# DEV.to Scraper — Articles, Tags & Authors (`hipersoft/devto-scraper`) Actor

Scrape articles from DEV Community (dev.to): title, description, URL, author, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, cover image and (optionally) the full article body. Filter by tag, author or top posts. One clean row per article as JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hipersoft/devto-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [hiper soft](https://apify.com/hipersoft) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.001 / article scraped

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## DEV.to Scraper — Articles, Tags & Authors

Scrape articles from **DEV Community (dev.to)** as clean, structured data. Filter by **tag**, **author**, or **top posts** over a time window — and get one row per article with title, description, URL, author, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, cover image and (optionally) the full Markdown body. Export to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, or pull straight from the API.

Perfect for **developer content research, tech trend tracking, competitor and topic analysis, newsletters, content curation, and building article datasets** for dashboards or LLMs.

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### What you get

One flat, ready-to-use record per article:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `id` / `slug` / `url` | Article identity and link |
| `title` / `description` | Headline and summary |
| `coverImage` | Cover image URL |
| `tags` | Article tags |
| `author` / `authorName` | Username and display name |
| `organization` | Publishing organization (if any) |
| `reactions` | Reaction count |
| `comments` | Comment count |
| `readingMinutes` | Estimated reading time |
| `publishedAt` / `editedAt` | Timestamps (ISO 8601) |
| `canonicalUrl` | Canonical URL |
| `bodyMarkdown` | Full article body *(when "Include full article body" is on)* |
| `collectedAt` | When the row was scraped |

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### How to use

#### 1. By tag, author, or latest

```json
{
  "tags": ["javascript", "python"],
  "usernames": ["ben"],
  "topDays": "7",
  "includeBody": false,
  "maxItems": 300
}
```

- **Tags** — scrape articles for each tag (e.g. `webdev`, `ai`, `react`).
- **Authors** — scrape all articles from given usernames.
- **Top posts over N days** — return the most-reacted posts over a window (e.g. `7`, `30`) instead of newest.
- **Include full article body** — also fetch each article's full Markdown.
- **Max articles** — cap the total (0 = no limit).

Leave tags and authors empty to scrape the latest articles feed.

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### Example output

```json
{
  "id": 1899123,
  "title": "FastAPI's new app.frontend() fixes everything",
  "url": "https://dev.to/alexgeorgiev17/fastapis-new-appfrontend-…",
  "tags": ["python", "fastapi", "webdev"],
  "author": "alexgeorgiev17",
  "reactions": 7,
  "comments": 2,
  "readingMinutes": 5,
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-20T08:00:00Z",
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-20T15:10:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### Common use cases

- **Developer content research** — see what's trending for a language, framework or topic.
- **Trend tracking** — monitor tags and top posts over time.
- **Competitor & author analysis** — pull an author's or organization's full catalog.
- **Newsletters & curation** — build clean digests of the best posts.
- **Datasets** — build structured article corpora for analysis or model training.

***

### Frequently asked questions

**Do I need any login, account or key?** No. Just set tags or authors and run.

**Can I get the full article text?** Yes — enable **Include full article body** to add the Markdown body to each row.

**Can I get the top posts of the week?** Yes — set **Top posts over N days** (e.g. 7).

**How many articles can I get?** Set **Max articles** to whatever you need (0 = no limit) — the scraper pages through the results.

**What format is the data?** A flat table you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or fetch from the Apify API.

***

### Related scrapers

Building a tech-content toolkit? Check out our Hacker News scraper and other content scrapers on Apify Store — all with the same clean, one-row-per-item output.

# Actor input Schema

## `tags` (type: `array`):

DEV.to tags to scrape articles from — e.g. 'javascript', 'python', 'webdev', 'ai'. Each tag is scraped and the results are combined. Leave empty (with no authors) to scrape the latest articles feed.

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

DEV.to usernames to scrape all articles from — e.g. 'ben', 'devteam'.

## `topDays` (type: `string`):

Optional. Return the top (most-reacted) posts over this many days instead of newest — e.g. '7' for the past week, '30' for the past month.

## `includeBody` (type: `boolean`):

Also fetch each article's full Markdown body (one extra request per article).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of articles to collect across all tags and authors (0 = no limit).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "tags": [
    "javascript"
  ],
  "includeBody": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

The results as dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "tags": [
        "javascript"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/devto-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 = { "tags": ["javascript"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hipersoft/devto-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 '{
  "tags": [
    "javascript"
  ]
}' |
apify call hipersoft/devto-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hipersoft/devto-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/tPyhGGJ3ZU2jRCG7P/builds/23YQY4mQNh4QdBlKj/openapi.json