# Meetup Scraper - Events, Attendance & Groups (`goat255/meetup-scraper`) Actor

Find upcoming events by topic and location. Each row has the event time, how many people are going, whether it is online, the organising group, the venue and the ticket fee. Filter to free events only.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/goat255/meetup-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Goutam Soni](https://apify.com/goat255) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 event scrapeds

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## Meetup Scraper

Find upcoming events by topic and city, with the numbers that tell you whether an event is worth attending or tracking. Each row has the date and time, how many people are going, the organising group, the venue and the ticket fee. No login and no API key.

### What it does

- **Search by topic and location** - one search per keyword, so add keywords or cities to widen the net.
- **Real attendance** - the going count, plus capacity where the organiser sets one.
- **Online or in person** - a clear flag, with venue details when there is a physical location.
- **Group context** - which group organises it and where they are based, useful for finding active communities.
- **Fees** - a plain free flag plus the amount and currency when a ticket is charged.
- **Free filter** - keep only free events in one switch.

Listings change daily as events are added and fill up, so schedule the run to track a topic or a city over time.

Common uses: community and event research, finding speaking or sponsorship opportunities, tracking active groups in a city, and building an events dataset.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | array | Topics to find events for. One search per entry. |
| `location` | string | Location slug, for example `us--ny--new_york`. Empty for global. |
| `maxResultsPerKeyword` | integer | Cap per keyword. Default 40. |
| `onlyFree` | boolean | Keep only free events. Default false. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional. Enable to spread requests across IPs. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "keywords": ["python", "startup"],
  "location": "us--ny--new_york",
  "onlyFree": true
}
```

### Output

Each item is one event.

```json
{
  "id": "300000001",
  "title": "An Example Meetup",
  "description": "A short plain text summary of the event.",
  "dateTime": "2026-07-22T18:30:00-04:00",
  "endTime": null,
  "going": 125,
  "maxTickets": 150,
  "isOnline": false,
  "groupName": "Example Developers Group",
  "groupUrlname": "example-developers",
  "groupCity": "New York",
  "groupCountry": "us",
  "venueName": "Example Venue",
  "venueCity": "New York",
  "isFree": true,
  "fee": null,
  "feeCurrency": null,
  "url": "https://example.com/example-developers/events/300000001/"
}
```

Online events have no venue, and free events return `null` for the fee, so the shape is always the same.

### Notes

- No login and no API key. Set your keywords and run.
- The discovery feed returns a focused set of upcoming events per search, so use several keywords or locations when you want higher volume.
- Combine `onlyFree` with a city slug to build a list of free local events.

### Privacy

To improve our actors we collect anonymized usage telemetry (run stats and input patterns). No personal account data is collected.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Topics to find events for. One search runs per entry, so add more keywords to get more events.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Location slug to search in, for example us--ny--new\_york or gb--london. Leave empty for a global search.

## `maxResultsPerKeyword` (type: `integer`):

Cap per keyword. The discovery feed returns a limited set per search, so add more keywords or locations for higher volume.

## `onlyFree` (type: `boolean`):

Skip events that charge a ticket fee.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Enable to spread requests across IPs on large runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "startup",
    "design"
  ],
  "location": "us--ny--new_york",
  "maxResultsPerKeyword": 40,
  "onlyFree": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `events` (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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "python"
    ],
    "location": "us--ny--new_york",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("goat255/meetup-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 = {
    "keywords": ["python"],
    "location": "us--ny--new_york",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("goat255/meetup-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "python"
  ],
  "location": "us--ny--new_york",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call goat255/meetup-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,goat255/meetup-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/VeRgscSdG9bhmTXox/builds/j5CVI2sCziXYKmsvV/openapi.json