# Track Medium Author Posts for Research

**Use case:** 

Monitor a Medium author profile and export recent posts for founder research, content intelligence, and newsletter workflows.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://medium.com/@ev"
    }
  ],
  "maxArticles": 30,
  "includeLockedArticles": false,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "thumbnail": {
    "label": "Image",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publicationDate": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "clapCount": {
    "label": "Claps",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "responseCount": {
    "label": "Responses",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "readingTimeMinutes": {
    "label": "Read Time (min)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "isLocked": {
    "label": "Member Only",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Medium Scraper](https://apify.com/automation-lab/medium-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automation-lab/medium-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.