Resident Advisor Scraper — Events, Clubs & DJs

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Resident Advisor scraper for Apify — a RA events scraper for city calendars, club profiles, and DJ pages. Built for nightlife aggregation, talent booking, and venue lead lists. Export lineups, venue GPS, attendance, ticketed flags, and public booking contacts as JSON. A practical Resident Advisor API alternative for Python, Node.js, Sheets, and MCP / AI assistants. HTTP-only (no browser).

Crawloop Events suite — ticketed nightlife, editorial club calendars, and general catalogs.

Resident Advisor Scraper ◄── you are here	Shotgun Scraper	Eventbrite Scraper
Club nights, lineups, RA clubs & DJs	Ticketed club nights, prices, SKUs	Conferences, gigs, organizers

When to use this Actor

• Resident Advisor events scraper — city name, uk/london path, or numeric area id, plus a date window
• Club / venue scraper — up to 20 clubs per city (RA list cap), or a /clubs/{id} URL (address, phone, capacity, website)
• DJ / artist scraper — search a name or paste /dj/slug (socials + public booking blurb)
• Change monitor — scheduled runs that emit only new or changed rows
• RA API alternative — structured GraphQL dataset without a partner key

When not to use this Actor

• RA Pro, orders, barcodes, or guest lists — promoter/account surfaces, not public listings
• Guaranteed ticket SKU prices — listings expose isTicketed and a cost string when RA publishes one; use Shotgun Scraper for nightlife SKUs
• Magazine, reviews, or RA Exchange — out of scope for this Actor
• Private or unlisted events — public listings only
• Mainstream ticketed catalogs (conferences, local gigs with SKU prices) — use Eventbrite Scraper

Key features

• HTTP GraphQL — first-party public ra.co/graphql. No headless browser, no API key
• City resolver — London, uk/london, or 13 all work (no hardcoded city map)
• Start URLs — event, city calendar, club, and DJ pages auto-routed
• Rich event rows — lineup ids, venue GPS/capacity, promoters, genres, attending, RA Pick
• DJ booking blurb — public bookingDetails when the artist published it
• Monitor mode — remember ids between runs; emit only new or changed
• Caps that save budget — maxItems (default 50)
• Proxy optional — public GraphQL usually works from datacenter HTTP

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	String	events	events, venues, or artists. URLs are auto-routed either way
areas	Array	—	City name, RA path (de/berlin), or numeric area id
startUrls	Array	—	Event, city, club, or DJ URLs
searchTerms	Array	—	DJ names (artists mode) or club names (venues mode)
dateFrom / dateTo	String	today / +30 days	YYYY-MM-DD listing window
genres	Array	—	Keep events tagged with these RA genre names/slugs
festivalsOnly	Boolean	false	Festival / multi-day events only
venueOrderBy	String	POPULAR	Club list sort: Popular / Latest / Alphabetical (max 20 clubs per city)
maxItems	Integer	50	Hard cap (0 = unlimited)
monitorMode	Boolean	false	Emit only new & changed rows
monitorKey	String	default	Isolated monitor memory per saved search
requestDelaySecs	Number	0.15	Delay between GraphQL requests
proxyConfiguration	Object	off	Enable only if you see HTTP 403/429

Provide at least one of: areas, startUrls, searchTerms.

Input example — city calendar

{
  "mode": "events",
  "areas": ["london"],
  "dateFrom": "2026-09-18",
  "dateTo": "2026-09-25",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Input example — city path + genres

{
  "mode": "events",
  "areas": ["de/berlin", "uk/london"],
  "genres": ["techno"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Input example — event URL + club + DJ

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://ra.co/events/2516476" },
    { "url": "https://ra.co/clubs/237" },
    { "url": "https://ra.co/dj/frankyrizardo" }
  ]
}

Input example — monitor a city

{
  "mode": "events",
  "areas": ["berlin"],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "monitorMode": true,
  "monitorKey": "berlin-nights"
}

Output

Each dataset item is one event, venue, or artist (recordType).

