(...)`)
`size`	number	-	Font size (text) or scale % (image)
`rotation`	number	-	Rotation in degrees
`position`	enum	-	`center`, `top-left`, `top-right`, `bottom-left`, `bottom-right`, `tile`

📤 Output

Results are saved to Key-Value Store and metadata to Dataset:

{
"url":"https://example.com",
"sourceType":"url",
"outputFormat":"pdf",
"viewMode":"viewport",
"fileName":"example_com_2025-12-10T06-30-00-000Z.pdf",
"fileUrl":"example_com_2025-12-10T06-30-00-000Z.pdf",
"fileSize":123456,
"pageCount":2,
"capturedAt":"2025-12-10T06:30:00.000Z"
}

🍳 Recipes

Recipe 1: Invoice Generation

{
"sourceType":"html",
"htmlContent":"<html>...invoice template...</html>",
"baseUrl":"https://yourdomain.com/assets/",
"outputFormat":"pdf",
"paperFormat":"A4",
"printBackground":true
}

Recipe 2: News Archiving (Ad-Free)

{
"sourceType":"url",
"startUrls":[{"url":"https://news-site.com/article"}],
"outputFormat":"pdf",
"viewMode":"full-page",
"removeSelectors":["#cookie-banner",".ad-container",".newsletter-popup"],
"hideFixedElements":true
}

Recipe 3: Social Media Card Generator

{
"sourceType":"html",
"htmlContent":"<div style='width:1200px;height:630px;background:linear-gradient(135deg,#667eea,#764ba2);padding:40px;color:white;'><h1>My Article Title</h1></div>",
"outputFormat":"png",
"viewportWidth":1200,
"viewportHeight":630
}

Recipe 4: Secure Document with Watermark

{
"sourceType":"url",
"startUrls":[{"url":"https://example.com/contract"}],
"outputFormat":"pdf",
"watermark":{
"type":"text",
"text":"CONFIDENTIAL",
"opacity":0.3,
"rotation":-45,
"position":"center",
"color":"rgb(255, 0, 0)",
"size":50
},
"pdfPassword":"secure-password-123"
}

Recipe 5: Branded Image with Logo Tile

{
"sourceType":"url",
"startUrls":[{"url":"https://example.com"}],
"outputFormat":"png",
"watermark":{
"type":"image",
"imageUrl":"https://example.com/logo.png",
"opacity":0.2,
"size":15,
"position":"tile"
}
}

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