Behance Search Scraper

Scrape Behance search results — no API key or login required. Search across projects, users, assets, and images simultaneously, each with their own query list. Get clean, structured JSON output.

🤔 What can Behance Search Scraper do?

This Actor lets you search Behance across multiple content types in a single run. Define independent query lists per type and get structured results:

🔍 Search by projects, users, assets, and images — simultaneously, each with their own queries

🖼️ Extract project covers in original resolution and 808px — both JPG and WEBP formats

👤 Get user profile info — username, display name, avatar, location, availability status

📦 Get asset projects — filtered to those that have downloadable source files

🎞️ Get image results — individual image modules with resolution, tags, colors, and EXIF data

📊 Collect views and appreciations (likes) for each project

🎨 Extract dominant colors from project covers

📅 Get published and last modified timestamps

🔁 Rotate proxies to avoid rate limiting (optional)

📦 Download results in JSON, CSV, XML, or Excel from the Apify Dataset

🦾 Integrate via API, webhooks, SDKs (Python & Node.js), or connect with Zapier, n8n, Make, and more

✅ What data can I scrape from Behance?

Projects

• Project ID, slug, URL, name, publish status, privacy level
• Cover images — original (JPG & WEBP) and 808px (JPG & WEBP)
• Dominant color (RGB)
• Appreciations (likes) and total views
• Published and last modified timestamps
• Owner(s) — username, display name, avatar URL, location, country, city, CreatorPro status, full-time & freelance availability

Users

• User ID, username, display name, URL
• Avatar URL (highest available resolution)
• Location, country, city
• CreatorPro status, full-time & freelance availability
• Recent projects (up to 4) with covers
• Social references (links)
• Followers and following counts

Assets

• Same fields as projects, filtered to those with downloadable source files
• Source file metadata when available: title, extension, MIME type, category, license type, tier, price

Images

• Image ID, source URL, dimensions (width × height)
• Tags and dominant colors (RGB)
• EXIF data
• Best available JPG and WEBP URLs at highest resolution
• Parent project info (ID, slug, stats, owners)

🔧 How to scrape data from Behance

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open Behance Search Scraper.
3. Define your search tasks — each task specifies a content type and its own list of queries.
4. Optionally set max results per query and proxy URLs.
5. Click Save & Start and wait for the results.
6. Download your data in JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, or access it via the Apify API.

⬇️ Input

Each search type has its own query list. Leave a field empty (or omit it) to skip that type.

Field	Type	Description
projectQueries	string[]	Search queries for Behance projects.
userQueries	string[]	Search queries for Behance users / designers.
assetQueries	string[]	Search queries for Behance assets (projects with downloadable source files).
imageQueries	string[]	Search queries for individual Behance images.
maxResults	integer	Max results per query per type (default: 20).
proxy	string[]	Optional proxy URLs (http:// or socks5://). Rotated round-robin per request.

At least one of the four query fields must be non-empty.

Example input

{
    "projectQueries": ["figma ui design", "mobile app branding"],
    "userQueries":    ["ui designer"],
    "assetQueries":   ["ui kit mockup"],
    "imageQueries":   ["sunset minimal"],
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxy": ["http://user:pass@host:port"]
}

⬆️ Output

Results are pushed to the Apify Dataset. Each item includes search_type and search_query fields so you know which task produced each result.

