# Cookie Scanner - GDPR & Security Audit for Any URL (`eliai/webpage-cookie-scanner`) Actor

Scan a page's cookies: each Set-Cookie parsed with Secure/HttpOnly/SameSite/expiry, third-party & tracker flags, GDPR category, security issues. Bulk. $0.0008 per page, cheaper than paid GDPR scanners; failed fetches free.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/eliai/webpage-cookie-scanner.md
- **Developed by:** [Broke to Built](https://apify.com/eliai) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.64 / 1,000 scanned pages

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Cookie Scanner — GDPR & security audit for any URL

Scan a page's **cookies** for privacy and security review. Parses every `Set-Cookie` into structured
attributes (Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite, expiry), flags **third-party** and **tracker** cookies, guesses
a **GDPR category** (analytics/ads/functional), and lists security **issues**. Single URL or bulk.
**$0.0008 per page.** Failed fetches are recorded free.

### What you get

- **Per cookie**: `name`, `domain`, `path`, `secure`, `httpOnly`, `sameSite`, `expiresDays`, `session`, `thirdParty`, `category`.
- **Counts**: `cookieCount`, `sessionCount`, `persistentCount`, `thirdPartyCount`, `trackerCount`.
- **`issues`** — security flags (missing Secure/HttpOnly, weak SameSite, long-lived trackers).
- **Fail-soft**: an unreachable URL returns `{ok:false, error}` and is **never charged**.

### Input

```json
{ "urls": ["https://github.com/", "https://example.com/"], "maxUrls": 25 }
```

### Output (real run, 2026-08-07)

```json
{
  "ok": true, "url": "https://github.com/", "statusCode": 200,
  "cookieCount": 3, "sessionCount": 1, "persistentCount": 2, "thirdPartyCount": 0, "trackerCount": 0,
  "cookies": [
    { "name": "_gh_sess", "domain": "github.com", "secure": true, "httpOnly": true, "sameSite": "Lax", "session": true, "category": "unknown" }
  ]
}
```

### Pricing — $0.0008 per page

Prices below checked via the Apify Store API on 2026-08-07:

| Actor | Pricing | One page |
|---|---|---|
| **This actor** | **$0.0008 per page** | **$0.0008** |
| andok/gdpr-cookie-scanner | $0.001 per item | $0.001 |
| delightful\_unicorn/cookie-gdpr-checker | $0.00035 start + $0.0035 per item | $0.0039 |
| glowing\_glove/privacy-cookie-compliance-scanner | $0.006 per site | $0.006 |

### Limits (honest ones)

- Reads cookies set in the HTTP response headers (`Set-Cookie`) on a single page load — it does not run JavaScript, so cookies set later by client-side scripts are not captured.
- GDPR category is a heuristic from the cookie name, meant to triage, not to certify compliance.
- `maxUrls` capped per run.

### FAQ

- **Does it capture JS-set cookies?** No — it reads `Set-Cookie` response headers; client-side `document.cookie` writes are out of scope.
- **What are the security flags?** Missing Secure/HttpOnly, weak/absent SameSite, and long-lived third-party trackers.
- **Is the GDPR category authoritative?** It is a name-based heuristic for triage, not legal compliance certification.
- **What about a dead URL?** You get an `{ok:false, error}` record, uncharged.

### Related actors

- **HTTP Headers Inspector** (`EliAI/http-headers-inspector`) — returns every raw response header (including `Set-Cookie`) with a security-header grade. This actor goes deeper on cookies specifically: it **parses** each one into attributes + GDPR/tracker flags.

### Use from code or AI agents

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/EliAI~webpage-cookie-scanner/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"urls":["https://github.com/"]}'
```

Callable as an agent tool through the Apify MCP server (`mcp.apify.com`).

### For AI agents

This Actor is built to be called by software, not just by people.

- **Mount it directly as an MCP tool** — no Store search, no ranking, just this one tool:
  `https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=eliai/webpage-cookie-scanner`
- **Or call it over HTTP** and get the results in the same request:
  `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/eliai~webpage-cookie-scanner/run-sync-get-dataset-items`
- **Pay with x402, without an Apify account.** This Actor is whitelisted for agentic payments, so an agent holding USDC on Base can buy a prepaid token and spend it here. The minimum purchase is $1, the token balance is an absolute spending cap, and it expires 14 days after purchase.
- **Costs are predictable before you call.** Pricing is pay-per-event (see Pricing above), so an agent can budget a run in advance instead of discovering the bill afterwards.
- **Send only the field you mean.** If you pass the bulk field, it is used on its own; the single-value field is a fallback, never merged into your request. You are charged for the items you sent and nothing else.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

A single page URL to scan for the cookies it sets via Set-Cookie response headers.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Multiple page URLs to scan in one run.

## `maxUrls` (type: `integer`):

Safety cap on how many URLs to process.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://github.com/",
  "urls": [],
  "maxUrls": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Every item this run produced, as JSON.

## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`):

The same items as a spreadsheet-ready CSV.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://github.com/"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("eliai/webpage-cookie-scanner").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "url": "https://github.com/" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("eliai/webpage-cookie-scanner").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://github.com/"
}' |
apify call eliai/webpage-cookie-scanner --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,eliai/webpage-cookie-scanner"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/cXcywN1AOXqC5ceES/builds/EmVaHNVMkEKZL0tzQ/openapi.json