# Medium Scraper – Articles to Markdown

**Use case:** 

Extract full Medium articles as clean Markdown, with title, author and body text. Works for medium.com and custom-domain publications.

## Input

```json
{
  "url": "https://medium.com/@StevieLKim/your-activation-metric-is-a-guess-act-like-it-65b9214ebd16",
  "formats": [
    "markdown"
  ],
  "wait": 5000
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "fetch.httpStatusCode": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "metadata.title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "markdown": {
    "label": "Markdown",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Web Fetch Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Medium Scraper – Articles to Markdown". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/ibx565jXWeXLXnvHJ) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Medium Scraper – Articles to Markdown" task

The Web Fetch Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like URL, output formats, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Medium Scraper – Articles to Markdown" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as URL, status, title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Medium Scraper – Articles to Markdown" task via API](https://apify.com/apify/web-fetch.md).

## FAQ

### How do I scrape a Medium article?

Paste the article URL. The task returns the title and full body as Markdown, with Medium’s popups and recommended-reading sections removed.

### Does Medium have an API for reading articles?

Not really. Medium’s official API was built for publishing posts, not reading them, and it is no longer maintained. Scraping public pages is the practical alternative.

### Can it scrape member-only stories?

No. Only content shown without logging in is returned. For member-only stories, that is usually the opening paragraphs.

### How do I get all articles from an author or publication?

Fetch the profile or publication page with the links format to collect article URLs, then run the task on each one. Medium’s RSS feed (medium.com/feed/@username) is another quick way to list recent posts.

### Does it work with custom domains?

Yes. Publications on their own domain are regular web pages, so any public article URL works.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Web Fetch](https://apify.com/apify/web-fetch.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/apify/web-fetch.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/apify/web-fetch.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).