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Extract Images from {Website}

Get every image from any website with one API call.

No CSS-selector hunting, no headless-browser scripting. Captures img tags, inline SVGs, base64 data URIs, picture/source variants, favicons, and video posters — with alt text and source element metadata.

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What You Get

Each request returns a structured array of every image on the page.

All image types

img, svg, picture/source, link (favicon), and video poster

Source format identified

Each image tagged as url, html (inline SVG), or base64

Alt text included

Accessibility text returned where present for context and labeling

Element source tracked

Know exactly which HTML element each image came from

How It Works

We capture images from every HTML element and return a clean, structured payload.

— step 01 —

Send a URL

Point the API at any public webpage you want to extract images from

— step 02 —

Page fetched and parsed

The full HTML is retrieved and all image-bearing elements are identified

— step 03 —

Images extracted and classified

Each image gets its src, element type, format (url/html/base64), and alt text

— step 04 —

Structured array returned

A clean JSON array of image objects ready for display, analysis, or storage

API Response

Extracted images for context.dev

GET /v1/web/scrape/images?url=https://context.dev

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{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://context.dev",
  "images": [
    {
      "src": "https://context.dev/logo.svg",
      "element": "img",
      "type": "url",
      "alt": "Context.dev logo"
    },
    {
      "src": "<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">...</svg>",
      "element": "svg",
      "type": "html",
      "alt": null
    },
    {
      "src": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAA...",
      "element": "img",
      "type": "base64",
      "alt": "Hero background"
    }
  ]
}

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about extracting images from a website.

Am I billed for failed requests?

No. You are not billed for failed requests or requests where we are blocked (rarely happens). Credits are only consumed on successful responses.

What types of images are extracted?

All of them: standard <img> tags, responsive <picture>/<source>, inline SVGs, base64 data URIs (data:image/png;base64,...), favicon and apple-touch-icon links, and video posters. The "type" field tells you which format each image is in so you can handle URL hotlinks, SVG markup, and base64 blobs differently downstream.

Can I download all images from a website with this API?

Yes — the response gives you the src URLs, which you can fetch and save with any HTTP client. For inline SVGs and base64 images, the markup or data URI is in the response itself, so no second request is needed.

Can I use this to scrape product images for a catalog?

Yes — common use cases include product images for ecommerce price monitoring, design portfolios, AI training data, screenshot pipelines, brand asset collection, and SEO audits (alt-text coverage, image-count benchmarks). For specifically extracting brand logos, see the dedicated Logo API which ranks and dedupes logo candidates.

How do I extract all images from a website?

Send a GET request to /v1/web/scrape/images?url=<target>. The API fetches the page, parses the DOM, and returns every image-bearing element: <img>, inline <svg>, <picture>/<source>, <link rel="icon">, and <video poster>. Each image comes back with its src, the element type it came from, format (url / html / base64), and alt text.

Does the image extractor return alt text?

Yes — alt text is returned where present on the source element, otherwise null. Useful for accessibility audits, AI training data captioning, and SEO tooling that flags missing alt attributes.

How is this different from "right-click → save image as"?

Manual saving misses lazy-loaded images, JS-rendered images, inline SVGs, base64 backgrounds, and the dozens of <source> variants in <picture> tags. The API parses and renders the full page, so you get every image the browser would actually load — not just the ones visible at the moment you right-clicked.

Is the image scraper API free?

Yes — the free tier covers thousands of monthly extractions. Bulk and production volume scales linearly. A single API key also unlocks Logo, Colors, web scraping, sitemaps, and the rest of the Context.dev stack.