# Tumblr Posts Scraper - Any Blog, Tags & Dates (`eliai/tumblr-posts-scraper`) Actor

Scrape any public Tumblr blog: post title, id, publish date, full tag list, word count and a reblog flag, one row per post. Accepts a blog name, a tumblr.com URL or a custom domain. Bulk blogs, no API key. $0.002 per post.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/eliai/tumblr-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Broke to Built](https://apify.com/eliai) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.60 / 1,000 scraped posts

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?

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

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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

## Tumblr Posts Scraper — Any Blog, Tags & Dates

Scrape any **public Tumblr blog** and get **one row per post**: title, post id, publish date, the
full tag list, a word count and whether the post is a **reblog** or original.

No API key, no OAuth. **$0.002 per post** — a blog with no reachable feed is recorded and
**not charged**.

### Input

```json
{ "blog": "staff", "maxPosts": 20 }
```

Bulk, mixing address shapes:

```json
{ "blogs": ["staff", "https://changes.tumblr.com", "myblog.com"], "maxPosts": 20 }
```

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `blog` | string | A blog name (`staff`), `@name`, a tumblr.com URL, or a custom domain. |
| `blogs` | string\[] | Up to 20 blogs per run. |
| `maxPosts` | integer | 1–50. A Tumblr feed carries roughly the 20 most recent. **Charged per post.** |
| `includeBodyText` | boolean | Adds the post body as plain text. Default false. |

### Output

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "blog": "staff",
  "blogTitle": "Tumblr Staff",
  "postId": "822057428507049984",
  "title": "In case you're looking for a blog that's gone missing on Tumblr",
  "url": "https://staff.tumblr.com/post/822057428507049984",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-13T20:37:36.000Z",
  "tags": ["tumblr"],
  "tagCount": 1,
  "wordCount": 214,
  "isReblog": true
}
```

### What it gets right

- ⭐ **Tumblr double-encodes its titles, and this decodes them properly.** A curly apostrophe
  arrives as `’` — decode once and you get the literal text `’` sitting in the
  title. Since most Tumblr titles contain punctuation, a single-pass decoder leaves visible
  gibberish across nearly every row. This decodes until the text stops changing (bounded), and
  the spec fails on **both** raw and half-decoded entities.
- **`isReblog` tells you what is original.** It is the first question anyone mining Tumblr asks,
  and the only signal in the feed is the class Tumblr puts on the quoted-blog link.
- **Every tag, not just the first.** Tumblr emits one `<category>` element per tag; `tags` is the
  full list and `tagCount` is asserted to match it.
- **`postId` is extracted** from the permalink, so rows join cleanly against other Tumblr data.
- **Names, URLs and custom domains all work**, and `feedUrl` reports which address was used.

### Pricing

**$0.002 per post returned.** A blog that does not exist, is private, or is flagged produces an
`ok: false` record and **is not charged**.

### Limits

- A Tumblr RSS feed carries roughly the **20 most recent posts**. There is no public archive
  endpoint, so `maxPosts` above ~20 simply returns what exists.
- **Public blogs only.** Private, password-protected and flagged blogs have no public feed.
- Returns post metadata and, optionally, body text. Not notes, reblog chains or asks.
- Photo and video posts often have no title; `wordCount` and `tags` still describe them.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Tumblr API key?** No.

**Can I get the whole archive?** No — the feed only exposes recent posts.

**Why do some posts have an empty title?** Photo, quote and link posts frequently have none on
Tumblr. The body and tags are still returned.

### Changelog

- **0.1 (2026-09-10)** — first release. Double-encoding handled, full tag lists, reblog detection,
  post ids, name/URL/custom-domain input.

# Actor input Schema

## `blog` (type: `string`):

A Tumblr blog name (staff), an @name, a full tumblr.com URL, or a custom domain.

## `blogs` (type: `array`):

Several blogs in one run. Up to 20.

## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`):

A Tumblr RSS feed carries roughly the 20 most recent posts. You are charged per post returned.

## `includeBodyText` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the post body as plain text with HTML stripped. Verbose.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "blog": "staff",
  "blogs": [],
  "maxPosts": 20,
  "includeBodyText": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Every item this run produced, as JSON.

## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`):

The same items as a spreadsheet-ready CSV.

# 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 = {
    "blog": "staff",
    "blogs": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("eliai/tumblr-posts-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 = {
    "blog": "staff",
    "blogs": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("eliai/tumblr-posts-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 '{
  "blog": "staff",
  "blogs": []
}' |
apify call eliai/tumblr-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,eliai/tumblr-posts-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/NcnNeWV6MquNvxWqX/builds/ufy9388KNokoPfZZB/openapi.json