Newsletter Scraper — Substack, Beehiiv, Ghost Archives
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Extract newsletter archives from Substack, Beehiiv, and Ghost platforms. Get full content in markdown format, complete metadata, embedded images, word counts, and AI-ready token counts. Perfect for content research, competitive analysis, and training AI models.
You can access the Newsletter Scraper — Substack, Beehiiv, Ghost Archives 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.
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