# Hackathon Winner & Repo Extractor (`gabrielaxy/hackathon-winner-repo-extractor`) Actor

Paste a Devpost or ETHGlobal hackathon URL — get every project's name, GitHub repo, description, and hackathon-specific notes (How it's Made, tech stack) in one structured dataset.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gabrielaxy/hackathon-winner-repo-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [Gabriel Antony Xaviour](https://apify.com/gabrielaxy) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

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# README

## Hackathon Winner & Repo Extractor

**Paste a hackathon URL — get every project's name, GitHub repo, description, and tech notes in seconds.**

Built for recruiters, VCs, dev relations teams, and journalists who want to source talent or build datasets from real hackathon results without manually clicking through dozens of project pages.

Supports **Devpost** and **ETHGlobal** out of the box.

### What it does

For every project in a hackathon's showcase / project gallery, this actor extracts:

| Field | Devpost | ETHGlobal |
|---|---|---|
| `project` — project name | ✅ | ✅ |
| `repoUrl` — canonical GitHub URL (no deep `/tree/...` paths) | ✅ | ✅ |
| `description` — what the project does | ✅ | ✅ |
| `hackathonName` + `hackathonUrl` | — (in input URL) | ✅ |
| `howItsMade` — tech stack notes (freetext) | — | ✅ |
| `team` — submitter names | ✅ | — (not on showcase pages) |
| `techStack` — labeled tech tags | ✅ | — (parse `howItsMade` instead) |
| `prize` — winner / prize info | ✅ | — (ETHGlobal showcase doesn't expose prizes per project) |

### Use cases

- **Recruiters** sourcing builders by tech stack ("everyone who used Foundry at ETHGlobal Bangkok")
- **VCs** scouting hackathon winners before they fundraise
- **Dev relations** finding teams that used your protocol/tool
- **Researchers** building academic datasets of hackathon projects
- **Journalists** writing recap articles with verified project links
- **Builders** scanning prior work to avoid duplication

### Input

```json
{
  "hackathonUrl": "https://ethglobal.com/showcase?event=bangkok",
  "maxProjects": 50
}
````

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `hackathonUrl` | URL | Devpost gallery (`https://my-event.devpost.com/project-gallery`), Devpost project page, or ETHGlobal showcase page (`https://ethglobal.com/showcase?event=<slug>`) |
| `maxProjects` | integer | Cap (default 50, max 500) |

### Output (example, ETHGlobal Bangkok)

```json
{
  "project": "Superps",
  "repoUrl": "https://github.com/mangekyou-labs/superps",
  "description": "Superps is agent swarms that govern risk of perp dex positions and verified through persistent memories...",
  "hackathonName": "Open Agents",
  "hackathonUrl": "https://ethglobal.com/events/openagents",
  "howItsMade": "This project used 0G for the openclaw agents and uniswap v4 for creating perpetuals hook...",
  "sourceUrl": "https://ethglobal.com/showcase/superps-o7sfj"
}
```

### Performance

Measured on real ETHGlobal Bangkok run:

- **3 projects**: 13s, $0.003
- **50 projects** (typical hackathon): ~3 min, ~$0.05
- **Full ETHGlobal showcase** (200+ projects): ~12 min, ~$0.20

### Pricing

**Pay-per-result: $0.01 per project extracted.**

You pay only for projects we successfully parsed. Failed parses don't count. Stops automatically at `maxProjects`.

| Use case | Projects | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Quick preview | 5 | $0.05 |
| Single hackathon | 50 | $0.50 |
| Full showcase | 200 | $2.00 |

### FAQ

**Why doesn't this scrape MLH / DoraHacks / HackerEarth?**
Only Devpost and ETHGlobal are supported in this version. Open a feature request if you need more — adding a new source takes ~1 hour.

**Can I run this on a single project URL?**
Yes — pass `https://devpost.com/software/<project-slug>` directly. Single-project mode returns one row.

**What if the hackathon page is behind a login?**
Not supported. This actor only reads public showcase pages.

**Why are `team` / `prize` fields empty for ETHGlobal?**
ETHGlobal's project pages don't expose those — they're on the event/prize page, not the project page. To enrich with prize info you'd need a second pass on the event's "winners" tab (not yet implemented).

### Reliability

- Built on a documented HTML structure (Devpost + ETHGlobal). When the source HTML changes, we'll typically patch within 24 hours.
- Empty fields (rather than crashes) when something is missing — your dataset always has the same shape.
- All fetches go through a normal HTTP `fetch()` with a desktop UA — no proxies, no JS execution needed.

### Author

Built and maintained by [gabrielaxy](https://apify.com/gabrielaxy).
Source: contact via Apify message for issues / feature requests.

# Actor input Schema

## `hackathonUrl` (type: `string`):

A Devpost project gallery (e.g. https://my-event.devpost.com/project-gallery), Devpost project page (https://devpost.com/software/<slug>), or ETHGlobal showcase page (https://ethglobal.com/showcase?event=<slug>).

## `maxProjects` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many projects are extracted (useful for previewing).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "hackathonUrl": "https://ethglobal.com/showcase?event=bangkok",
  "maxProjects": 50
}
```

# 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 = {
    "hackathonUrl": "https://ethglobal.com/showcase?event=bangkok"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gabrielaxy/hackathon-winner-repo-extractor").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 = { "hackathonUrl": "https://ethglobal.com/showcase?event=bangkok" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gabrielaxy/hackathon-winner-repo-extractor").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 '{
  "hackathonUrl": "https://ethglobal.com/showcase?event=bangkok"
}' |
apify call gabrielaxy/hackathon-winner-repo-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gabrielaxy/hackathon-winner-repo-extractor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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        "description": "Paste a Devpost or ETHGlobal hackathon URL — get every project's name, GitHub repo, description, and hackathon-specific notes (How it's Made, tech stack) in one structured dataset.",
        "version": "0.1",
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    },
    "servers": [
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            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
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                    "Run Actor"
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                "responses": {
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                "operationId": "run-sync-gabrielaxy-hackathon-winner-repo-extractor",
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
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                "responses": {
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                }
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    },
    "components": {
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            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "hackathonUrl"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "hackathonUrl": {
                        "title": "Hackathon URL",
                        "pattern": "^https?:\\/\\/.+",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "A Devpost project gallery (e.g. https://my-event.devpost.com/project-gallery), Devpost project page (https://devpost.com/software/<slug>), or ETHGlobal showcase page (https://ethglobal.com/showcase?event=<slug>)."
                    },
                    "maxProjects": {
                        "title": "Max projects",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 500,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Stop after this many projects are extracted (useful for previewing).",
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```