Substack Publication and Post Scraper
Pricing
from $2.50 / 1,000 public post results
Extract public Substack posts, authors, publication details, dates, URLs, excerpts, images, tags, visible engagement counts, and public article text for research, competitor tracking, market analysis, and AI workflows. No login and no paywall bypass.
You can access the Substack Publication and Post Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "publicationUrls": [12 "https://astralcodexten.substack.com"13 ],14 "postUrls": [],15 "maxPostsPerPublication": 25,16 "includePostText": true,17 "includeExcerpt": true,18 "includeAuthorInfo": true,19 "includePublicationInfo": true,20 "deduplicateResults": true21};22
23// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish24const run = await client.actor("esrok/substack-publication-and-post-scraper").call(input);25
26// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)27console.log('Results from dataset');28console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);29const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();30items.forEach((item) => {31 console.dir(item);32});33
34// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Substack Publication and Post Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: