Substack Scraper (Posts, Full Text, Paywall Status, Comments)
Pricing
from $1.40 / 1,000 post scrapeds
Scrape any Substack publication's full archive: posts as Markdown/HTML, paywall status, likes, comments, tags, podcasts, profile. Substack has no public read API; this is the alternative. No login, no proxies. Pay per post.
You can access the Substack Scraper (Posts, Full Text, Paywall Status, Comments) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "publicationUrls": [< "https://www.lennysnewsletter.com"< ]<}' |<apify call agentbuilt/substack-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Substack Scraper (Posts, Full Text, Paywall Status, Comments) locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: