# DEV.to Tech & AI Community Articles Scraper (`axery/devto-articles-scraper`) Actor

Scrape DEV.to for developer articles, AI tutorials, coding trends, public reaction counts, reading times, and tags.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/axery/devto-articles-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Axery](https://apify.com/axery) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## DEV.to Tech & AI Community Articles Scraper

Fast, complete, and reliable scraper for **DEV Community (dev.to)** — one of the largest global developer platforms for programming tutorials, engineering architecture, and AI models.

### Features

- **Topic & Tag Filtering:** Extract top articles across tags like `ai`, `python`, `javascript`, `react`, `webdev`, `datascience`, and `machinelearning`.
- **Time Periods:** Get the top articles of the week, month, or year (`top=7`, `top=30`, `top=365`) or fresh latest releases.
- **Engagement Metrics:** Extracts reaction counts, comment counts, reading time estimates, author profiles, and canonical article links.
- **Lightweight & Fast:** Direct public REST API integration with instant execution.

### Output Schema

- `id`: Article ID
- `title`: Article title
- `description`: Article summary/synopsis
- `url`: Direct link to the article on DEV.to
- `tags`: Tag list array
- `author`: Author display name
- `authorUsername`: Author username
- `reactionsCount`: Total claps/reactions
- `commentsCount`: Discussion comments count
- `readingTimeMinutes`: Estimated reading time
- `publishedAt`: Publication timestamp in ISO format
- `coverImage`: Article header cover image URL
- `scrapedAt`: Scrape timestamp

### Pricing

Pay-per-result model ($0.001 per extracted article).

# Actor input Schema

## `tag` (type: `string`):

Tag to filter articles (e.g. 'ai', 'python', 'javascript', 'webdev', 'machinelearning'). Leave empty for general feed.

## `top` (type: `integer`):

Fetch top articles over a period of days (e.g. 7 for top this week, 30 for top this month, 365 for year). Leave empty for latest.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of articles to extract.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "tag": "ai",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `articles` (type: `string`):

Developer articles scraped from DEV.to.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("axery/devto-articles-scraper").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("axery/devto-articles-scraper").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 '{}' |
apify call axery/devto-articles-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,axery/devto-articles-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/hJk22jMW0yb0Ho1DF/builds/42z8EJvdxZebxO4cf/openapi.json