Skool Communities & Courses Scraper

Extract public data from Skool — the community and online course platform. Discover communities from Skool's directory, get details for specific communities, and retrieve visible member data from public communities.

No login or API key is required. Only publicly accessible data is scraped.

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What It Does

• Browses Skool's public community directory (/discover)
• Scrapes community details: name, description, member count, price, category, owner, and thumbnail
• Extracts visible member data (top contributors visible on public community pages)
• Supports filtering by category and free/paid status
• Works with both direct URL input and community slug input

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Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	discover — browse directory; getCommunity — get community by URL/slug; getMembers — get visible members
startUrls	list	Skool community URLs (e.g. https://www.skool.com/community-slug)
slugs	list	Community slugs (e.g. ["the-skool-of-life", "buildwithskool"])
category	select	Filter by category (Technology, Business, Health & Fitness, etc.)
isFree	boolean	If true, return only free communities (default: false — all communities)
sortBy	select	Sort by: popular, new, or trending
maxItems	integer	Maximum records to return (1–5000, default 20)
maxMembersPerCommunity	integer	Max members per community in getMembers mode (1–500, default 30)

Example Input — Discover Communities

{
  "mode": "discover",
  "maxItems": 10
}

Example Input — Get Specific Community

{
  "mode": "getCommunity",
  "slugs": ["the-skool-of-life", "buildwithskool"],
  "maxItems": 5
}

Example Input — Get Members

{
  "mode": "getMembers",
  "startUrls": ["https://www.skool.com/the-skool-of-life"],
  "maxMembersPerCommunity": 30
}

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Output

Community Record

Field	Type	Description
communityId	string	Internal Skool community identifier
name	string	Community name
slug	string	URL slug (from skool.com/{slug})
description	string	Community description
memberCount	integer	Number of community members
price	float	Monthly membership price (0 if free)
currency	string	Price currency (usually USD)
isFree	boolean	Whether the community is free to join
owner	string	Community owner/creator name
ownerUrl	string	Owner profile URL
category	string	Community category
url	string	Full community URL
thumbnailUrl	string	Community thumbnail image URL
recordType	string	Always community
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Member Record

Field	Type	Description
username	string	Member username/slug
displayName	string	Member display name
profileUrl	string	Member profile URL
role	string	Member role: admin, moderator, or member
points	integer	Community contribution points
communityName	string	Name of the community
communityUrl	string	URL of the community
recordType	string	Always member
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Example Community Output

{
  "communityId": "abc123",
  "name": "The Skool of Life",
  "slug": "the-skool-of-life",
  "description": "Learn, grow, and connect with a global community.",
  "memberCount": 15000,
  "price": 0.0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "isFree": true,
  "owner": "Sam Ovens",
  "ownerUrl": "https://www.skool.com/@samovens",
  "category": "Education",
  "url": "https://www.skool.com/the-skool-of-life",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://...",
  "recordType": "community",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-17T10:00:00+00:00"
}

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FAQ

Q: What is Skool? Skool is a community and online course platform where creators can build paid or free communities with discussion boards, courses, and member engagement features.

Q: Can I scrape private or paid communities? No. This actor only scrapes data that is publicly visible without a login. Some paid communities restrict what is visible to non-members.

Q: How do I find a community's slug? The slug is the part of the URL after skool.com/. For example, in https://www.skool.com/the-skool-of-life, the slug is the-skool-of-life.

Q: Will the discover mode return all communities? The discover mode fetches Skool's public discovery page. If the page does not return structured data, the actor falls back to a curated list of well-known public communities. The total number is limited by the maxItems setting.

Q: Why are some member fields missing? Skool only shows top contributors publicly on community pages. Full member lists are only visible to community members. Only the fields that can be reliably populated from public data are included in the output — empty fields are omitted.

Q: Do I need a proxy? No. Skool public pages are accessible from datacenter IPs without a proxy. If you encounter rate limiting on large runs, adding a delay between requests is recommended.

Q: What categories are available? Technology, Business, Health & Fitness, Arts & Creativity, Education, Gaming, Lifestyle, Finance, Marketing, and Other. Use the category filter to narrow results.

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Limitations

• Only publicly accessible data is scraped — member profiles and private community content require login.
• The getMembers mode only returns top contributors visible on the public community page. Full member lists are not publicly accessible.
• Skool's site structure may change; if the actor stops working correctly, it may need updates.
• The discover mode depends on Skool's public discovery page; if that page changes, the actor falls back to a curated list of known communities.
• Sorting (popular, new, trending) in discover mode depends on what Skool's API returns — client-side re-sorting by member count is applied for popular.