Field	Type	Description
recordType	String	event, venue, or artist
id	String	Stable RA id
title / name	String	Event title or profile name
url	String	Canonical ra.co page
startTime / endTime	String	Event timestamps
timezone	String	IANA timezone from the RA area
venueName / city / country	String	Where it happens
latitude / longitude	Number	Venue GPS
artists / artistNames	Array	Lineup with ids and /dj/ URLs
genres	Array	RA genre id/name/slug
promoters	Array	Promoter id/name/URL
cost	String	Cost text when RA publishes one
isTicketed / isSoldOut / isFestival	Boolean	Public flags
attending	Integer	Public attending count
phone / website / capacity	String	Club contact fields
bookingDetails	String	Public DJ booking blurb (often includes an email)
monitorChange	String	new or changed in monitor mode
scrapedAt	String	UTC timestamp

Output example — event

{
  "recordType": "event",
  "id": "2516476",
  "title": "KOKO Electronic: Franky Rizardo [SOLD OUT]",
  "url": "https://ra.co/events/2516476",
  "startTime": "2026-09-18T22:00:00.000",
  "endTime": "2026-09-19T05:00:00.000",
  "timezone": "Europe/London",
  "venueName": "KOKO",
  "city": "London",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "latitude": 51.534617,
  "longitude": -0.138338,
  "isTicketed": true,
  "isSoldOut": true,
  "attending": 1295,
  "artistNames": ["Franky Rizardo", "Toman", "Chelina Manuhutu"]
}

Use cases

• City nightlife calendars — London / Berlin / NYC week or month dumps for aggregators
• Talent booking — DJ profiles with public booking blurbs and socials
• Venue leads — club address, phone, capacity, website by city
• Demand signals — attending counts and sold-out flags for pricing or editorial
• Change monitoring — Scheduler + monitorMode for newly announced nights

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('crawloop/resident-advisor-scraper').call({
  mode: 'events',
  areas: ['london'],
  maxItems: 50,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.slice(0, 5));

Python

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])
run = client.actor("crawloop/resident-advisor-scraper").call(
    run_input={"mode": "events", "areas": ["london"], "maxItems": 50}
)
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items[:5])

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~resident-advisor-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"events","areas":["london"],"maxItems":50}'

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store ID crawloop/resident-advisor-scraper.

Example prompts:

• "Run crawloop/resident-advisor-scraper for London this week and return the top 20 events as JSON"
• "Scrape Resident Advisor techno events in Berlin and summarize venue and lineup fields"
• "Chain Resident Advisor Scraper then Shotgun Scraper for Paris this weekend — editorial lineups plus ticket SKUs"

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. The Actor uses Resident Advisor’s public website GraphQL.

How do I find an area id? You do not have to. Pass London or uk/london. Numeric ids (London 13, Berlin 34) still work.

Why are ticket prices missing? Many events only expose isTicketed plus a free-text cost. This Actor does not invent SKU prices.

Can I watch a city for new nights? Yes. Turn on monitorMode, set a stable monitorKey, and run on Apify Scheduler.

Does it work without a proxy? Usually yes. Enable a proxy only after 403/429.

Can I scrape Resident Advisor with Python or Node.js? Yes. Call crawloop/resident-advisor-scraper from the Apify client (examples above) or via MCP. The dataset is JSON.

Does monitor mode write unchanged events? No. Unchanged rows are skipped and not added to the dataset.

What to run next

After a Resident Advisor city dump, run Shotgun Scraper for the same city when you need ticket display prices, sold-out flags, and SKUs. Use Eventbrite Scraper for conferences and general catalogs. Keep magazine or editorial scrapes out of the same run.

Related Actors

• Shotgun Scraper — Shotgun.live events, venues, artists, ticket prices
• Eventbrite Scraper — city search, event URLs, organizers, ticket price range