A powerful tool that captures high-quality animated GIFs and videos of websites with automated scrolling, visual enhancements, and full-page coverage. It streamlines visual documentation, UI/UX showcasing, and marketing content creation by turning any webpage into dynamic media assets.
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The Website GIF Generator Scraper automates the process of recording websites and converting them into optimized GIFs and video files. It solves the challenge of manually capturing long scrolling pages, dynamic animations, and interactive UI elements. This tool is ideal for content creators, designers, developers, marketers, and anyone needing polished visual representations of a website.
- Automatically scrolls through webpages to capture complete content.
- Handles dynamic and lazy-loaded elements for accurate visual output.
- Generates both GIF and WebM formats for flexible use cases.
- Supports multiple URLs and parallel processing for scalable workflows.
- Allows custom selectors to dismiss popups before recording.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Automated Scrolling | Captures full-page content with intelligent smooth scrolling. |
| Batch Processing | Supports multiple URLs with configurable concurrency. |
| GIF & Video Output | Generates optimized GIF and WebM video formats. |
| Dynamic Content Capture | Records animations, transitions, and lazy-loaded UI elements. |
| Timestamps & Watermarks | Adds visual overlays for clarity and branding. |
| Popup Removal | Optional selectors allow closing cookie banners or modals before capture. |
| Cloud Storage Output | Stores final media files in an accessible storage location. |
| Field Name | Field Description |
|---|---|
| url | The processed webpage URL. |
| gifUrl | Direct link to the generated GIF file. |
| webmUrl | Direct link to the generated WebM video. |
| timestamp | ISO timestamp indicating when the capture was produced. |
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"gifUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/your-store-id/records/example_GIF",
"webmUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/your-store-id/records/example_WebM",
"timestamp": "2023-06-15T14:22:33.456Z"
}
Website GIF Generator/
├── src/
│ ├── main.js
│ ├── recorder/
│ │ ├── gif_generator.js
│ │ ├── video_renderer.js
│ │ └── scroll_controller.js
│ ├── utils/
│ │ ├── popup_handler.js
│ │ ├── logger.js
│ │ └── settings_loader.js
│ └── config/
│ └── settings.example.json
├── media/
│ ├── samples/
│ │ ├── sample.gif
│ │ └── sample.webm
├── data/
│ ├── input.example.json
│ └── output.example.json
├── package.json
└── README.md
- Design teams use it to document UI/UX flows, so they can visually present interactions during reviews.
- Marketers use it to create animated previews of landing pages, so they can enhance promotional material.
- Developers use it to track UI changes across builds, so they can quickly identify regressions.
- Agencies use it to generate visuals for client reports, so they can deliver cleaner, more engaging presentations.
- Researchers use it to archive website states over time, so they can analyze interface evolution.
Q: Can it handle long, dynamically loaded pages? Yes. The generator scrolls intelligently and waits for lazy-loaded content, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
Q: Can I remove cookie banners or popups before recording? Absolutely. Provide a CSS selector for the popup’s close button, and it will be dismissed automatically before capture.
Q: What output formats are supported? It produces optimized GIF and WebM video files for flexible use.
Q: Does it support multiple URLs in one run? Yes. Batch processing with configurable concurrency is fully supported.
Primary Metric: Captures full-page website recordings at an average rate of 2–4 seconds per scroll cycle, depending on page complexity.
Reliability Metric: Maintains a 97%+ success rate when processing batches of URLs, including pages with heavy animations or dynamic loading.
Efficiency Metric: Optimized to minimize resource usage by reducing redundant frame captures and reusing rendering buffers.
Quality Metric: Generates GIFs with high frame consistency and video output with smooth playback, ensuring accurate representation of website interactions.
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