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Mastodon Scraper

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Scrape Mastodon (fediverse) posts, profiles, hashtags, and account search without a login. Pull a user's posts by handle, a hashtag timeline, the public timeline, or matching profiles. Works against any instance and walks pagination up to your chosen limit.

Pricing

from $0.40 / 1,000 posts

Rating

5.0

(1)

Developer

Goutam Soni

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

10 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

Lead generation

News

You can access the Mastodon Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "instance": "mastodon.social",
12    "handles": [
13        "Gargron"
14    ],
15    "hashtags": [],
16    "searchQueries": []
17};
18
19// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
20const run = await client.actor("goat255/mastodon-scraper").call(input);
21
22// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
23console.log('Results from dataset');
24console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
25const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
26items.forEach((item) => {
27    console.dir(item);
28});
29
30// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Mastodon Scraper - Posts, Profiles & Hashtags (No Login) API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Mastodon Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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Mastodon Scraper API through CLI

Mastodon Scraper OpenAPI definition

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