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Stack Exchange Scraper

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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

(21)

Developer

Crawler Bros

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

9 days ago

Last modified

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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.

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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const 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": 50
20};
21
22// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
23const 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/docs

Stack Exchange Scraper API in JavaScript

The 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-client

Other API clients include:

Stack Exchange Scraper API in Python

Stack Exchange Scraper API through CLI

Stack Exchange Scraper OpenAPI definition

Stack Exchange Scraper API

Stack Exchange Scraper - Questions, Answers, Tags

wetyr_corporation/stackexchange-scraper

Bulk extract questions and answers from Stack Overflow and any Stack Exchange site. Filter by tag, score, sort. Built for AI/LLM training, developer RAG, and technical research.

WETYR CORPORATION

Stack Overflow Scraper: Questions, Answers, Users & Tags

perconey/stackoverflow-scraper

Scrape any Stack Exchange site (stackoverflow, superuser, askubuntu, math.stackexchange and 170+ more) via the official Stack Exchange API. Questions, answers with full body, user profiles with reputation and badges, top tags, search. No auth, no proxies, no cookies. Pay only per result item.

Perconey

Stack Overflow Scraper

cloud9_ai/stackoverflow-scraper

Scrape Stack Overflow questions, answers, and tags via Stack Exchange API. Search by keyword or tag, get accepted answers, vote counts, and view statistics.

cloud9

Stack Overflow Scraper — Question & Answer Data Extractor

klondikeking/stack-overflow-scraper

Extract Stack Overflow questions, answers, comments, and user profiles via the official Stack Exchange API. No scraping needed — fast, reliable, and cost-effective.

Pierrick McD0nald

Stack Overflow Scraper API - Search Questions, Answers & Trends

fresh_cliff/stackoverflow-api-scraper

Extract Stack Overflow questions, answers, tags, votes, users, and comments via the Stack Exchange API. Fast JSON export, pagination, filters, date ranges, and keyword search. Ideal for analytics, AI training, and monitoring trends in developer Q&A data.

Brennan Crawford

Stack Overflow Scraper

pear_fight/stackoverflow-scraper

Scrape questions, answers, tags from Stack Overflow

Harald

Stack Exchange Q&A Scraper

parseforge/stack-exchange-qa-scraper

Pull questions and answers from any Stack Exchange site (Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User, AskUbuntu, and 30+ more). Get scores, view counts, owners, tags, body, accepted answers. Filter by tag, query, sort, and date range. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel for developer intelligence.

ParseForge

Stack Overflow Q&A Scraper

sheshinmcfly/stackoverflow-scraper

Extract questions and answers from Stack Overflow via the official Stack Exchange API. Filter by tags, keywords, or top voted. Returns question body, accepted answer, top answers, vote counts, and tags. Perfect for AI training data, RAG pipelines, and knowledge bases.

Sheshinmcfly

Stack Overflow Scraper

automation-lab/stackoverflow-scraper

Search and extract Stack Overflow questions with scores, answers, tags, view counts, and author info.

Stas Persiianenko

Stack Overflow Scraper - Questions, Answers & Comments

legend006/stackoverflow-scraper

Scrape questions, answers, and comments from Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network. Filter by tag, search, or user. Returns body, score, votes, accepted-answer flag. Built for AI/LLM training datasets, dev research, and tag-trend monitoring.