You can access the CRAN R Package 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "mode": "searchPackages",
10    "searchQuery": "ggplot",
11    "maxItems": 10,
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("crawlergang/cran-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
19for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

CRAN R Package Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use CRAN R Package Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

CRAN R Package Scraper API in JavaScript

CRAN R Package Scraper API through CLI

CRAN R Package Scraper OpenAPI definition

CRAN R Package Scraper API

CRAN R Package Scraper

crawlerbros/cran-scraper

Scrapes R package metadata from the CRAN database (crandb.r-pkg.org). Search packages by query, fetch by name, or list recent releases.

Crawler Bros

CRAN R Packages Metadata Scraper

parseforge/cran-r-packages-scraper

Pull authoritative metadata for any R package from the official CRAN crandb database. Returns package name, title, version, authors, maintainer, license, dependencies, and publication date. Handy for dependency audits, license compliance checks, and cataloging R tooling.

ParseForge

R Documentation Scraper

crawlerbros/rdocumentation-scraper

Scrape R package metadata from CRAN via the public crandb API. Search packages by keyword or fetch specific packages by name - returns version, title, description, author, maintainer, license, dependencies, and rdocumentation.org links.

Crawler Bros

CRAN R Packages Scraper - Metadata, Dependencies & Analytics

klondikeking/cran-r-packages-scraper

Extract comprehensive metadata from CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) packages including descriptions, versions, dependencies, reverse dependencies, publication dates, authors, DOIs, vignettes, and download links. Perfect for R ecosystem research, dependency analysis, and package discovery.

Pierrick McD0nald

R R I

nondescript_cord/R-R-I

Yash Agarwal

Llm Sentiment Scraper

david_flagg/llm-sentiment-scraper

Scrape Reddit for real human opinions about 30+ LLM models. Sentiment analysis, top comments, and community consensus from r/LocalLLaMA, r/ChatGPT, r/ClaudeAI, and more. The qualitative layer benchmarks can't capture.

David Flagg

Read Fuoco e sangue. Edizione illustrata by George R.R

johnwillie/read-fuoco-e-sangue-edizione-illustrata-by-george-r-r

Read or download **Fuoco e sangue. Edizione illustrata by George R.R. Martin** PDF online. Click the link below to access the ebook instantly 👉 [📖 READ ME]

johnwillie

NixOS Package Search Scraper

crawlergang/nix-packages-scraper

Scrapes NixOS package metadata from the NixOS package search backend. Search packages by keyword or fetch specific packages by attribute name.

Crawler Gang

5.0

NixOS Package Search Scraper

crawlerbros/nix-packages-scraper

Scrapes NixOS package metadata from the NixOS package search backend. Search packages by keyword or fetch specific packages by attribute name.

Crawler Bros

Bioconductor Scraper

crawlergang/bioconductor-scraper

Scrape Bioconductor R package metadata - title, description, biocViews categories, author, maintainer, license, dependencies, and more. Search by keyword or biocViews category, or fetch specific packages by name.

Crawler Gang

5.0