Midjourney Scraper — Prompts & Metadata

Extract AI generations from Midjourney through a search query or supplied URLs into structured Dataset records. No buyer API key or login is required.

• Search Midjourney generations with phrases such as “cyberpunk city”.
• Process Midjourney URLs supplied in startUrls.
• Build AI training datasets, research collections, or galleries.
• Review prompts, image metadata, timestamps, job types, and source URLs.

What you get

The Actor returns one Dataset record per extracted generation, including normalized metadata and the original raw item. width and height can be null; string fallbacks are shown below.

Field	Type	What it contains
id	string	Midjourney generation or job ID; empty if unavailable.
prompt	object	Structured prompt and settings, including decoded text, aspect ratio, version, style references, and other available parameters. Nested properties can be null; the field is empty if neither prompt nor full_command is available.
image_url	string	Generated image URL; empty if no image URL, path, or ID is available.
width	integer	Image width, or null if unavailable.
height	integer	Image height, or null if unavailable.
author	string	Author or username; the sample record has "".
created_at	number	Time the generation was created, as a millisecond timestamp; empty if unavailable.
video_url	string	Video URL when available; otherwise empty.
job_type	string	Midjourney job type, or empty if unavailable.
type	string	Generation type, defaulting to image when unavailable.
url	string	Source URL processed for the record.
raw_data	object	Original source item used to normalize the record.

Sample output

The sample is shortened: raw_data is omitted, and prompt shows only some of its settings (one of three styleRef entries). All shown values are copied from one real Dataset record.

{
  "id": "c949d8be-aa8b-4e34-b779-2e40ff3aa81d",
  "prompt": {
    "decodedPrompt": [{"content": "复古美式，漂亮的夜晚，一个女人在打开瓶子中的萤火虫，复古胶片质感，梦幻梦核风格，，明亮配色，超现实。", "weight": 1}],
    "ar": {"w": 9, "h": 16},
    "chaos": 5,
    "version": "8.2",
    "styleRef": [{"t": "url", "content": "https://s.mj.run/QMIhD7zI1qw", "weight": 1}]
  },
  "image_url": "https://cdn.midjourney.com/c949d8be-aa8b-4e34-b779-2e40ff3aa81d/0_0.png",
  "width": 816,
  "height": 1456,
  "author": "",
  "created_at": 1793256220161,
  "video_url": "",
  "job_type": "v8-2_diffusion",
  "type": "image",
  "url": "https://www.midjourney.com/explore?tab=top&q=cyberpunk+city"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

• apify-actor-start (Actor Start) is charged once per GB of run memory, with a minimum of one event.
• apify-default-dataset-item (listing) is one scraped result with all fields.

The result-scraped event has no price, so the buyer is not charged for it. Prices below are per event.

Plan	Actor Start	Scraped result
Free	$0.00005	$0.005
Bronze	$0.0000495	$0.00495
Silver	$0.000049	$0.0049
Gold	$0.0000485	$0.00485
Platinum	$0.000048	$0.0048
Diamond	$0.0000475	$0.00475

At Free-plan prices, 1,000 Actor Start events = $0.05 and 10,000 Actor Start events = $0.5; 1,000 scraped results = $5 and 10,000 scraped results = $50.

For example, 3 results = $0.01505 on Free, including the Actor Start event.

Apify Free plan includes $5 of monthly platform usage credit. You pay only for the listed events; this Actor does not use the Pay per event + usage option, so compute, proxy traffic, and storage are not billed separately.

On Free, a default run of 100 results costs 100 x $0.005 + $0.00005 = $0.50005, so the $5 credit covers 9 full runs (900 results). One single run of 999 results on Free costs 999 x $0.005 + $0.00005 = $4.99505.

How to use

1. Open the Actor page and start a run with your Apify account.
2. Enter a search query, add startUrls, or use both.
3. Set maxItems to the maximum number of records to collect.
4. Make sure your Apify account has Residential Proxy access. The run always creates its own Residential Proxy configuration and ignores the proxyConfiguration input value.
5. Run the Actor and wait for the Dataset collection to finish.
6. Download the records, then schedule repeat runs through Apify Schedules.

Example input:

{
  "query": "cyberpunk city",
  "maxItems": 3
}

Export the Dataset as JSON or CSV, or read it through the Apify Dataset API.

Input parameters

Parameter	What it does	Default
query	Optional search phrase. A non-empty value creates a Midjourney Explore search target with tab=top and the supplied query. If empty with startUrls, only those URLs are processed; if both are empty, the default discovery query is used.	"cyberpunk city"
startUrls	Midjourney URLs to process. Entries can be URL strings or objects containing url or requestUrl.	[]
maxItems	Ceiling on records collected (1 to 100000). A run can return fewer, because each query or URL yields only the items in one page or feed response.	100
proxyConfiguration	Accepted by the input form but ignored: the run always creates its own Residential Proxy configuration. Your account needs Residential Proxy access.	{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}
disableUsageStats	Set to true to turn off the run summary in Usage statistics.	false

Limits and edge cases

Condition	What you see	What to do
Each query or URL	Only the generation items present in that single page or feed response are returned; there is no pagination. The count can be below maxItems.	Add more queries or URLs to cover more ground.
maxItems is reached	The Actor stops adding records at that value.	Raise maxItems only if a target returns that many items.
query and startUrls are both supplied	URL targets and a search target are processed.	Use one input mode to avoid an additional target.
Both query and startUrls are empty	The default query cyberpunk city is used.	Supply your own query or URL list for a different scope.
An HTTP response is blocked, unexpected, or cannot be parsed	The target is escalated to browser fetching, with up to three attempts.	Keep Residential Proxy available and check the target URL if no records return.
A target fails, times out or returns no items after the browser attempts	That target adds no records and processing continues with the next one; earlier batches remain. If every target does so, the Dataset is empty and the run still completes successfully.	Check the URL or query and retry with a narrower scope.
No Residential Proxy URL is available	A warning says requests may be blocked.	Make sure the Apify account has Residential Proxy access.
The buyer’s charge limit is reached after a batch	Allowed records are pushed, then processing stops, leaving a short Dataset.	Raise the charge limit or run a smaller collection.
A source value is unavailable	author or video_url can be empty, and nested prompt properties can be null.	Use available fields or inspect raw_data.
A run stops before a batch is pushed	Each target's records are pushed as one batch; pushed batches remain and the unpushed batch is absent.	Run the Actor again for the remaining targets.
Public data is being collected for a particular use case	The Actor extracts public data from Midjourney pages.	Review source terms and applicable law for your use case.

FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape Midjourney?

See the Pricing section above for per-plan event prices and worked examples.

Why did my run return an empty Dataset?

A target can return no items when its page cannot be parsed or browser escalation finds no generation records. Check the query or URL, keep Residential Proxy access enabled, and try a narrower scope.

What happens when Midjourney protects a page?

The Actor uses HTTP-first fetching and escalates blocked or unexpected responses to browser fetching. A target with no extracted items is skipped and processing continues.

Do I need a Midjourney login or API key?

No buyer API key or login input is required. You provide your Apify account, and the Actor uses its configured request and proxy handling.

Is it legal to scrape Midjourney data?

The Actor extracts public data from Midjourney pages. Whether collection or reuse is allowed depends on the source terms and applicable law for your use case.

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Usage statistics

This Actor creates a small, content-free summary at the end of each run, used only to monitor reliability and improve this Actor. No input values, credentials or scraped data are sent.

A copy of the exact record for your run is saved as USAGE_STATS in your own Apify key-value store.

To opt out, set disableUsageStats to true in the input. Nothing is sent then.

Full list of collected fields