Medium Article Scraper

Scrape articles from Medium by tag/topic, author, publication, keyword search, or a single article URL — all without authentication.

Features

• By Tag — fetch latest articles for any Medium topic (programming, data-science, AI, and 16+ built-in tags, or any custom slug)
• By User — fetch all articles published by a Medium username
• By Publication — fetch articles from any Medium publication (e.g. better-programming, towards-data-science)
• Search — search Medium by keyword; supplements with tag-feed results for broader coverage
• By URL — extract metadata from a single Medium article URL
• Filter results by publish date, keyword match, and paywall status
• Detects member-only (paywalled) articles — never bypasses the paywall

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
articleId	string	Unique Medium article ID extracted from URL
title	string	Article title
previewText	string	First 300 chars of article preview/description
authorName	string	Author's display name
authorUsername	string	Medium username (without @)
publicationName	string	Publication name (if published under one)
publicationSlug	string	Publication URL slug
publishedDate	string	ISO-8601 publish date
tags	array	Article tags/categories
readingTimeMinutes	integer	Estimated reading time in minutes
articleUrl	string	Full article URL
canonicalUrl	string	Canonical URL (if different from articleUrl)
isPaywalled	boolean	Whether the article is member-only
recordType	string	Always "article"
siteName	string	Always "Medium"
scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 scrape timestamp

Input Options

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	byTag	What to scrape: byTag, byUser, byPublication, search, byUrl
tag	select	programming	Tag slug for byTag mode (choose from 20 built-in tags or type custom)
username	string	—	Medium username for byUser mode
publication	string	—	Publication slug for byPublication mode
query	string	—	Search terms for search mode
articleUrl	string	—	Article URL for byUrl mode
fromDate	string	—	Only articles published on/after this date (ISO-8601)
containsKeyword	string	—	Case-insensitive keyword filter on title/preview
excludePaywalled	boolean	false	Skip member-only articles
maxItems	integer	20	Maximum articles to return (1–1000)

Example Use Cases

Get latest programming articles:

{"mode": "byTag", "tag": "programming", "maxItems": 20}

Get articles by a specific author:

{"mode": "byUser", "username": "towardsdatascience", "maxItems": 50}

Get free articles about Python published in 2025:

{"mode": "byTag", "tag": "python", "fromDate": "2025-01-01", "excludePaywalled": true}

Search for AI articles:

{"mode": "search", "query": "artificial intelligence", "maxItems": 30}

FAQs

Does this scrape paywalled article content? No. This actor only collects publicly available metadata (title, author, tags, preview text). Full article content for member-only posts is never extracted. Use isPaywalled to identify and filter such articles.

How many articles are returned per tag/user? Medium RSS feeds typically return the latest 10–25 items. For more results, use the search mode which supplements with tag feed data.

Why does search mode return fewer results than expected? Medium's public search does not expose a paginated JSON API. The actor uses HTML and tag feed supplementation to maximize results within Medium's public data surface.

Is a Medium account required? No authentication or cookies are required.

What tags are available in the dropdown? 20 popular tags are in the dropdown (programming, data-science, AI, python, javascript, startup, etc.). You can also type any custom tag slug directly.