# After School Africa Scraper (`dadhalfdev/afterschoolafrica-scraper`) Actor

Scrape stories from afterschoolafrica.com. Use the same sections as the site or paste a URL — the URL wins when set.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dadhalfdev/afterschoolafrica-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Marco Rodrigues](https://apify.com/dadhalfdev) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🎓 After School Africa Scraper

Want [After School Africa](https://www.afterschoolafrica.com) stories in a spreadsheet? This scraper makes it easy.

Use **structured filters** — better for AI agents — **or** paste an **`input_url`**. When `input_url` is set it overrides the filters.

After School Africa publishes scholarships, fellowships, and jobs for students and young professionals. This actor returns up to 2000 rows per run. Every row includes the full story text in `content`.

### 💡 Perfect for...

- **Research:** Export scholarships and fellowships from After School Africa.
- **Dashboards:** Track new stories without paging the site.
- **Market research:** Slice coverage by section or keyword.
- **Data analysts:** Export structured rows with public story URLs.
- **🤖 AI Agents:** Power Claude, Cursor, Codex, the Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw workflows with live After School Africa results.
- **📚 RAG Systems:** Feed titles and full story text into retrieval pipelines.
- **🔗 AI Workflows:** Plug into LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and similar stacks.

### ✨ Why you'll love this scraper

- 🔗 **Input URL or Filters:** Paste a After School Africa section, search, or story URL, or pick the same sections as the site. `input_url` always wins when set.
- 🎯 **Website-Matched Filters:** Section, keyword, and newest or oldest.
- 🌐 **Story text:** Title, section, summary, tags, photo, and the full article.

### 📦 What's inside the data?

`id`, `url`, `title`, `author`, `published`, `category`, `categories`, `tags`, `description`, `content`, `image`

### 🚀 Quick start

**Option A:** paste `https://www.afterschoolafrica.com/`.
**Option B:** pick a section or keyword and set `max_results`.

**Input Example (filters):**

```json
{
  "category": "scholarship",
  "sort": "newest",
  "max_results": 100
}
```

**Input Example (URL):**

```json
{
  "input_url": "https://www.afterschoolafrica.com/",
  "max_results": 100
}
```

**Output Example:**

```json
{
  "id": "122828",
  "url": "https://www.afterschoolafrica.com/122828/the-institute-of-science-tokyo-2027-mext-scholarship-in-japan-2027-fully-funded/",
  "title": "The Institute of Science Tokyo 2027 MEXT Scholarship in Japan 2027 (Fully Funded)",
  "author": "Liberty Okechukwu",
  "published": "2026-10-19T23:41:58Z",
  "category": "Masters Scholarships",
  "tags": ["masters scholarships", "phd scholarships"],
  "content": "The Institute of Science and Technology, Tokyo (TITECH) is inviting applications for the 2027 MEXT Scholarships aimed at international students.",
  "image": "https://www.afterschoolafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/mext.jpg"
}
```

**Output fields:**

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `id` | Story id. |
| `url` | Public story page. |
| `title` | Story title. |
| `author` | Author name. |
| `published` | Published date and time. |
| `category` | First section shown on the story. |
| `categories` | Every section on the story. |
| `tags` | Topic tags when the story has them. |
| `description` | Short summary. |
| `content` | Full article text. |
| `image` | Story photo. |

### 📋 Input reference

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `input_url` | string | No | — | After School Africa section, search, or story URL. Overrides every filter. |
| `category` | dropdown | No | all sections | Same sections as the site menu. |
| `query` | string | No | — | Same as the search box. |
| `sort` | dropdown | No | newest | Newest or oldest. |
| `max_results` | integer | No | `50` | Maximum rows (`1`–`2000`). |

# Actor input Schema

## `input_url` (type: `string`):

Paste a After School Africa section, search, or story URL. Overrides every filter when set.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Same sections as the After School Africa menu.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Same as the After School Africa search box. Optional.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Newest or oldest stories.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

How many stories to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "",
  "sort": "",
  "max_results": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Table view of scraped stories using the dataset overview view.

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped stories from the default dataset without view transformation.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dadhalfdev/afterschoolafrica-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dadhalfdev/afterschoolafrica-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call dadhalfdev/afterschoolafrica-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dadhalfdev/afterschoolafrica-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/JtItv4ra7ejfpXCxh/builds/WfugDKJ3UlqdMxcVd/openapi.json