Legal archiving
of web pages.

Each screenshot is an immutable snapshot, timestamped to the second, archived under a unique token. Never modifiable, never overwritten. Hosted in France, accessible indefinitely.

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18
years of continuous archives
FR
data hosted in France
∞
unlimited retention

Use cases

Counterfeiting & unfair competition

Capture the state of an infringing site at a specific moment. The timestamp and immutability of the file support the evidence before a notary or court process server.

Defamation & online reputation

Preserve visual evidence of online content before it is modified, deleted, or edited by its author. Particularly useful for lawyers in press law and defamation cases.

Compliance & regulatory obligations

Document the display of legal notices, terms of service, cookie banners, or consumer information at a given date. Useful for regulatory audits and internal compliance reviews.

Change tracking

Archive the visual history of a site: redesign, SEO deranking, change in commercial offer. Scheduled captures every 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, 7d, or 30d to build an automatic timeline.

Contractual disputes

Preserve the exact state of a pricing page, terms and conditions, or product description at the time of order. The snapshot can be added to the case file in case of disagreement.

Legal monitoring

Monitor changes in notices, terms of service, or privacy policies of third parties. Batches up to 500 URLs allow building a corpus in a single request.

Technical guarantees

  • Unique 32-character alphanumeric token: each screenshot carries a non-replayable identifier, linked to its CDN URL. https://static.shotbot.net/4/4X/4XyZaB...webp
  • Second-precision timestamp: the screenshot is dated by the server (UTC), recorded in the database at creation time.
  • No overwriting possible: re-capturing the same URL creates a new token, distinct from the previous one. Old files remain accessible.
  • No editing possible: CDN files are read-only, served from immutable storage.
  • Metadata preserved: original URL, format, dimensions, capture parameters (viewport, ratio, options).
  • French hosting: servers in France, managed by Permalink. No transfer outside the EU.
  • GDPR compliance: subject to French jurisdiction, data accessible only via its token.

How it works

  1. Submission: send the URL via the form or the REST API.
  2. Capture: Shotbot renders the page in a headless browser in under 30 seconds.
  3. Archiving: a unique token is generated, the image is stored on CDN.
  4. Retrieval: permanent direct URL in the form static.shotbot.net/{a}/{ab}/{token}.{format}.
  5. Producing evidence: provide the CDN URL to your legal counsel or a notary.
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Scheduled captures for recurring archiving

To build an automatic history of a site, schedule recurring captures (6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, 7d, or 30d). Each execution generates a distinct timestamped token, accessible indefinitely. Limit: 5 scheduled URLs per free account, 30 after top-up, up to 500 for accounts with high credit balance.

Scheduled captures
Legal note. A Shotbot screenshot constitutes a technical timestamped element, admissible as one piece of evidence among others in a file. To produce evidence with strong probative value (a legally binding record), it is still recommended to have it confirmed by a notary or combined with a qualified eIDAS timestamp. Shotbot does not replace a process server's report.

High volume or specific needs?

Large-scale captures, SHA-256 hash, qualified eIDAS signature, custom support for law firms and legal services.

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Visual monitoring

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