How do I get a screenshot of a SERP page?

Using the SERP API Page Screenshot endpoint, you can capture a screenshot of any SERP page.

1 Call the endpoint.

POST https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/screenshot

2 Specify the ID of the task for which you would like to receive a screenshot in the task_id field.

That should be enough to send a basic POST request. Structure it as in the following example:

[
    {
        "task_id": "07181408-2806-0139-0000-6c377ba904f5"
    }
]

You can also use additional POST parameters to receive more specific results:

• browser_preset — browser preset associated with a certain device type. Can take the following values: desktop, mobile, tablet. By default, the API uses the device type specified in the initial POST request.
• browser_screen_width, browser_screen_height — in these fields, you can indicate a specific browser screen width and height.
• browser_screen_scale_factor — browser scale factor. Can take the range from 0.5 to 3.

 
In the API response, you will receive the URL to a high-quality page screenshot on the DataForSEO storage.
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{
    "version": "0.1.20220627",
    "status_code": 20000,
    "status_message": "Ok.",
    "time": "2.9924 sec.",
    "cost": 0.004,
    "tasks_count": 1,
    "tasks_error": 0,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "id": "07181411-2806-0454-0000-02a53fd86515",
            "status_code": 20000,
            "status_message": "Ok.",
            "time": "2.9350 sec.",
            "cost": 0.004,
            "result_count": 1,
            "path": [
                "v3",
                "serp",
                "screenshot"
            ],
            "data": {
                "api": "serp",
                "function": "screenshot",
                "task_id": "07181408-2806-0139-0000-6c377ba904f5"
            },
            "result": [
                {
                    "items_count": 1,
                    "items": [
                        {
                            "image": "https://api.dataforseo.com/cdn/s/beb24f74-aabc-4f00-9bc3-9445ca70bc3a"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}