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dev.to Scraper — Articles, Tags & Reactions

dev.to Scraper — Articles, Tags & Reactions

Scrape DEV Community (dev.to) articles — title, author, tags, reactions, comments, reading time & cover image — via the public dev.to API. Fetch by tag, author, or article ID. Great for content curation, tech-trend monitoring & developer marketing. No login, no key, no proxy.

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Scrape DEV Community (dev.to) articles — title, author, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, and cover image — into one unified dataset using the public dev.to API. No login, no proxies, no browser, no API key.

Fetch recent (or top) articles by tag or author, or pull specific articles by ID.

What you get

Every article is one row (recordType: "article"):

FieldDescription
articleIddev.to article ID
title / descriptiontitle and summary
urlarticle link
author / usernameauthor name and handle
tagslist of tags
reactionspublic reaction count
commentscomment count
readingTimeMinutesestimated read time
coverImagecover image URL
publishedAtISO timestamp

Sample output

{
"recordType": "article",
"articleId": "4479693",
"title": "Ranking by exponential decay without a cron job",
"url": "https://dev.to/deland/ranking-by-exponential-decay-without-a-cron-job-4ifp",
"author": "Deland",
"username": "deland",
"tags": ["cloudflare", "javascript", "architecture"],
"reactions": 42,
"comments": 3,
"readingTimeMinutes": 5,
"publishedAt": "2026-08-25T02:13:59.000Z"
}

Input

{
"tags": ["javascript"],
"usernames": [],
"articleIds": [],
"top": 0,
"perPage": 30
}
  • tags — fetch recent articles for each tag.
  • usernames — fetch articles by these authors.
  • articleIds — fetch specific articles by ID.
  • top — return the most popular articles over the last N days (0 = most recent).
  • perPage — max articles per tag/author (1–100).

Use cases

  • Content curation — build a feed of the best posts on a topic
  • Tech-trend monitoring — see what's popular in a tag this week
  • Developer marketing — track posts and engagement in your niche
  • Newsletters & digests — source fresh, high-reaction articles automatically

FAQ

Do I need an API key or login? No. The dev.to API is public and key-free.

Is it free to try? Yes — click Try for free and run the prefilled tag (javascript) in seconds.

Can I get the most popular posts? Yes — set top (e.g. 7) to rank by reactions over the last N days.

Is this allowed? It uses dev.to's official public API — built for reading public articles.

Pricing

Pay per result — $5 per 1,000 articles. Runs that return nothing cost nothing. No monthly fee, no proxy costs.