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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

9 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

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "instance": "mastodon.social",
10    "handles": ["Gargron"],
11    "hashtags": [],
12    "searchQueries": [],
13}
14
15# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16run = client.actor("goat255/mastodon-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
17
18# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
19print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
20for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
21    print(item)
22
23# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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