# Threads Posts Scraper (`khadinakbar/threads-posts-scraper`) Actor Extract structured public Threads posts from profile handles, profile URLs, and individual post URLs. - **URL**: https://apify.com/khadinakbar/threads-posts-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Khadin Akbar](https://apify.com/khadinakbar) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Automation, AI - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 public post scrapeds This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## Threads Posts Scraper Extract structured **public** Threads posts from profile handles, profile URLs, and individual post URLs. Use it for permitted social listening, competitor-content research, or creator analysis; it returns one flat dataset record per post. Do not use it for private, login-only, search, hashtag, follower-graph, or user-credential data. You are responsible for having the rights and permissions needed to collect and use the data. ### What it returns | Field | Description | | --- | --- | | `postUrl`, `postId`, `text`, `publishedAt` | Canonical public post identity and content | | `authorUsername`, `authorName`, `authorVerified` | Public author metadata | | `likeCount`, `replyCount`, `repostCount`, `quoteCount`, `viewCount` | Public metrics when the source returns them | | `media`, `hashtags`, `mentions`, `externalUrls` | Public media and text-derived entities | | `source`, `scrapedAt` | Provider provenance and collection time | ### Input Provide `startUrls` as a list of `@handles`, profile URLs, or individual post URLs. `maxPosts` is a total run cap from 1 to 20, so it also caps the per-post event charges. ```json { "startUrls": ["@zuck", "https://www.threads.com/@instagram"], "maxPosts": 10 } ```` ### Pricing - Actor start: $0.00005 - Public post scraped: $0.005 per validated dataset record The default 10-post run caps event charges at $0.05005. Apify platform usage is charged separately under Pay per event + usage. ### Reliability and limits The actor uses ScrapeCreators for public Threads data first and SociaVault as a fallback. Both routes were probed before wiring. Threads can expose only recent public posts, and fields unavailable upstream are explicitly `null` rather than fabricated. Every run writes `OUTPUT` and `RUN_SUMMARY`. Valid empty results succeed as `VALID_EMPTY`; exhausted providers with no useful data fail honestly as `UPSTREAM_FAILED`. ### API ```bash curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/khadinakbar~threads-posts-scraper/runs" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"startUrls":["@zuck"],"maxPosts":5}' ``` ### Compliance Collect and process only public data you are authorized to use. Respect platform terms, applicable privacy law, and individual rights. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Public Threads profile handles, profile URLs, or individual post URLs to collect from. Examples: '@zuck', 'https://www.threads.com/@zuck', or 'https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/ABC123'. Up to 20 entries are accepted and duplicate posts are removed. This is NOT for private, login-only, search, or hashtag data. ## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of unique public posts returned across the entire run. For example, 10 caps the dataset and event charges at ten posts, even when multiple profiles are supplied. Defaults to 10 and accepts 1–20 because public provider routes expose only recent posts. This is NOT a per-profile cap. ## `providerOrder` (type: `string`): Controls the verified public-data provider order. 'auto' uses ScrapeCreators first and SociaVault only on an upstream failure; both return the same normalized output. Defaults to 'auto'; use the explicit values only for diagnostics. This setting never accepts user cookies or credentials. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ "@zuck", "https://www.threads.com/@instagram" ], "maxPosts": 10, "providerOrder": "auto" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `posts` (type: `string`): No description ## `summary` (type: `string`): No description ## `diagnostics` (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 = { "startUrls": [ "@zuck" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("khadinakbar/threads-posts-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 = { "startUrls": ["@zuck"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("khadinakbar/threads-posts-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 '{ "startUrls": [ "@zuck" ] }' | apify call khadinakbar/threads-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=khadinakbar/threads-posts-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Threads Posts Scraper", "description": "Extract structured public Threads posts from profile handles, profile URLs, and individual post URLs.", "version": "0.4", "x-build-id": "eZ94DtYRQnwR8FsoF" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/khadinakbar~threads-posts-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-khadinakbar-threads-posts-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/khadinakbar~threads-posts-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-khadinakbar-threads-posts-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/khadinakbar~threads-posts-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-khadinakbar-threads-posts-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Threads profiles or posts", "type": "array", "description": "Public Threads profile handles, profile URLs, or individual post URLs to collect from. Examples: '@zuck', 'https://www.threads.com/@zuck', or 'https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/ABC123'. Up to 20 entries are accepted and duplicate posts are removed. This is NOT for private, login-only, search, or hashtag data.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxPosts": { "title": "Maximum posts", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of unique public posts returned across the entire run. For example, 10 caps the dataset and event charges at ten posts, even when multiple profiles are supplied. Defaults to 10 and accepts 1–20 because public provider routes expose only recent posts. This is NOT a per-profile cap.", "default": 10 }, "providerOrder": { "title": "Provider order", "enum": [ "auto", "scrapecreators-first", "sociavault-first" ], "type": "string", "description": "Controls the verified public-data provider order. 'auto' uses ScrapeCreators first and SociaVault only on an upstream failure; both return the same normalized output. Defaults to 'auto'; use the explicit values only for diagnostics. This setting never accepts user cookies or credentials.", "default": "auto" } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```