Threads Scraper (Apify) ⚡

High-performance Threads Scraper to collect user profiles (with bio links), user posts, and user search results. Built as an Apify Actor for reliability, batching, and scale.

Target keyword: Threads Scraper

Related keywords: Instagram Threads scraper, Threads user scraper, Threads posts scraper, Threads API alternative, Threads data extraction, social media intelligence, Threads analytics, Threads crawler.

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Table of Contents 📚

• [Features](#features-)
• [How it works](#how-it-works-)
• [Quick start](#quick-start-)
• [Input configuration](#input-configuration-)
• [Example inputs](#example-inputs-)
• [Example outputs](#example-outputs-)
• [Best practices](#best-practices-)
• [FAQ](#faq-)
• [Changelog](#changelog-)

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Features ✨

Module	What you get	Input switches
Users	Profile details with bio links by username	users_enabled, usernames, fetch_detail_with_biolink
User posts	Recent posts for each username	users_enabled, fetch_posts, posts_limit
User search	Find users by query	search_enabled, search_queries, search_limit

This Threads Scraper is ideal for brand monitoring, creator research, social listening, competitive analysis, and content curation.

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How it works 🧠

• Resilient requests with lightweight retries and API key rotation.
• Buffered writes to the Apify dataset for performance.
• Modular inputs so you can enable only what you need.

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Quick start ⚡

1. In your Actor run, provide input JSON using the schema below.
2. Start the Actor. Results are written to the default dataset.

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Input configuration ⚙️

Group	Key	Type	Default	Description
Users	users_enabled	boolean	false	Enable fetching users by username
	usernames	array[string]	—	List of usernames (without @)
	fetch_detail_with_biolink	boolean	true	Fetch profile detail with bio links
	fetch_posts	boolean	true	Fetch posts for each username
	posts_limit	integer	0	Max posts per user to push (0 = all returned)
Search	search_enabled	boolean	false	Enable user search by query
	search_queries	array[string]	—	List of queries
	search_limit	integer	0	Max results per query to push (0 = all returned)

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Example inputs 📥

• Users: details + posts

{
  "users_enabled": true,
  "usernames": ["kyliejenner", "zuck"],
  "fetch_detail_with_biolink": true,
  "fetch_posts": true,
  "posts_limit": 20
}

• Search users by query

{
  "search_enabled": true,
  "search_queries": ["kylie", "meta"],
  "search_limit": 25
}

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Example outputs 📤

• User detail with bio link (source: "users", subtype: "detail_with_biolink")

{
  "source": "users",
  "subtype": "detail_with_biolink",
  "username": "kyliejenner",
  "status": "ok",
  "request_id": "...",
  "data": { "user": { /* profile fields */ } }
}

• User posts (source: "users", subtype: "posts")

{
  "source": "users",
  "subtype": "posts",
  "username": "kyliejenner",
  "node": { /* thread/post node as returned */ }
}

• User search (source: "search", subtype: "users_search")

{
  "source": "search",
  "subtype": "users_search",
  "query": "kylie",
  "node": { /* user node from search */ }
}

• Summary (final item)

{
  "success": true,
  "pages_fetched": 3,
  "total_pushed": 421,
  "fetched_at": "2025-01-01T12:34:56.000Z",
  "resultsMeta": { "groups_processed": ["users", "search"] }
}

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Best practices 🧩

• Start small: limit posts/results while testing (posts_limit, search_limit).

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FAQ ❓

• Is login required?
  • No. The Actor uses public data.
• Where do results go?
  • The default Apify dataset for the run.

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Changelog 📦

• Initial release: Users detail with bio link, User posts, and Users search.

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