# Threads Scraper — Posts, Search & Profiles (No Login) (`joey001/threads-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Threads (Meta) posts from profiles, keyword search and post threads. Returns text, hashtags, mentions, likes, replies, reposts, quotes, media URLs, language, author details and timestamps. No login, no browser. Deduplicated, normalized, with provenance on every row.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/joey001/threads-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Joe Y](https://apify.com/joey001) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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/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?

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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

## Threads Scraper — Posts, Search & Profiles (No Login)

Scrape **Threads (Meta)** posts from **profiles**, **keyword search** and **post threads** — without logging in, without a browser, and without an API key of your own.

Every row is normalized, de-duplicated and carries provenance, so you can drop it straight into a spreadsheet, database, dashboard or LLM pipeline.

### What you get

- **Profile posts** — give one or many usernames (`zuck`, `@threads`, or a full profile URL) and get their recent posts.
- **Keyword / hashtag search** — search the Threads firehose by term (`"ai agents"`, `"#buildinpublic"`), sorted by **top** or **recent**.
- **Post threads** — give a post URL and get the post plus its reply thread.
- **Rich, normalized fields** — text, hashtags, mentions, engagement counts, media, language, author details and timestamps.

### Output fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `post_id` / `strong_id` / `code` | Threads post identifiers |
| `url` | Canonical post URL |
| `author_username` / `author_full_name` / `author_id` | Post author |
| `author_is_verified` / `author_followers_count` / `author_biography` | Author metadata (followers/bio on profile scrapes) |
| `text` | Full post text (links and @mentions reconstructed) |
| `language` | Detected language |
| `created_at` / `created_at_epoch` | ISO-8601 UTC + epoch of posting time |
| `like_count` / `reply_count` / `repost_count` / `quote_count` / `reshare_count` | Engagement metrics |
| `is_reply` / `is_ghost_post` / `is_paid_partnership` / `audience` | Post flags |
| `media_type` / `image_url` / `video_url` / `carousel_media` | Media (image, video, carousel) |
| `hashtags` / `mentions` | Extracted tags and handles |
| `source_type` / `source_input` / `source_url` / `position` | Provenance |
| `schema_version` / `fetched_at` | Provenance |

### Use cases

- **Social listening & brand monitoring** — track mentions, hashtags and competitor accounts.
- **Trend & topic research** — quantify what's being said, by whom, and how it resonates.
- **Influencer & creator discovery** — find active creators by vertical and engagement.
- **AI / LLM datasets** — clean, structured text for fine-tuning and RAG.
- **Lead generation** — surface accounts talking about your category.

### Input

```json
{
  "profiles": ["zuck", "@threads"],
  "searchQueries": ["ai agents", "#buildinpublic"],
  "postUrls": ["https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DPzQH1TjXoZ"],
  "searchType": "top",
  "excludeReplies": false,
  "maxItemsPerInput": 1000
}
```

All inputs are optional — mix and match. At least one profile, query or post URL is recommended.

### Pricing

**Pay per result.** You are charged only for the posts delivered to your dataset (plus a small per-run fee). No subscription, no minimum.

### Notes

- Fast: no headless browser is launched — data is parsed from the server-rendered responses.
- De-duplicated across all inputs in a run, and optionally **incremental** (`onlyNewPosts`) so repeated runs only return new posts.
- Intended for research, monitoring and analytics. You are responsible for using it in compliance with Meta's terms and applicable laws.

### Sample output

```json
{"author_username": "zuck", "text": "Introducing Muse Wonder...", "like_count": 1978, "reply_count": 337, "repost_count": 154, "created_at": "2026-10-12T16:56:29+00:00", "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DeZtp-TkQHh"}
```

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# Actor input Schema

## `profiles` (type: `array`):

Threads usernames, @handles or profile URLs, e.g. \["zuck", "@threads", "https://www.threads.com/@nasa"].

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords or #hashtags to search, e.g. \["ai agents", "#buildinpublic"].

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

Threads post URLs to fetch, including their reply threads, e.g. \["https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DPzQH1TjXoZ"].

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Sort for keyword search: "top" (default) or "recent".

## `excludeReplies` (type: `boolean`):

Skip posts that are replies to another post.

## `onlyNewPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Skip posts returned by previous runs of this Actor (stored in the run's key-value store).

## `maxItemsPerInput` (type: `integer`):

Cap on posts collected for each input.

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

Overall cap on posts pushed to the dataset.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchType": "top",
  "excludeReplies": false,
  "onlyNewPosts": false,
  "maxItemsPerInput": 1000,
  "maxItems": 100000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("joey001/threads-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("joey001/threads-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 '{}' |
apify call joey001/threads-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,joey001/threads-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/Z4mPRAvXLMvipDfQ1/builds/eTZ9FL8M3hzsm6M7t/openapi.json