Stack Overflow Questions API – Tags & Scores

Stack Exchange questions scraper that uses the official Stack Exchange API to return question title, tags, score, answer/view counts and link for Stack Overflow (or another SE site). Owner/user profiles are omitted.

What does it do?

• Question ID, title and tags.
• Score, answer count, view count, is_answered.
• Creation date (UTC) and link.
• No owner display names or user IDs.

Use cases

• Developer trend research: what tags are hot.
• AI agents: find canonical Q&A links for a topic.
• Content / SEO: discover questions to answer on your blog.
• Support ops: monitor tags related to your product.

Input

Field	Description
site	API site parameter. Example: stackoverflow, askubuntu
tagged	Semicolon-separated tags. Example: python;asyncio
query	Optional intitle filter. Example: rate limit
maxItems	Example: 50

Example input:

{
  "site": "stackoverflow",
  "tagged": "python;asyncio",
  "query": "",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Output

Real output (first items of a run on 26 Oct 2026):

[
  {
    "questionId": 80010603,
    "title": "Nested asyncio.timeout(): both expired() return True, how to tell which one raised?",
    "tags": [
      "python",
      "python-asyncio"
    ],
    "score": 2,
    "answerCount": 1,
    "viewCount": 380,
    "isAnswered": true,
    "creationDate": "2026-10-16T17:28:31+00:00",
    "link": "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/80010603/nested-asyncio-timeout-both-expired-return-true-how-to-tell-which-one-rais",
    "source": "Stack Exchange / stackoverflow"
  },
  {
    "questionId": 76328904,
    "title": "Is there a difference between Starlette/FastAPI Background Tasks and simply using multiprocessing in Python?",
    "tags": [
      "python",
      "multiprocessing",
      "python-asyncio",
      "fastapi"
    ],
    "score": 10,
    "answerCount": 2,
    "viewCount": 9394,
    "isAnswered": true,
    "creationDate": "2023-05-25T04:17:53+00:00",
    "link": "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76328904/is-there-a-difference-between-starlette-fastapi-background-tasks-and-simply-usin",
    "source": "Stack Exchange / stackoverflow"
  }
]

Export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, read them through the API, or send them to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or webhooks. You can also run this Actor from AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

Pricing

Pay per event: $3.00 per 1,000 questions plus $0.00005 per run start. There is no extra platform usage charge.

FAQ

Attribution? Required by Stack Exchange API terms and CC BY-SA. Keep the link and credit Stack Exchange / the site.

API key? Not required for modest quotas; the Actor uses the public filter without a key.

Why no usernames? Avoid personal data in the dataset.

Do I need a login or API key? No. It uses the source's public API; you only need an Apify account.

Can AI agents use it? Yes. Call it through the Apify API, or from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client via the Apify MCP server.

Data source and license

Source: Stack Exchange API. Content is CC BY-SA. API Terms: applications "must ensure they visually indicate that the Stack Exchange Network is the source of the content". Not affiliated with Stack Exchange Inc.

This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the data source. You are responsible for using the data in line with the source's license and terms.