# Threads.net Search & Replies Scraper — $0.0015/result (`fadiil/threads-conversation-scraper`) Actor

Resilient cookieless Threads Scraper. Extracts posts, profiles, and deep nested comments/replies recursively using a Playwright Response Sniffing engine. Bypasses login walls with optional session cookies. High-fidelity JSON output with full engagement metrics. Pay-per-result ($1.50/1k).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fadiil/threads-conversation-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Rayhan Fadillah](https://apify.com/fadiil) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 58.8% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.035 / actor start

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## 🧵 Threads.net Search & Conversation Scraper

A high-performance, resilient, and ultra-reliable B2B data scraper that extracts **Meta Threads search results, posts, nested replies, profiles, and historical engagement** into clean structured JSON/CSV datasets.

---

### ⚡ Why this Actor?

Most Threads scrapers break weekly because they rely on brittle DOM selectors or hardcoded GraphQL document hashes (`doc_id`). When Meta rotates these keys, competitor tools crash instantly — which is why their Apify Store ratings cluster around 1.2–2.8★.

This scraper uses a **Playwright Network-Response Interception Engine**:

1. **Network Interception** — Runs headless Playwright and hooks directly into live page network streams to capture official, encrypted `/graphql` and `/ajax/` responses as the browser generates them organically. No hardcoded keys that go stale.
2. **Recursive BFS Discussion Tree** — Automatically follows conversation sub-replies recursively (Breadth-First Search) to map out the entire hierarchical discussion tree (max 5 levels deep).
3. **Optional Cookie Injection** — Inject a `sessionid` cookie to authenticate as a logged-in Threads user for higher rate limits and access to private-but-publicly-shared content. (100% cookieless by default.)
4. **Three Modes** — `search` (posts by keyword), `bfs` (recursive replies from a post URL), `profile` (posts + stats from a user timeline).

---

### 🪙 Monetization: Pay-Per-Result

- **Actor Start Fee:** `$0.05` (covers setup cost)
- **Result Fee:** `$0.0015` per result ($1.50 per 1,000 records)
- **Bronze / Silver / Gold discounts** available for Apify subscription users.
- **Compute Costs:** Free for users (compute is platform-paid).

---

### 📥 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `startUrls` | Array | One of | `[]` | List of Threads URLs to scrape (Posts `/post/CODE` or User profiles `@username`). |
| `search` | String | One of | `""` | Keyword to search posts. |
| `mode` | String | No | `"auto"` | Mode: `auto` (auto-detect), `search`, `bfs`, `profile`. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | No | `100` | Maximum number of results to extract. |
| `includeNestedReplies` | Boolean | No | `false` | When enabled, recursively descends into comments-in-comments. |
| `cookies` | String | No | `""` | Optional `sessionid=...` cookie for authenticated scraping. |
| `proxy` | Object | Recommended | — | Apify Proxy config — Datacenter is fine; Residential for heavy use. |

---

### 📊 Sample Output

#### Post Result
```json
{
  "id": "18023456789012345",
  "item_type": "post",
  "url": "https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/Dabc123",
  "author_username": "zuck",
  "author_display_name": "Mark Zuckerberg",
  "text_content": "Excited to share Threads has hit 200M monthly active users!",
  "created_at": "2026-07-12T08:00:30.000Z",
  "like_count": 12500,
  "reply_count": 832,
  "repost_count": 410,
  "view_count": 489000
}
````

#### Nested Reply (BFS)

```json
{
  "id": "18023456789012345",
  "item_type": "reply",
  "url": "https://www.threads.net/@commenter/post/18023456789012345",
  "author_username": "commenter",
  "author_display_name": "John Doe",
  "text_content": "This is an extremely insightful thread!",
  "created_at": "2026-07-12T08:00:30.000Z",
  "like_count": 420,
  "reply_count": 8,
  "repost_count": 2,
  "source_post_url": "https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/Dabc123",
  "parent_reply_id": "18023456789000111"
}
```

***

### 💡 Best Practices

- **Use `mode: 'auto'`** for mixed input — the Actor will detect post URLs vs profile URLs vs search keywords automatically.
- **Inject `cookies`** if you see `"Login required"` or 0-result responses — Threads sets per-IP rate limits aggressively.
- **Enable `includeNestedReplies`** only when you specifically need the full discussion tree — it's 3-5× more expensive per post.
- **Use a Residential Proxy** for high-volume runs (>500 results). Datacenter works for <100.

***

### ⚠️ Limitations

- Requires JavaScript execution (Playwright-based; can't be made HTTP-only).
- Meta rotates GraphQL signatures every 2-4 weeks; this Actor's auto-adapt will keep working without code updates.
- Deeply nested replies (depth > 5) are truncated to prevent runaway costs.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Enter Threads URLs to scrape. Supports Post URLs (/post/CODE) or Profile URLs (@username).

## `search` (type: `string`):

Enter a keyword to search posts on Threads.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Choose 'auto' to auto-detect from URLs, 'search' for posts keyword search, or 'bfs' for recursive nested comments.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of posts/comments to return.

## `includeNestedReplies` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, also recursively crawls and extracts nested sub-replies. (BFS Mode)

## `cookies` (type: `array`):

Optional: Paste your Instagram/Threads cookies in JSON format (e.g. from EditThisCookie extension) to bypass login walls and extract full threads.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Recommended to bypass Meta's aggressive rate limiting.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [],
  "mode": "auto",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeNestedReplies": false,
  "cookies": []
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [],
    "search": "",
    "cookies": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fadiil/threads-conversation-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 = {
    "startUrls": [],
    "search": "",
    "cookies": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fadiil/threads-conversation-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [],
  "search": "",
  "cookies": []
}' |
apify call fadiil/threads-conversation-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fadiil/threads-conversation-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Threads.net Search & Replies Scraper — $0.0015/result",
        "description": "Resilient cookieless Threads Scraper. Extracts posts, profiles, and deep nested comments/replies recursively using a Playwright Response Sniffing engine. Bypasses login walls with optional session cookies. High-fidelity JSON output with full engagement metrics. Pay-per-result ($1.50/1k).",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "2xNdAEEXaDwCX9aXv"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/fadiil~threads-conversation-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fadiil-threads-conversation-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/fadiil~threads-conversation-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-fadiil-threads-conversation-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/fadiil~threads-conversation-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-fadiil-threads-conversation-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "startUrls": {
                        "title": "Start URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Enter Threads URLs to scrape. Supports Post URLs (/post/CODE) or Profile URLs (@username).",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "url"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "url": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "title": "URL of a web page",
                                    "format": "uri"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "search": {
                        "title": "Search Keyword",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Enter a keyword to search posts on Threads."
                    },
                    "mode": {
                        "title": "Scraping Mode",
                        "enum": [
                            "auto",
                            "search",
                            "bfs",
                            "profile"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Choose 'auto' to auto-detect from URLs, 'search' for posts keyword search, or 'bfs' for recursive nested comments.",
                        "default": "auto"
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of posts/comments to return.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "includeNestedReplies": {
                        "title": "Include Nested Replies",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "When enabled, also recursively crawls and extracts nested sub-replies. (BFS Mode)",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "cookies": {
                        "title": "Session Cookies (JSON)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional: Paste your Instagram/Threads cookies in JSON format (e.g. from EditThisCookie extension) to bypass login walls and extract full threads."
                    },
                    "proxy": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Recommended to bypass Meta's aggressive rate limiting."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```