GetScreenshot Zapier integrationAutomate GetScreenshot with Zapier.
The GetScreenshot Zapier integration gives you 0 triggers, 4 actions and 0 searches. It captures a live web page, or a single element of it, then emails the image or passes it to the next step. Another app has to start the Zap.
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What the GetScreenshot Zapier integration actually does
It lets a Zap (an automation on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time the trigger event happens) photograph a web page for you. You hand GetScreenshot an address, it returns a capture of the live page. Nothing more, and that narrow scope is the point.
Three outcomes cover most uses. A page image waiting for the next step: Take Website Screenshot captures the page and passes it on, so a later action can post it or file it. A capture in someone's inbox: Take Website Screenshot and Send It via Email does the capture and the delivery in one go, which keeps the Zap at two steps. A crop on one block of the page: the two Advanced actions aim at a single element, a pricing table or a banner, instead of the whole screen.
Now the limits. GetScreenshot has no trigger, so it never starts a Zap on its own: a form, a spreadsheet or a CRM has to hand it the URL. It has no search either, which means it can't look up a capture made earlier. And it doesn't watch a page for changes. Each capture happens once, when the Zap reaches that step (no history, no comparison).
If you're weighing tools, the GetScreenshot Make integration covers the same app on another platform, and the Make vs Zapier comparison sets the two side by side. Before you build anything bigger, the Zapier review is a fair read on what the plans include.
Zapier vocabulary in one minute
Eight words come back all over this page. Here they are in plain English.
- Zap
- The automation itself: one trigger, then the actions that follow, run again every single time the trigger event happens.
- Trigger
- The event in an app that starts the Zap. GetScreenshot has none, so the trigger always comes from another app.
- Action
- What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something. All four GetScreenshot operations are actions.
- Task
- The unit Zapier bills. One task equals one action that completed successfully; your plan's monthly count is a count of those.
- Polling vs instant
- A polling trigger is checked on a timer by Zapier. An instant trigger reports the event itself, the moment it happens, with no waiting.
- Filter
- A step that lets the Zap continue only when what arrived meets your condition. Anything else stops right there, quietly.
- Connection
- Your account of an app, linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step of every Zap that needs that app.
- Multi-step Zap
- Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action or a filter makes it one, and that requires a paid plan.
What a capture really costs you
GetScreenshot isn't a premium app, so it works on the free plan. The bill is counted in tasks, and only successful actions count.
- Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps
- Free plan Zap sizeTwo steps: one trigger, one action
- Premium appNo, available on every plan
- BilledEach GetScreenshot action that succeeds
The trigger from the other app costs nothing, however often Zapier checks it. Each GetScreenshot action that goes through costs one task; one that fails costs none. The catch: the free plan builds two-step Zaps only. Capture then post to Slack is three steps, so it needs a paid plan, while the email variants fit in two. A filter counts as a step too, so adding one to an email Zap also pushes it past the free limit. Plan the shape of the Zap before you pick the action.
Connect GetScreenshot to Zapier in three steps
- 01
Open the Apps page
In your Zapier account, go to Apps and click + Add connection. You'll need a GetScreenshot account already, because Zapier links an existing account rather than creating one.
- 02
Find GetScreenshot
Type the app's name in the dialog, select it from the list, then click Add connection. A new tab opens on the GetScreenshot side so you can sign in there.
- 03
Sign in and grant access
Log in to GetScreenshot and allow Zapier to use the account. The connection is now saved, and every Zap that captures a page will reuse it without asking again.
Your first Zap: capture each new competitor page
GoalA marketer logs competitor landing pages in Airtable. Each new record marked as ready gets captured, and the image lands in a Slack channel.
- 01
Start with the Airtable trigger
Create a Zap and pick Airtable with New Record. Test it: Zapier brings back the three most recent records, so you map fields on a real one.
- 02
Add a filter
From the plus icon, add Filter. Pick the status field you saw in the test, choose a text rule, type Ready. Half-filled rows stop here.
- 03
Capture the page
Add GetScreenshot with Take Website Screenshot. Map the record's URL into Website URL and decide on Full Page Capture, which is required.
- 04
Post it to Slack
Add Slack with Send Channel Message and map the capture from the previous step into the message. This makes four steps, so a paid plan.
- 05
Test, then publish
Run each step once and read what came back. When the image shows up in Slack, click Publish to switch the Zap on. From then on, every new ready record gets its capture.
The 4 GetScreenshot actions
GetScreenshot gives you 4 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.
Take Website Screenshot
ActionIn Zapier“Takes a custom screenshot of a live website and makes it available to Zapier so it can get passed to a following action (You need a Starter plan to create Zaps with 3 or more steps).”
Give it a page address and it captures the live page, then hands the result to whatever step comes next. You choose between the visible top of the page and its full height, and you can ask for a PDF too.
Take Website Screenshot and Send It via Email
ActionIn Zapier“Takes a custom screenshot of a live website and sends it to an email address of your choice. e.g: john@example.com”
This one captures the page and emails it straight to the address you set, so no extra step is needed. The Zap stays at one trigger and one action, which the free plan accepts.
Take Website Element Screenshot (Advanced)
ActionIn Zapier“Takes a custom screenshot of a website element and makes it available to Zapier so it can get passed to a following action (You need a Starter plan to create Zaps with 3 or more steps). This requires knowing the selector of the element.”
Same idea, narrower frame. Instead of the whole screen, it captures one element of the page that you point to with its selector, then passes that crop on to the next step.
Take Website Element Screenshot and Send It via Email (Advanced)
ActionIn Zapier“Takes a custom screenshot of a website element and sends it to an email address of your choice. e.g: john@example.com. This requires knowing the selector of the element.”
The most targeted option: one element of the page, cropped by its selector, then sent by email to the address you choose. Capture and delivery happen in a single action.
When a GetScreenshot Zap breaks
Zapier links no help article to this app, so the cases below come from its own fields and from Zapier's general rules.
Most failures aren't bugs. They come from a slow page, a field set the wrong way, or the source app behaving differently from what you expected.
Slow page, failed step
Run synchronously, the capture may fail when it takes more than 30 seconds. Turn on the asynchronous callback option so the step completes once the result is posted back.Only the top of the page
Full Page Capture set to False keeps only the first part of the page. Set it to True when you need everything down to the footer.PDF looks different
The PDF option emulates printing from the browser, and the rendering can change in that mode. Check one PDF by eye before relying on it.Old rows are ignored
A Zap only reacts to what happens after you publish it. Pages already listed in your sheet or base won't be captured unless you move them separately.The Zap feeds itself
If a later step writes a new record into the very table the trigger watches, the Zap sets itself off again and again and burns tasks fast.Bulk import held back
Paste hundreds of URLs at once and the trigger may return a huge batch. Zapier's flood protection can hold it back instead of running every capture.
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