# Dribbble Designer Scraper - Profiles, Contacts & Portfolio Data (`heliostech/dribbble-designer-scraper`) Actor

Extract designer profiles from Dribbble.com including name, location, skills, budget, services, PRO status, followers, portfolio shots, and contact info. Perfect for design agency prospecting, freelancer research, and hiring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/heliostech/dribbble-designer-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Helios](https://apify.com/heliostech) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Jobs, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Dribbble Designer Scraper

Extract designer profiles from [Dribbble.com](https://dribbble.com) — the world's leading community for designers. Use this actor to build targeted lead lists, recruit freelance talent, or research design agencies.

### What it extracts

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `name` | Designer or studio name |
| `username` | Dribbble username |
| `location` | City and country |
| `isPro` | Whether the designer has a PRO account |
| `isAvailableForWork` | Whether the designer is open to new projects |
| `budget` | Starting project budget (e.g. "From $500/project") |
| `responseTime` | How quickly they typically respond |
| `servicesCount` | Number of services offered |
| `bio` | Profile bio/description |
| `followersCount` | Number of Dribbble followers |
| `followingCount` | Number of accounts they follow |
| `shotsCount` | Total published shots/designs |
| `skills` | Design skill tags (e.g. UI, Branding, Illustration) |
| `profileUrl` | Link to their Dribbble profile |
| `avatarUrl` | Profile photo URL |
| `websiteUrl` | Personal or studio website |
| `twitterUrl` | Twitter/X profile link |
| `scrapedAt` | Timestamp of when data was extracted |

### Use cases

- **Freelancer hiring** — Find available designers by skill and location
- **Agency prospecting** — Build outreach lists for design studios
- **Competitor research** — Analyze how designers in your niche position themselves
- **Talent databases** — Build a searchable directory of design talent
- **Market research** — Understand pricing, skills, and availability in design markets

### Input configuration

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "logo designer",
  "location": "New York",
  "availability": "freelance",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "scrapeProfileDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
````

#### Input fields

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | String | — | Keyword search (e.g. "UI UX", "branding", "motion") |
| `location` | String | — | Filter by city or country |
| `availability` | String | — | `freelance`, `fulltime`, `available`, or empty for all |
| `startUrls` | Array | — | Custom Dribbble URLs to start from (overrides searchQuery) |
| `maxResults` | Integer | 100 | Max profiles to extract (up to 10,000) |
| `scrapeProfileDetails` | Boolean | true | Visit each profile for full data (bio, followers, skills) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Residential | Proxy settings |

### Sample output

```json
{
  "name": "Jane Studio",
  "username": "janestudio",
  "location": "New York City, NY",
  "isPro": true,
  "isAvailableForWork": true,
  "budget": "From $1,500/project",
  "responseTime": "Responds within a few hours",
  "servicesCount": 12,
  "bio": "Award-winning branding studio specializing in identity design.",
  "followersCount": "4.2K",
  "followingCount": "512",
  "shotsCount": "248",
  "skills": ["Branding", "Logo Design", "Typography", "UI/UX"],
  "profileUrl": "https://dribbble.com/janestudio",
  "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/.../avatar.jpg",
  "websiteUrl": "https://janestudio.com",
  "twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/janestudio",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T22:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

This actor uses **Pay-per-result** pricing at **$3.00 per 1,000 results**.

Extracting 1,000 designer profiles costs $3.00.

### Notes

- Residential proxies are recommended to avoid rate limiting
- Enable `scrapeProfileDetails` for the most complete data set
- Dribbble requires login to view some fields — publicly accessible data only is extracted

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for designers (e.g. 'logo designer', 'UI UX', 'branding'). Leave empty to scrape the general designers listing.

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

Filter designers by location (e.g. 'New York', 'London', 'Remote'). Leave empty for all locations.

## `availability` (type: `string`):

Filter by designer availability.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Dribbble URLs to start scraping from (designer search pages or individual profile URLs). Overrides searchQuery if provided.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of designer profiles to extract.

## `scrapeProfileDetails` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, visits each designer's profile page for additional data: bio, followers, following, total shots, skills tags, and social links. Slower but more complete.

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

Proxy settings for the scraper. Recommended to use Apify Residential proxies to avoid blocks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "logo designer",
  "location": "New York",
  "availability": "",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://dribbble.com/designers"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://dribbble.com/search/designers?q=branding"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "scrapeProfileDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("heliostech/dribbble-designer-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 = { "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    } }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("heliostech/dribbble-designer-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call heliostech/dribbble-designer-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=heliostech/dribbble-designer-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Dribbble Designer Scraper - Profiles, Contacts & Portfolio Data",
        "description": "Extract designer profiles from Dribbble.com including name, location, skills, budget, services, PRO status, followers, portfolio shots, and contact info. Perfect for design agency prospecting, freelancer research, and hiring.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "y2zzyp6ra0uuHz561"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/heliostech~dribbble-designer-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-heliostech-dribbble-designer-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/heliostech~dribbble-designer-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-heliostech-dribbble-designer-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/heliostech~dribbble-designer-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-heliostech-dribbble-designer-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "searchQuery": {
                        "title": "Search Query",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Keyword to search for designers (e.g. 'logo designer', 'UI UX', 'branding'). Leave empty to scrape the general designers listing."
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "Location Filter",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter designers by location (e.g. 'New York', 'London', 'Remote'). Leave empty for all locations."
                    },
                    "availability": {
                        "title": "Availability",
                        "enum": [
                            "",
                            "available",
                            "freelance",
                            "fulltime"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter by designer availability.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "startUrls": {
                        "title": "Start URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of Dribbble URLs to start scraping from (designer search pages or individual profile URLs). Overrides searchQuery if provided.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "url"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "url": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "title": "URL of a web page",
                                    "format": "uri"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 10000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of designer profiles to extract.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "scrapeProfileDetails": {
                        "title": "Scrape Full Profile Details",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "If enabled, visits each designer's profile page for additional data: bio, followers, following, total shots, skills tags, and social links. Slower but more complete.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings for the scraper. Recommended to use Apify Residential proxies to avoid blocks."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
