# Skool Posts Scraper (`blueskyscraper/skool-posts-scraper`) Actor

Scrape posts of any public Skool community without a login: title, full text, author with bio and social links, date, likes, comments, category, images and video links. Sort like the feed, search inside the community, date and category filters, comments included on demand.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/skool-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BlueskyScraper](https://apify.com/blueskyscraper) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Agents, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 posts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

**Skool Posts Scraper** collects the posts of any public Skool community **without a login or cookies**: title, full text, author with **bio, location and social links**, date, likes, comment count, category, pinned flag, images, video links and polls. Sort like the feed (recent activity, newest, top of the week, month or year), **search inside the community**, filter by category and date, and add the comments under each post on demand. **$2 per 1,000 posts, no start fee.**

### Tested head-to-head — 29 September 2026

![Skool scrapers tested head-to-head: this Actor needs no login, returns 60 unique members when 60 are asked, 36 fields per post with the author's bio and links, $2 per 1,000 posts and $1.50 per 1,000 members](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/tZJ3TnhQJ1jqUQVXq/records/skool-tested-2026-09-29.png)

The same requests went to this Actor and to the six most-used Skool scrapers on the Apify Store: 20 posts and 60 members of The AI Advantage, 20 comments of one post, 20 communities for `marketing`.

| | This Actor | The six others |
|---|---|---|
| Login, cookies or password | **not needed** | 3 of 6 require them |
| 60 members asked | **60 different people** | 30 different people, each returned twice · or cookies required |
| Fields in a post row | **36**, with the author's bio and social links | 15–16, author name only |
| 20 communities found | **7.0 s**, 45 fields with owner links | 4.4–40.1 s, 16–43 fields |
| Price per 1,000 posts | **$2** | $3.00–5.40 |
| Price per 1,000 members | **$1.5** | $2.50–3.00 |

### What is Skool Posts Scraper?

A tool for **content research, community monitoring and AI datasets** on Skool. Paste community URLs, choose the order, and get the feed as clean rows — or add keywords to search the community's posts. No account needed.

| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Post order** | Recent activity (Skool default), Newest, Top this week / month / year |
| **Keywords** | search inside the community: posts about `n8n`, `pricing`, `first client` |
| **Only these categories** | category names as the community shows them |
| **Only posts after / before** | a date window; newest-first paging stops at the date |
| **Minimum likes / comments** | only posts that got traction |
| **Add comments** ($) | every comment and reply under each post, with the commenter's links |

### What data do you get?

`title`, `text`, `url`, `createdAt`, `updatedAt`, `likeCount`, `commentCount`, `lastCommentAt`, `category`, `isPinned`, `imageUrl`, `videoLinks`, `links`, `hasPoll`, `authorName`, `authorHandle`, `authorProfileUrl`, `authorBio`, `authorLocation`, `authorLinkedin`, `authorInstagram`, `authorFacebook`, `authorTwitter`, `authorYoutube`, `authorTiktok`, `authorWebsite`, `authorLinks`, `authorLevel`, `communityName`, `communityUrl`, `query`.

### How much does it cost?

| Row | Price |
|---|---|
| **Post** | **$0.002** — $2 per 1,000 |
| **Comment** (Add comments on) | $0.001 |

No start fee, no proxy charge; filtered-out posts and error rows are free.

### ⬇️ Input

```json
{
    "mode": "posts",
    "communityUrls": ["https://www.skool.com/the-ai-advantage"],
    "sortBy": "best-1m",
    "minComments": 5,
    "maxResultsPerInput": 200
}
```

