Stack Exchange Scraper
Pricing
from $1.00 / 1,000 results
Scrape questions, answers, users, and tags from Stack Overflow and 170+ Stack Exchange communities. HTTP-only via the public Stack Exchange API. No login, no proxy.
Pricing
from $1.00 / 1,000 results
Rating
5.0
(23)
Developer
Crawler Bros
Maintained by CommunityActor stats
23
Bookmarked
1
Total users
0
Monthly active users
24 days ago
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You can access the Stack Exchange Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "site": "stackoverflow",12 "mode": "topQuestions",13 "tagAnyOf": [],14 "userIds": [],15 "isAnsweredOnly": false,16 "sortBy": "votes",17 "includeAnswers": false,18 "includeBody": true,19 "maxItems": 5020};21
22// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish23const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/stack-exchange-scraper").call(input);24
25// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)26console.log('Results from dataset');27console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);28const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();29items.forEach((item) => {30 console.dir(item);31});32
33// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Stack Exchange Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: