Use Case

Screenshot API for E-Commerce Monitoring

Track product pages, pricing, and inventory across any e-commerce site. Visual proof of every change.

The Problem

E-commerce changes faster than you can track

Product pages, pricing, promotions, and inventory status change constantly across marketplaces and competitor stores. Scraping structured data breaks when layouts change. You need a visual record that captures everything.

Web scrapers break when e-commerce sites change their HTML structure
Pricing changes are hard to prove without visual evidence
Promotional banners and badges are missed by text-only scrapers
MAP violation monitoring requires visual proof

The Solution

Visual monitoring that never breaks

Screenshots capture the full visual state of product pages — prices, badges, promotions, stock indicators — regardless of how the HTML is structured.

Step 1

Target product pages

Point the API at product detail pages, search results, or category pages.

Step 2

Capture with ad blocking

Block popups and overlays to get clean screenshots of the actual product content.

Step 3

Archive and compare

Store timestamped screenshots to build a visual history of pricing and inventory changes.

Code Example

Get started in minutes

A single API call is all you need.

node.js

const products = [
  "https://store.example.com/product/widget-pro",
  "https://store.example.com/product/widget-max",
];

const screenshots = await fetch("https://api.porto.dev/v1/batch", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    urls: products,
    options: { block_ads: true, full_page: false, width: 1280 },
  }),
});