# Threads Post Scraper (`fetch_cat/threads-post-scraper`) Actor

Export public Threads post details and visible replies from post URLs for monitoring and analysis.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fetch\_cat/threads-post-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Hanna Nosova](https://apify.com/fetch_cat) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.47 / 1,000 public result extracteds

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

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

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# README

## Threads Post Scraper

Export public Threads posts and visible replies from post URLs into structured, analysis-ready data. This Threads posts scraper captures text, authors, engagement, media, timestamps, and conversation links for social listening, campaign reporting, PR evidence, and OSINT workflows—without a login. Use it whenever you need to scrape a Threads post into a repeatable dataset.

### What you can export

- Root posts and visible public replies as separate rows
- Post IDs, canonical URLs, text, timestamps, and author details
- Likes, replies, reposts, quotes, shares, and public view counts when available
- Image, video, and carousel URLs plus accessibility captions
- Hashtags, mentions, external links, and link-preview titles
- Reply-to, parent-post, and root-post IDs for conversation analysis
- Collection status and warnings for auditable partial results

### Example input

```json
{
  "postUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxRepliesPerPost": 20,
  "includeAuthorProfile": false,
  "failOnBlocked": false
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "itemType": "post",
  "postUrl": "https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC",
  "postId": "example-public-post-id",
  "shortcode": "DW7RXR7EnRC",
  "text": "Public post text",
  "timestamp": "2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z",
  "username": "openai",
  "userId": "example-public-user-id",
  "displayName": "OpenAI",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.threads.com/@openai",
  "avatarUrl": "https://example.cdn/image.jpg",
  "isVerified": true,
  "bio": null,
  "followerCount": null,
  "likeCount": 1200,
  "replyCount": 84,
  "repostCount": 95,
  "quoteCount": 12,
  "shareCount": null,
  "viewCount": 31735,
  "viewCountStatus": "available",
  "mediaType": "image",
  "mediaUrls": ["https://example.cdn/media.jpg"],
  "mediaWidth": 1080,
  "mediaHeight": 1350,
  "accessibilityCaption": null,
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "mentionedUsers": [],
  "externalUrls": [],
  "linkPreviewTitle": null,
  "language": null,
  "isReply": false,
  "isRepost": false,
  "isQuotePost": false,
  "replyToUsername": null,
  "replyToPostId": null,
  "replyControl": null,
  "parentPostId": null,
  "rootPostId": "example-public-post-id",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-25T12:00:00.000Z",
  "collectionStatus": "complete",
  "warning": null
}
```

### Input settings

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---:|---|
| `postUrls` | array | required | Public `threads.com/@username/post/code` URLs. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `10` | Maximum combined root-post and reply rows to save. |
| `includeReplies` | boolean | `true` | Save visible public replies as linked rows. |
| `maxRepliesPerPost` | integer | `20` | Maximum visible replies saved for each root post. |
| `includeAuthorProfile` | boolean | `false` | Request bounded public author-profile enrichment when available. |
| `failOnBlocked` | boolean | `false` | Fail the run on a source block instead of preserving completed rows with warnings. |

### Input recipes

**Export one post only**

```json
{"postUrls":[{"url":"https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC"}],"maxItems":1,"includeReplies":false}
```

**Export a visible conversation**

```json
{"postUrls":[{"url":"https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC"}],"maxItems":25,"includeReplies":true,"maxRepliesPerPost":24}
```

**Process a small monitoring batch**

```json
{"postUrls":[{"url":"https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC"},{"url":"https://www.threads.com/@natgeo/post/DcWL2E0DZqC"}],"maxItems":50,"includeReplies":true}
```

### Output fields

| Group | Fields |
|---|---|
| Identity | `itemType`, `postUrl`, `postId`, `shortcode`, `sourceUrl`, `scrapedAt` |
| Content | `text`, `timestamp`, `language`, `hashtags`, `mentions`, `mentionedUsers`, `externalUrls`, `linkPreviewTitle` |
| Author | `username`, `userId`, `displayName`, `profileUrl`, `avatarUrl`, `isVerified`, `bio`, `followerCount` |
| Engagement | `likeCount`, `replyCount`, `repostCount`, `quoteCount`, `shareCount`, `viewCount`, `viewCountStatus` |
| Media | `mediaType`, `mediaUrls`, `mediaWidth`, `mediaHeight`, `accessibilityCaption` |
| Conversation | `isReply`, `isRepost`, `isQuotePost`, `replyToUsername`, `replyToPostId`, `replyControl`, `parentPostId`, `rootPostId` |
| Reliability | `collectionStatus`, `warning` |

### Who is this for?

Social listening teams, brand marketers, PR teams, and OSINT researchers who need structured evidence from specific public Threads post URLs.

### Common use cases

- **Social listening:** archive specific public posts and their visible conversation context.
- **Campaign reporting:** export engagement and media evidence for campaign posts.
- **PR monitoring:** preserve source URLs, timestamps, author details, and public metrics.
- **OSINT research:** build auditable post-level datasets with parent/root relationships.
- **Content analysis:** analyze hashtags, mentions, links, media types, and public reactions.

### Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. A small start event is charged once per run, and a result event is charged only after a post or visible reply row is saved. See [current rates and subscription-tier discounts](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/threads-post-scraper/pricing).

### Tips and limits

- Use canonical public Threads post URLs for the most reliable target matching.
- Start with a low `maxItems` value, inspect the dataset, then scale the batch.
- Threads may expose only a bounded set of visible replies; the Actor does not claim to return hidden or private replies.
- Deleted, private, unavailable, or rate-limited posts can produce warnings or no row.
- Some public fields, including views, shares, biography, follower count, and language, may not be available for every post.
- `collectionStatus` and `warning` distinguish complete rows from partial source responses.
- The Actor does not accept login cookies and does not access private accounts, direct messages, or private profile data.

### Threads post API

Run the scraper programmatically as a Threads post API using the Apify REST endpoint below.

```bash
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetch_cat~threads-post-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"postUrls":[{"url":"https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC"}],"maxItems":10,"includeReplies":true}'
```

Use the returned run ID to monitor completion and download the default dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or another supported format.

#### JavaScript

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('fetch_cat/threads-post-scraper').call({
  postUrls: [{ url: 'https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC' }],
  maxItems: 10,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```

#### Python

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient(token='APIFY_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('fetch_cat/threads-post-scraper').call(run_input={
    'postUrls': [{'url': 'https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC'}],
    'maxItems': 10,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
```

### Use with MCP and AI agents

Connect an MCP-compatible client to:

```text
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch_cat/threads-post-scraper
```

The Actor can also be called from the Apify JavaScript or Python client, n8n, Make, Zapier, webhooks, and scheduled Apify Tasks.

### FAQ

#### What data can I export with Threads Post Scraper?

You can export post and visible-reply text, author details, engagement, media, timestamps, links, and conversation relationships.

#### Can I run Threads Post Scraper through an API, schedule, or MCP client?

Yes. Use the REST API, save an Apify Task on a schedule, or connect an MCP-compatible AI client.

#### How much does it cost to use Threads Post Scraper?

It charges a small start event and a result event only after a row is saved. See the Actor's Pricing tab for current rates and tier discounts.

#### Does it require a Threads account?

No. It processes public post URLs without login credentials.

#### Can it scrape private posts or all replies?

No. It exports only data and replies visible on the public post surface.

#### Why are some metrics null?

Threads does not publicly expose every metric for every post. The Actor returns truthful nulls rather than inferred values.

#### How are replies represented?

Each visible reply is a separate dataset row. `parentPostId` and `rootPostId` link it to the requested root post.

#### Can I automate recurring monitoring?

Yes. Save the input as an Apify Task and schedule it, trigger it via API, or integrate it into an automation workflow.

#### What happens when one URL fails?

By default, completed rows are preserved and the failed URL is recorded in run warnings. Enable `failOnBlocked` when a source block should fail the entire run.

### Related Actors

- [Threads Profile & Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/threads-profile-posts-scraper)
- [Threads Replies Scraper](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/threads-replies-scraper)
- [Website Contact Finder](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/website-contact-finder)
- [Bing Search Results Scraper](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/bing-search-results-scraper)
- [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/google-maps-scraper)
- [Google Maps Lead Finder](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/google-maps-lead-finder)
- [2GIS Places Scraper](https://apify.com/fetch_cat/2gis-places-scraper)

### Support

For questions, feature requests, or a reproducible problem, open an issue from the Actor's Apify Store page. Include a public example URL, the run ID, and the expected behavior; do not include credentials or private data.

# Actor input Schema

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

One canonical Threads post URL per line.

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

Total root-post and reply rows to save.

## `includeReplies` (type: `boolean`):

Save visible public replies as separate rows linked to the root post.

## `maxRepliesPerPost` (type: `integer`):

Per-root reply ceiling when replies are included.

## `includeAuthorProfile` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each root author's public profile once to enrich bio and follower count when available.

## `failOnBlocked` (type: `boolean`):

When disabled, completed public rows are preserved and blocked URLs are listed in the run summary.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "postUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxRepliesPerPost": 20,
  "includeAuthorProfile": false,
  "failOnBlocked": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 = {
    "postUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 10,
    "includeReplies": true,
    "maxRepliesPerPost": 20,
    "includeAuthorProfile": false,
    "failOnBlocked": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fetch_cat/threads-post-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 = {
    "postUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC" }],
    "maxItems": 10,
    "includeReplies": True,
    "maxRepliesPerPost": 20,
    "includeAuthorProfile": False,
    "failOnBlocked": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fetch_cat/threads-post-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 '{
  "postUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.threads.com/@openai/post/DW7RXR7EnRC"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxRepliesPerPost": 20,
  "includeAuthorProfile": false,
  "failOnBlocked": false
}' |
apify call fetch_cat/threads-post-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fetch_cat/threads-post-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/ygdV2HAqQXtW4YaCo/builds/ayjwYcr2JVP20fbeE/openapi.json