Lobsters Scraper
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Lobsters Scraper
epctex/lobsters-scraper
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Scrape Lobste.rs posts and users based on any search criteria. Retrieve all the comments, domains, tags, titles, number of upvotes, and published dates. Use this extremely fast actor to retrieve all the information right away. Easy use and no limits!
The code examples below show how to run the Actor and get its results. To run the code, you need to have an Apify account. Replace <YOUR_API_TOKEN> in the code with your API token, which you can find under Settings > Integrations in Apify Console. Learn more
Node.js
Python
curl
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4const client = new ApifyClient({
5 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
6});
7
8// Prepare Actor input
9const input = {
10 "startUrls": [
11 "https://lobste.rs/domains/google.com",
12 "https://lobste.rs/t/devops",
13 "https://lobste.rs/u/lambda",
14 "https://lobste.rs/active",
15 "https://lobste.rs/recent",
16 "https://lobste.rs/search?q=google&what=stories&order=newest"
17 ],
18 "maxItems": 20,
19 "endPage": 1,
20 "extendOutputFunction": ($) => { return {} },
21 "customMapFunction": (object) => { return {...object} },
22 "proxy": {
23 "useApifyProxy": true
24 }
25};
26
27(async () => {
28 // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
29 const run = await client.actor("epctex/lobsters-scraper").call(input);
30
31 // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
32 console.log('Results from dataset');
33 console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
34 const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
35 items.forEach((item) => {
36 console.dir(item);
37 });
38})();
39
40// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
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