RedGIFs Content Scraper

A professional Apify Actor for scraping content, creators, and metadata from RedGIFs.com. Perfect for research, content analysis, and data collection.

🚀 Features

• Content Extraction: Scrape GIFs, videos, and images with metadata
• Creator Profiles: Extract creator information and follower counts
• Trending Data: Capture trending tags, creators, and niches
• Niche Categories: Discover specialized content categories
• Rich Metadata: View counts, durations, thumbnails, and more
• Multiple Formats: Export data as JSON or CSV
• Rate Limiting: Respectful scraping with configurable delays
• Proxy Support: Built-in Apify proxy integration
• Error Handling: Robust error handling and retry mechanisms

📊 Use Cases

• Content Research: Analyze trending content and creator performance
• Market Analysis: Study adult content market trends and preferences
• Academic Research: Gather data for social media and content studies
• Content Curation: Discover popular creators and trending categories
• Data Analytics: Build datasets for machine learning and analysis

🔧 Configuration

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
categories	Array	["amateur"]	Categories to scrape (e.g., amateur, teen, milf)
maxItemsPerCategory	Integer	100	Maximum items to scrape per category (1-1000)
includeCreators	Boolean	true	Whether to scrape creator profiles
includeNiches	Boolean	true	Whether to scrape niche categories
includeTrendingData	Boolean	true	Whether to scrape trending data from main page
outputFormat	String	"json"	Output format: "json" or "csv"
delayBetweenRequests	Number	2	Delay between requests in seconds (1-10)
maxConcurrency	Integer	1	Maximum concurrent browser instances (1-5)
debugMode	Boolean	false	Enable debug logging and screenshots
proxyConfiguration	Object	Apify Proxy	Proxy settings for the scraper

Example Input

{
  "categories": ["amateur", "teen", "milf"],
  "maxItemsPerCategory": 200,
  "includeCreators": true,
  "includeNiches": true,
  "includeTrendingData": true,
  "outputFormat": "json",
  "delayBetweenRequests": 3,
  "debugMode": false
}

📈 Output Data

The Actor outputs structured data to the dataset with the following types:

Content Items

{
  "type": "content_item",
  "id": "limegreenbleakleafhopper",
  "category": "amateur",
  "title": null,
  "url": "/watch/limegreenbleakleafhopper",
  "thumbnail": "https://media.redgifs.com/...",
  "duration": "0:18",
  "view_count": "43K",
  "creator": "hotredwildcat",
  "media_urls": {
    "poster": "https://media.redgifs.com/LimegreenBleakLeafhopper-poster.jpg",
    "mobile": "https://media.redgifs.com/LimegreenBleakLeafhopper-mobile.jpg",
    "medium": "https://media.redgifs.com/LimegreenBleakLeafhopper-medium.jpg"
  },
  "scraped_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

Creator Profiles

{
  "type": "creator",
  "username": "hotredwildcat",
  "display_name": "Hot Red Wildcat",
  "profile_image": "https://userpic.redgifs.com/...",
  "follower_count": "35K",
  "category": "amateur",
  "scraped_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

Trending Tags

{
  "type": "trending_tag",
  "name": "cumslut",
  "display_text": "cumslut 48K",
  "url": "/gifs/cumslut",
  "view_count": "48K",
  "scraped_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

Niche Categories

{
  "type": "niche",
  "name": "age-gap",
  "display_name": "Age Gap",
  "thumbnail": "https://userpic.redgifs.com/niches/thumbnails/age-gap.jpg",
  "subscriber_count": "47K",
  "related_category": "amateur",
  "scraped_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

🏃‍♂️ Running the Actor

On Apify Platform

1. Find the Actor: Search for "RedGIFs Content Scraper" in Apify Store
2. Configure Input: Set your desired categories and parameters
3. Run: Click "Start" to begin scraping
4. Download Results: Export data as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Locally with Apify CLI

# Install Apify CLI
npm install -g apify-cli

# Clone the Actor
apify create my-redgifs-scraper --template redgifs-scraper

# Install dependencies
cd my-redgifs-scraper
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run locally
apify run

# Run with custom input
echo '{"categories": ["amateur"], "maxItemsPerCategory": 50}' | apify run --input-file=-

📊 Performance & Limits

• Speed: ~50-100 items per minute (depending on configuration)
• Concurrency: 1-5 concurrent browser instances
• Rate Limiting: 1-10 seconds delay between requests
• Memory Usage: ~500MB-2GB (depending on concurrency)
• Proxy Support: Apify residential and datacenter proxies

🛡️ Compliance & Ethics

• Rate Limiting: Respectful scraping with configurable delays
• Robots.txt: Follows website's robots.txt guidelines
• Terms of Service: Users responsible for compliance with RedGIFs ToS
• Data Usage: Intended for research, analysis, and legitimate use cases
• Age Verification: Content is from an adult platform (18+ only)

🔍 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. No Data Returned

   • Check if categories exist on RedGIFs
   • Verify proxy configuration
   • Enable debug mode for detailed logs

2. Rate Limiting Errors

   • Increase delayBetweenRequests parameter
   • Reduce maxConcurrency to 1
   • Use residential proxies

3. Browser Timeout

   • Reduce maxItemsPerCategory
   • Check proxy connectivity
   • Enable debug mode for screenshots

Debug Mode

Enable debugMode: true to get:

• Detailed logging
• Error screenshots
• Browser console logs
• Network request information

📝 Changelog

Version 1.0.0

• Initial release
• Content item extraction
• Creator profile scraping
• Trending data collection
• Niche category discovery
• JSON/CSV export support
• Proxy integration
• Error handling and retry logic

🤝 Support

• Documentation: Apify Docs
• Community: Apify Discord
• Issues: Report bugs via Actor feedback
• Custom Development: Contact for custom scraping solutions

⚖️ Legal Notice

This Actor is designed for legitimate research, analysis, and data collection purposes. Users are responsible for:

• Complying with RedGIFs Terms of Service
• Respecting website rate limits and robots.txt
• Using scraped data ethically and legally
• Ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations
• Verifying age restrictions (18+ content)

The Actor developers are not responsible for misuse of this tool or violation of any terms of service.

🏷️ Tags

web-scraping adult-content data-extraction content-analysis research redgifs playwright python