# Monitor tech posts on Mastodon

**Use case:** 

Collect public Mastodon posts under a technology hashtag for developer relations and community tracking.

## Input

```json
{
  "instanceBaseUrl": "https://mastodon.social",
  "mode": "hashtag",
  "hashtag": "technology",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "local": false,
  "remote": false,
  "onlyMedia": false,
  "excludeReplies": false,
  "excludeReblogs": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "Status URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "createdAt": {
    "label": "Created",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "contentText": {
    "label": "Content",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Language",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "visibility": {
    "label": "Visibility",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "repliesCount": {
    "label": "Replies",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reblogsCount": {
    "label": "Boosts",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "favouritesCount": {
    "label": "Favourites",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "account": {
    "label": "Account",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "tags": {
    "label": "Tags",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "mediaAttachments": {
    "label": "Media",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Mastodon Posts & Profiles Scraper](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/mastodon-posts-profiles-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/mastodon-posts-profiles-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.