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Dollar Hunter - Dev.to Articles & Tags Scraper

Dollar Hunter - Dev.to Articles & Tags Scraper

Search and extract articles, tags, and user content from Dev.to community. Filter by tag, keyword, or username. No API key required.

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Jonatan J. Martinez Collymoore

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๐Ÿ“ Dollar Hunter - Dev.to Articles & Tags Scraper

Search and extract articles, tags, and user content from the Dev.to developer community. No API key or login required.

โœจ Features

  • ๐Ÿ“ฐ Latest Articles โ€” Browse the most recent articles across all of Dev.to
  • ๐Ÿท๏ธ By Tag โ€” Filter by any tag: javascript, python, ai, webdev, rust, and 100+ more
  • ๐Ÿ‘ค By User โ€” Get every article from any Dev.to author
  • ๐Ÿ“‹ List All Tags โ€” Complete tag directory with colors
  • ๐Ÿ† Top of the Week โ€” Toggle between latest and top-rated content
  • ๐Ÿ”„ Auto-retry โ€” Built-in retry for transient API failures
  • ๐ŸŒ No auth needed โ€” Uses Dev.to's public FORE API

๐Ÿ“ฅ Input

FieldTypeDefaultDescription
modeselectarticlesarticles (latest), tag (by tag), user (by username), tags_list (all tags)
querystringjavascriptTag name, username, or keyword filter
maxResultsint25Max articles to return (1โ€“100)
topboolfalsetrue = top of the week, false = latest

๐Ÿ“ค Output

FieldTypeDescription
titlestringArticle title
urlstringDirect link to the article
tagsarrayList of tags
user_namestringAuthor's display name
usernamestringAuthor's Dev.to handle
reactionsintHeart reactions count
commentsintComment count
reading_timeintEstimated reading minutes
published_atstringISO timestamp
descriptionstringArticle excerpt (300 chars)

๐ŸŽฏ Use Cases

  • ๐Ÿ“ฐ Content Curation โ€” Find trending dev articles for newsletters or social media
  • ๐Ÿ” Developer Research โ€” Discover top technical writers by topic or language
  • ๐Ÿค– AI Training Data โ€” Curate high-quality developer content for ML fine-tuning
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Market Analysis โ€” Track which technologies, frameworks, and languages are trending
  • ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ Competitive Intel โ€” Monitor articles from specific authors or companies
  • ๐Ÿ“š Learning Resources โ€” Find the best community-voted tutorials by topic

๐Ÿ“‹ Example

{
"mode": "tag",
"query": "ai",
"maxResults": 10,
"top": true
}

Returns top 10 AI articles on Dev.to this week, voted by the community.

โ“ FAQ

Q: Do I need a Dev.to account?
No. The FORE API is fully public for reading articles and tags.

Q: What tags are available?
Use tags_list mode to get all 100+ tags with their colors. Popular ones: javascript, python, ai, webdev, react, rust, go, devops.

Q: Can I search by keyword across all articles?
Currently the API supports filtering by tag or username. For broad keyword search, articles mode without a tag returns the latest across all of Dev.to.

Q: Are there rate limits?
Dev.to's API has generous rate limits. The actor handles 429 responses with automatic retry.

๐Ÿท๏ธ Categories

Developer Tools ยท Social Media ยท Data Extraction

๐Ÿ’ฐ Pricing

Pay per event โ€” $0.002 per 25 articles. Only pay for successful runs.