# Curated Developer Newsletter Link Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/curated-developer-newsletter-link-scraper`) Actor Scrapes curated link archives from developer newsletters (JavaScript Weekly, Ruby Weekly, Node Weekly, Android Weekly, iOS Dev Weekly) and extracts each curated item with its title, URL, editor commentary, section, and sponsored flag. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/curated-developer-newsletter-link-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **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/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 ## Curated Developer Newsletter Link Scraper Extract every curated link from the archives of top developer newsletters — JavaScript Weekly, Ruby Weekly, Node Weekly, Android Weekly, iOS Dev Weekly, and more. Each newsletter issue is decomposed into its constituent curated items: the external destination URL, headline, editor commentary, section, link position, and a sponsored-slot flag. The result is a structured dev-trend and link-intelligence dataset showing which libraries, tools, repos, and articles the most authoritative curators featured, when, and with what framing. ### What it does For each newsletter archive you specify, the scraper: 1. Loads the issue archive index to enumerate all historical issue URLs 2. Fetches each issue page (most recent first, up to `maxIssues` per newsletter) 3. Extracts every curated link item with full metadata Supported newsletter families: | Newsletter | Domain | Issues | |---|---|---| | JavaScript Weekly | javascriptweekly.com | 700+ | | Ruby Weekly | rubyweekly.com | 700+ | | Node Weekly | nodeweekly.com | 500+ | | iOS Dev Weekly | iosdevweekly.com | 700+ | | Android Weekly | androidweekly.net | 700+ | Any newsletter with the same archive structure can be added via the `newsletters` input. ### Output fields | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `newsletter_name` | string | Newsletter name (e.g. JavaScript Weekly) | | `newsletter_domain` | string | Domain (e.g. javascriptweekly.com) | | `issue_number` | integer | Issue number | | `issue_url` | string | Full URL of the issue page | | `issue_title` | string | Issue title (e.g. JavaScript Weekly Issue 700: August 15, 2024) | | `issue_date` | string | Publication date parsed from the title | | `link_position` | integer | Order of this link within the issue | | `link_title` | string | Curated item headline | | `link_url` | string | External destination URL | | `link_domain` | string | Domain of the destination URL | | `editor_commentary` | string | Editor's description/blurb for the item | | `section` | string | Section label (e.g. In Brief, Releases, Jobs) where available | | `is_sponsored` | boolean | Whether this is a sponsored or classified ad slot | | `scraped_at` | string | ISO timestamp of when this record was scraped | ### Use cases - **Dev-trend analysis**: track which libraries, repos, and tools the most authoritative curators featured over time - **Content marketing / PR**: discover when a project first appeared in a newsletter, and with what framing - **Link intelligence**: build a structured index of the most frequently curated developer resources - **Competitive intelligence**: see which competing products and tools get curated vs your own ### Input options | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `newsletters` | array | All 5 major newsletters | List of newsletter archive URLs (e.g. `https://javascriptweekly.com/issues`) | | `maxIssues` | integer | 3 | Max number of issues to scrape per newsletter (most recent first, 0 = all) | | `maxItems` | integer | 15 | Maximum total link records to return | ### Example output ```json { "newsletter_name": "JavaScript Weekly", "newsletter_domain": "javascriptweekly.com", "issue_number": 789, "issue_url": "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/789", "issue_title": "JavaScript Weekly Issue 789", "issue_date": "", "link_position": 1, "link_title": "Announcing TypeScript 5.8", "link_url": "https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-5-8/", "link_domain": "devblogs.microsoft.com", "editor_commentary": "TypeScript 5.8 is here with require() of ES modules in Node.js 22 and a bunch of other goodies.", "section": "", "is_sponsored": false, "scraped_at": "2025-06-12T10:23:45.000Z" } ```` ### Notes - No authentication required. All target newsletters are publicly accessible. - The scraper uses a polite 500ms delay between requests to be respectful of the servers. - For full archive crawls (all issues, all newsletters), set `maxIssues: 0` and a high `maxItems` value. A full crawl of all five newsletters (5000+ issues x ~15 links each) produces tens of thousands of records. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `newsletters` (type: `array`): List of newsletter archive index URLs to scrape (e.g. https://javascriptweekly.com/issues). Defaults to all major Cooperpress and Android Weekly newsletters. ## `maxIssues` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of issues to scrape per newsletter (most recent first). Use 0 for all issues. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of link records to return across all newsletters and issues. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "newsletters": [ "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues", "https://rubyweekly.com/issues", "https://nodeweekly.com/issues", "https://androidweekly.net/issues", "https://iosdevweekly.com/issues" ], "maxIssues": 3, "maxItems": 15 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "newsletters": [ "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues", "https://rubyweekly.com/issues", "https://nodeweekly.com/issues", "https://androidweekly.net/issues", "https://iosdevweekly.com/issues" ], "maxIssues": 3, "maxItems": 15 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/curated-developer-newsletter-link-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "newsletters": [ "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues", "https://rubyweekly.com/issues", "https://nodeweekly.com/issues", "https://androidweekly.net/issues", "https://iosdevweekly.com/issues", ], "maxIssues": 3, "maxItems": 15, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/curated-developer-newsletter-link-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 '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "newsletters": [ "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues", "https://rubyweekly.com/issues", "https://nodeweekly.com/issues", "https://androidweekly.net/issues", "https://iosdevweekly.com/issues" ], "maxIssues": 3, "maxItems": 15 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/curated-developer-newsletter-link-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/curated-developer-newsletter-link-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Curated Developer Newsletter Link Scraper", "description": "Scrapes curated link archives from developer newsletters (JavaScript Weekly, Ruby Weekly, Node Weekly, Android Weekly, iOS Dev Weekly) and extracts each curated item with its title, URL, editor commentary, section, and sponsored flag.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "U1ScbwRSGCI74h5kX" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~curated-developer-newsletter-link-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-curated-developer-newsletter-link-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/jungle_synthesizer~curated-developer-newsletter-link-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-curated-developer-newsletter-link-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/jungle_synthesizer~curated-developer-newsletter-link-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-curated-developer-newsletter-link-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", "required": [ "maxItems" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "newsletters": { "title": "Newsletter URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of newsletter archive index URLs to scrape (e.g. https://javascriptweekly.com/issues). Defaults to all major Cooperpress and Android Weekly newsletters.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxIssues": { "title": "Max Issues Per Newsletter", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of issues to scrape per newsletter (most recent first). Use 0 for all issues." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items Total", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of link records to return across all newsletters and issues.", "default": 15 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```