### ⬆️ Output

```json
{
    "type": "post",
    "title": "🤔 WE WANT YOUR HONEST OPINION!",
    "text": "We want to better understand what people are TRULY trying to accomplish when it comes to AI so we can make our products better…",
    "url": "https://www.skool.com/the-ai-advantage/we-want-your-honest-opinion",
    "createdAt": "2026-07-02T17:27:22.426947Z",
    "likeCount": 301,
    "commentCount": 413,
    "category": "From AIA",
    "hasPoll": true,
    "authorName": "Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi",
    "communityName": "The AI Advantage"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Content research** — the questions and wins a niche talks about most, ranked by likes and comments.
- **Community monitoring** — schedule it with **Monitoring mode** and get only new posts each run.
- **Lead generation** — authors who post in your niche, with their LinkedIn, Instagram and website.

### ❓ FAQ

#### Is it legal to scrape Skool posts?

It reads only public communities, the way skool.com shows them to a visitor who is not logged in. Posts can contain personal data protected by laws like the GDPR — have a lawful reason to process it.

#### Can I scrape a private community?

No — its posts are visible to members only, and the Actor never logs in. You get a free row saying so; the community's About data is in [Skool Community Scraper](https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/skool-community-scraper).

### You might also like

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [Skool Scraper](https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/skool-scraper) | Posts, comments, members, communities and profiles in one Actor |
| [Skool Members Scraper](https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/skool-members-scraper) | Members with bio, location, LinkedIn, Instagram and website |
| [Skool Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/skool-comments-scraper) | Every comment and reply with the commenter's links |
| [Skool Community Scraper](https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/skool-community-scraper) | Discovery search, price, rating, reviews and the owner |

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

<b>Posts</b> — a community's feed, or search inside it with <i>Keywords</i>. <b>Comments</b> — every comment and reply under posts. <b>Members</b> — people with bio, location and social links. <b>Community details</b> — members, posts, price, owner, rating, plans. <b>Find communities</b> — search Skool Discovery by keyword, category, price and language. <b>Profiles</b> — followers and the communities a person owns.

## `communityUrls` (type: `array`):

Community URL or the name from its URL: <code>https://www.skool.com/the-ai-advantage</code> or <code>the-ai-advantage</code>. Public communities show posts and members to anyone; a private one shows only its About page (use <i>Community details</i>).

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

A post in a public community: <code>https://www.skool.com/the-ai-advantage/\<post></code>.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

<b>Find communities</b>: search terms for Skool Discovery, e.g. <code>marketing</code>, <code>real estate</code>. <b>Posts</b> and <b>Members</b>: search inside the communities above — posts about <code>n8n</code>, members whose profile mentions <code>marketing</code>.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Any skool.com link, routed automatically: community, its About or Members page, a post, a <code>@profile</code>, or a Discovery search like <code>https://www.skool.com/discovery?q=fitness</code>.

## `maxResultsPerInput` (type: `integer`):

Cap for each input, not for the whole run. Find communities returns up to 1,000 per keyword (all Skool Discovery shows).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

The same sorting the community feed offers.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Category names as the community shows them, e.g. <code>AI News</code>. A wrong name returns a free row listing the community's categories. Empty = all.

## `postedAfter` (type: `string`):

<code>YYYY-MM-DD</code>. The feed is then read newest first and paging stops at this date.

## `postedBefore` (type: `string`):

<code>YYYY-MM-DD</code>. With <i>Only posts after</i> this gives a date window.

## `minLikes` (type: `integer`):

Drop posts with fewer likes.

## `minComments` (type: `integer`):

Drop posts with fewer comments.

## `includeComments` (type: `boolean`):

Posts mode: after each post, its comments and replies with the commenter's bio and social links.

## `maxCommentsPerPost` (type: `integer`):

Cap for comments under one post.

## `includeRootPost` (type: `boolean`):

Comments mode: a post row before its comments.

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

Stop after this many rows in the whole run — a hard ceiling on cost.

## `monitoringStoreName` (type: `string`):

Give the run a name (e.g. <code>new-members</code>) and every later run with the same name returns <b>only rows it has not delivered before</b> — new posts, new comments, new members. Schedule it daily; nothing is billed twice. Empty = normal run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "posts",
  "communityUrls": [
    "https://www.skool.com/the-ai-advantage"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerInput": 50,
  "sortBy": "newest-cm",
  "minLikes": 0,
  "minComments": 0,
  "includeComments": false,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
  "includeRootPost": true,
  "maxItems": 10000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `rows` (type: `string`):

One row per post, comment, member, community or profile; error rows explain inputs that could not be read.

# 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 = {
    "communityUrls": [
        "https://www.skool.com/the-ai-advantage"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("blueskyscraper/skool-posts-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 = { "communityUrls": ["https://www.skool.com/the-ai-advantage"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("blueskyscraper/skool-posts-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 '{
  "communityUrls": [
    "https://www.skool.com/the-ai-advantage"
  ]
}' |
apify call blueskyscraper/skool-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,blueskyscraper/skool-posts-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/JMwuCigg5c4n8c0HR/builds/AW6K8edkc9bKcpfw5/openapi.json