You can access the OpenML Dataset Scraper 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "resourceType": "datasets",
12    "searchQuery": "iris",
13    "status": "active",
14    "maxResults": 20,
15    "maxRequestRetries": 3
16};
17
18// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
19const run = await client.actor("automation-lab/openml-scraper").call(input);
20
21// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
22console.log('Results from dataset');
23console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
24const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
25items.forEach((item) => {
26    console.dir(item);
27});
28
29// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

OpenML Scraper - ML Datasets, Tasks and Flows API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use OpenML Dataset Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

OpenML Dataset Scraper API in Python

OpenML Dataset Scraper API through CLI

OpenML Dataset Scraper OpenAPI definition

OpenML Dataset Scraper API

ML Contests Scraper

automation-lab/mlcontests-scraper

Scrape machine learning, data science, and robotics competitions from mlcontests.com

Stas Persiianenko

Papers with Code Scraper

crawlerbros/papers-with-code-scraper

Scrape Papers with Code like search ML papers, fetch paper details with repos and results, browse ML tasks and leaderboards, search datasets, and find ML methods.

Crawler Bros

ML URL Scraper

tasty_gesture/meli-url-scraper

Misto Quente

OSF Open Science Framework Scraper

parseforge/osf-scraper

Export public research projects, preprints, and registrations from the Open Science Framework (OSF). Search across 1M+ open science records. Filter by keyword, subject, or provider. Pull titles, descriptions, tags, DOIs, authors, institutions, dates, and full metadata.

ParseForge

Dataset to HuggingFace

flamboyant_leaf/DatasetToHuggingFace

Transfers data from Apify datasets to Hugging Face datasets. Bridges web scraping with ML platforms, enabling access to pre-trained models and collaborative tools. Customize transfer limits, streamline ML workflows, and leverage data versioning. Ideal for data scientists and ML researchers.

AIRabbit

Hosco Courses Scraper - Low-cost💲🔥🎓📚

delectable_incubator/hosco-courses-scraper-low-cost

Scrape Hosco courses and learning opportunities 🎓📚 with a powerful education scraper. Extract course titles, providers, locations, durations, learning formats, descriptions, and course URLs. Ideal for e-learning platforms, education research, skills development tracking and learning datasets 📊🚀

Prime Scrape

OSF Open Science Framework Projects Scraper

parseforge/osf-projects-scraper

Search the Open Science Framework for public research projects by keyword or category. Returns project IDs, titles, descriptions, contributors, public flags, date created, date modified, and tag lists. Useful for meta science, scholarly discovery, and tracking research outputs across labs.

ParseForge

Hugging Face Model & Dataset Scraper

cloud9_ai/huggingface-scraper

Search and extract ML models and datasets from Hugging Face Hub. Get model cards, download stats, tasks, and architectures. No API key needed.

cloud9

Canada Open Data Catalog Scraper

parseforge/canada-open-data-scraper

Export Canadian government open datasets from open.canada.ca. Browse 36k+ datasets across federal departments. Pull dataset metadata, resources, organization, license, tags, and publication dates. Catalog mode lists all datasets; dataset mode fetches one by ID.

ParseForge

Huggingface Ai Scraper

skystone_labs/huggingface-ai-scraper

Extract AI/ML models, datasets, and spaces from Hugging Face with comprehensive metadata. Get download counts, likes, tags, task categories, library frameworks, and author information. Perfect for AI researchers, ML engineers, and data scientists tracking the open-source AI ecosystem.