Behance Projects Scraper

This Apify Actor extracts project data from Behance profiles based on a given username. It's designed for efficient data collection, handling pagination and offering flexible proxy options.

Features

• Extracts all projects from a specified Behance username.
• Retrieves comprehensive project details including covers, features, fields, owners, and statistics.
• Supports resuming scrapes from a specific cursor position.
• Offers optional proxy usage for enhanced anonymity and bypass of rate limits.
• Outputs structured JSON for easy integration and analysis.

Input

The Actor expects a JSON input with the following fields:

{
  "username": "designerpreis",
  "cursor": "",
  "proxyUrl": ""
}

• username (string, required): The Behance username to scrape projects from. Example: "designerpreis"

• cursor (string, optional): The cursor to start scraping from. Useful for resuming interrupted scrapes. If not provided, the scraper starts from the beginning. Example: "MTI="

• proxyUrl (string, optional): A single custom proxy URL to use (e.g., http://user:pass@host:port). If provided, the Actor will use this proxy for all requests. Important: Only use a single host, not a rotating proxy, as it may cause errors with multi-page scraping.

Output

For every project found on the Behance profile, the output dataset (behance_projects_<username>) will contain an object with detailed fields.

Example Project Output (simplified):

{
	"__typename": "Project",
	"covers": {
		"size_202": {
			"url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/202/92665c210524379.Y3JvcCwxMzgwLDEwODAsMjcwLDA.png"
		},
		"size_404": {
			"url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/404/92665c210524379.Y3JvcCwxMzgwLDEwODAsMjcwLDA.png"
		},
		"size_808": {
			"url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/808/92665c210524379.Y3JvcCwxMzgwLDEwODAsMjcwLDA.png"
		}
	},
	"features": [],
	"fields": [
		{
			"id": 3,
			"label": "Animation",
			"slug": "Animation",
			"url": "/search/projects?field=3"
		},
		{
			"id": 145,
			"label": "3D Art",
			"slug": "3D Art",
			"url": "/search/projects?field=145"
		},
		{
			"id": 241,
			"label": "CGI",
			"slug": "CGI",
			"url": "/search/projects?field=241"
		}
	],
	"hasMatureContent": false,
	"id": 210524379,
	"sourceFiles": [],
	"matureAccess": "allowed",
	"modifiedOn": 1744365623,
	"name": "Reel 2024",
	"owners": [
		{
			"displayName": "Everton Rios Marques",
			"hasPremiumAccess": false,
			"id": 3367079,
			"isFollowing": false,
			"isProfileOwner": false,
			"location": "São Paulo, Brazil",
			"locationUrl": "https://www.behance.net/search/users?country=BR&city=S%C3%A3o+Paulo",
			"url": "https://www.behance.net/evertonrios",
			"username": "evertonrios",
			"isMessageButtonVisible": true,
			"availabilityInfo": {
				"availabilityTimeline": "within_next_few_weeks",
				"isAvailableFullTime": false,
				"isAvailableFreelance": true,
				"hiringTimeline": {
					"key": "now",
					"label": "Now"
				}
			},
			"creatorPro": {
				"isActive": false,
				"initialSubscriptionDate": null
			},
			"images": {
				"size_50": {
					"url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/user/50/a0827a3367079.6149e6d5dd8f7.jpg"
				}
			}
		}
	],
	"publishedOn": 1729268209,
	"privacyLevel": "PUBLIC",
	"stats": {
		"appreciations": {
			"all": 458
		},
		"views": {
			"all": 5279
		},
		"comments": {
			"all": 21
		}
	},
	"slug": "Reel-2024",
	"tools": [
		{
			"id": 5704,
			"title": "Maxon Cinema 4D",
			"category": "9",
			"categoryLabel": "Software",
			"categoryId": 9,
			"approved": 1,
			"url": "/search/projects?tools=5704",
			"backgroundColor": null
		},
		{
			"id": 403683929,
			"title": "Redshift Render",
			"category": "9",
			"categoryLabel": "Software",
			"categoryId": 9,
			"approved": 1,
			"url": "/search/projects?tools=403683929",
			"backgroundColor": null
		},
		{
			"id": 185681947,
			"title": "Adobe After Effects",
			"category": "9",
			"categoryLabel": "Software",
			"categoryId": 9,
			"approved": 1,
			"url": "/search/projects?tools=185681947",
			"backgroundColor": "#00005B"
		}
	],
	"url": "https://www.behance.net/gallery/210524379/Reel-2024"
}