Blind Post Scraper

Scrape posts and discussions from TeamBlind, the anonymous professional community platform.

Features

• Post Lists: Scrape popular posts, new posts, channel feeds, and company discussions
• Post Details: Extract full post content, author info, and engagement metrics
• Comments: Extract all comments with author, company, and timestamps
• Polls: Detect and extract poll data including options and participant counts
• Flexible Input: Accepts any TeamBlind URL - automatically detects page type
• Pay-per-Event: Only pay for detailed post scraping when enabled

Supported URL Types

Type	URL Pattern	Example
Popular Posts	/?sort=pop	teamblind.com/?sort=pop
New Posts	/?sort=id	teamblind.com/?sort=id
Channel Feed	/channels/{name}	teamblind.com/channels/dallas
Company Feed	/company/{name}	teamblind.com/company/Meta
Single Post	/post/{slug}	teamblind.com/post/x-has-open-sourced...

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	array	(required)	URLs to scrape - any supported URL type
maxItems	number	100	Maximum posts to scrape (0 = unlimited)
scrapePostsFromLists	boolean	false	Follow links to get full post details (extra charges apply)
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Proxy settings for requests

Example Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.teamblind.com/?sort=pop" },
    { "url": "https://www.teamblind.com/company/Meta" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "scrapePostsFromLists": false
}

Output

Each post includes:

• Basic Info: title, url, channel
• Engagement: comments count, views count
• Metadata: sourceUrl, scrapedAt

When scrapePostsFromLists is enabled or scraping detail pages directly:

• Author Info: author, company
• Content: description, content (full post text)
• Comments: Full comments array with author, company, text, timestamp, likes
• Poll: Poll data if present (type, participants, options with votes/percentages)
• Media: imageUrl
• Timing: postedAt

Sample Output

List Mode - scrapePostsFromLists: false

{
  "title": "What does it take to get into Anthropic / OpenAI?",
  "url": "https://www.teamblind.com/post/what-does-it-take...",
  "channel": "Tech",
  "comments": 45,
  "views": 1200,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.teamblind.com/?sort=pop",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Detail Mode - scrapePostsFromLists: true or direct post URL

{
  "title": "What does it take to get into Anthropic / OpenAI?",
  "url": "https://www.teamblind.com/post/what-does-it-take...",
  "channel": "Tech",
  "author": "Anonymous",
  "company": "Google",
  "description": "I'm interested in transitioning to AI...",
  "content": "Full post content here...",
  "imageUrl": null,
  "commentCount": 45,
  "comments": [
    {
      "author": "Anonymous",
      "company": "Meta",
      "text": "You need strong ML fundamentals and publications help...",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-15T09:30:00.000Z",
      "likes": 12
    }
  ],
  "poll": null,
  "views": 1200,
  "postedAt": "2025-01-15T08:00:00.000Z",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.teamblind.com/?sort=pop",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Post with Poll - When the post contains a poll

{
  "title": "Must carry passport for ICE?",
  "url": "https://www.teamblind.com/post/must-carry-passport-for-ice...",
  "channel": "HR Issues",
  "author": "Anonymous",
  "company": "Meta",
  "description": "Based in the Bay Area. With all news about ICE...",
  "content": "Based in the Bay Area. With all news about ICE, do you guys carry your passport/green card with you?",
  "imageUrl": null,
  "commentCount": 231,
  "comments": [],
  "poll": {
    "hasPoll": true,
    "pollType": "single",
    "participants": 519,
    "options": [
      { "text": "Yay", "votes": null, "percentage": null },
      { "text": "Nah", "votes": null, "percentage": null }
    ]
  },
  "views": 5870,
  "postedAt": "2025-01-19T08:00:00.000Z",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.teamblind.com/?sort=pop",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Tips

1. Start with list pages to quickly gather post URLs and basic metadata
2. Enable scrapePostsFromLists only when you need full post content
3. Use channel/company feeds to target specific topics or organizations
4. Set maxItems to control costs when scraping large feeds