Project result sample

{
    "search_type": "projects",
    "search_query": "figma ui design",
    "id": 246157347,
    "name": "Loftly — Furniture E-commerce Design",
    "slug": "Loftly-Furniture-E-commerce-Design",
    "url": "https://www.behance.net/gallery/246157347/Loftly-Furniture-E-commerce-Design",
    "publishedOn": 1774025002,
    "modifiedOn": 1777750073,
    "publishStatus": "PUBLISHED",
    "privacyLevel": "PUBLIC",
    "covers": {
        "original": [
            { "url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/original/7f1e24246157347.jpg", "width": null, "type": "JPG" },
            { "url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/original_webp/7f1e24246157347.jpg", "width": null, "type": "WEBP" }
        ],
        "size808": [
            { "url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/max_808/7f1e24246157347.jpg", "width": 808, "type": "JPG" },
            { "url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/max_808_webp/7f1e24246157347.jpg", "width": 808, "type": "WEBP" }
        ]
    },
    "colors": { "r": 253, "g": 253, "b": 253 },
    "appreciations": 180,
    "views": 3339,
    "isBoosted": false,
    "isPrivate": false,
    "owners": [
        {
            "id": 120437107,
            "username": "h4zzzzzz",
            "displayName": "Volodymyr Harasevych",
            "firstName": "Volodymyr",
            "url": "https://www.behance.net/h4zzzzzz",
            "location": "Lviv, Ukraine",
            "country": "Ukraine",
            "city": "Lviv",
            "isAvailableFullTime": false,
            "isAvailableFreelance": true,
            "isCreatorPro": true,
            "avatarUrl": "https://pps.services.adobe.com/api/profile/.../276"
        }
    ]
}

User result sample

{
    "search_type": "users",
    "search_query": "ui designer",
    "id": 12345678,
    "username": "janedoe",
    "displayName": "Jane Doe",
    "url": "https://www.behance.net/janedoe",
    "avatarUrl": "https://pps.services.adobe.com/api/profile/.../276",
    "location": "Berlin, Germany",
    "country": "Germany",
    "city": "Berlin",
    "isAvailableFullTime": true,
    "isAvailableFreelance": true,
    "isCreatorPro": false,
    "followers": 4200,
    "following": 310,
    "recentProjects": [
        {
            "id": 111111111,
            "name": "Brand Identity",
            "url": "https://www.behance.net/gallery/111111111/Brand-Identity",
            "covers": { "original": [...], "size808": [...] }
        }
    ],
    "socialReferences": [
        { "url": "https://dribbble.com/janedoe", "text": "Dribbble" }
    ]
}

Image result sample

{
    "search_type": "images",
    "search_query": "sunset minimal",
    "id": 987654321,
    "src": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/disp/abc123.jpg",
    "width": 1400,
    "height": 900,
    "tags": ["sunset", "minimal", "nature"],
    "colors": [{ "r": 255, "g": 120, "b": 60 }],
    "bestJpg": { "url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/abc123.jpg", "width": 1400 },
    "bestWebp": { "url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/abc123.webp", "width": 1400 },
    "project": {
        "id": 200000001,
        "slug": "Sunset-Collection",
        "views": 8500,
        "appreciations": 620
    }
}

🔗 Integrations

Connect Behance Search Scraper with almost any cloud service or web app through Apify integrations: Zapier, n8n, Make, Slack, Google Sheets, Google Drive, Airbyte, GitHub, and many more.

Use webhooks to trigger actions whenever a run finishes — for example, sending a Slack notification or pushing data to a Google Sheet automatically.

🦾 Using the Apify API

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to this scraper. Start runs, fetch datasets, monitor execution, and integrate into your own workflows.

• Python: apify-client on PyPI
• Node.js: apify-client on NPM

❓ FAQ

Can I search multiple types in one run?

Yes. Fill in any combination of projectQueries, userQueries, assetQueries, and imageQueries. Each non-empty field runs as its own search task. Results are tagged with search_type and search_query.

Can each type have different queries?

Yes. Each field is independent — projectQueries can have different terms from userQueries, and so on.

How many results can I get per query?

Default is 20 per query per type. Increase this with maxResults (e.g. 50, 100, 500). Behance reports up to ~10,000 results per query.

Can I use multiple proxies?

Yes. The proxy field accepts an array of proxy URLs. They are rotated round-robin across requests.

Does this require a Behance account or API key?

No. The scraper uses Behance's public GraphQL API — no login or API key required. A unique session token (bcp) is auto-generated per run using UUID v4.

Is it legal to scrape Behance?

This scraper only extracts publicly available data — nothing behind authentication. However, scraped data may contain personal information protected by GDPR and other regulations. Ensure you have a legitimate reason for collection and consult legal counsel if unsure. See also Apify's blog on the legality of web scraping.