Dev.to Scraper — Articles by Tag & Author, Reactions & Tags (No API Key)

Bulk-scrape developer articles and blog posts from Dev.to (Forem) by tag, author username, or the latest feed across all tags. This Dev.to articles scraper paginates the official public Forem REST API and returns clean, flat rows with title, description, tags, author handle, reactions, comment counts, reading time and cover image — ready for a spreadsheet, BI tool or content pipeline. No login, no API key, no proxy.

🏆 Why this Dev.to scraper?

13 fields per article · thousands of articles per run · tag + author filtering · flat, spreadsheet-ready schema · export to JSON / CSV / Excel. The ready-made Dev.to API alternative for developer-content research, DevRel monitoring and building technical-writing datasets — with no API key and no rate-limit plumbing to write yourself.

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✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 🏷️ Scrape by tag — filter by any topic (javascript, ai, webdev, rust, python, devops…) and walk the entire public feed for that tag.
• 👤 Scrape by author — pull every published article from a specific Dev.to handle to study their output and engagement.
• 🔀 Combine tag + author — scope one writer's posts on a single topic in a single run.
• 📰 Latest feed — leave the tag empty to collect the newest articles across all of Dev.to.
• 📊 Engagement metrics — reactionsCount (hearts, unicorns, bookmarks) and commentsCount for every article, ready to rank and trend.
• ⏱️ Reading time & cover image — readingTimeMinutes and coverImage come along for content curation.
• 🗂️ Flat, clean schema — 13 fields per row that drop straight into Sheets, a database or a RAG pipeline.
• ⚡ Direct API pagination — reads Dev.to's anonymous public Forem endpoints; no browser, no DOM parsing.
• 🟢 No account, no key, no proxy — works entirely against public endpoints.

🚀 Quick start (3 steps)

1. Configure — set a Tag (e.g. ai) to filter by topic, or a Username to collect one author's posts (or both, or neither for the latest feed).
2. Run — click Start. The Actor paginates the Dev.to feed and streams articles into your dataset until it hits your maxArticles cap or the feed is exhausted.
3. Get your data — open the Output tab and export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML, or pull it via the Apify API.

📥 Input

Everything is optional — an empty input pulls the latest articles across all tags.

Example — trending AI articles

{
  "tag": "ai",
  "maxArticles": 200
}

Example — every article from one author

{
  "username": "ben",
  "maxArticles": 0
}

Example — one author's posts on a single topic

{
  "tag": "webdev",
  "username": "ben",
  "maxArticles": 100
}

Field	Type	Description	Default
tag	string	Filter by tag, e.g. javascript, ai, webdev. Leave empty for the latest articles across all tags.	""
username	string	Filter to a specific author's articles. Optional; combine with tag to scope by topic.	""
maxArticles	integer	Maximum articles to save. 0 = all available for your filter (paginates the full feed).	100

Tip: Set maxArticles: 0 with a tag to snapshot an entire topic feed, or schedule a small daily run (e.g. maxArticles: 50) to build a rolling trending-content digest.

📤 Output

One row per article — 13 fields, exportable to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML. Here is a trimmed sample record:

{
  "id": 1937482,
  "title": "Building an AI Agent from Scratch in TypeScript",
  "description": "A hands-on walkthrough of tool-calling, memory and planning loops without a framework.",
  "url": "https://dev.to/ben/building-an-ai-agent-from-scratch-in-typescript-1a2b",
  "author": "Ben Halpern",
  "authorUsername": "ben",
  "tags": ["ai", "typescript", "webdev", "tutorial"],
  "reactionsCount": 342,
  "commentsCount": 27,
  "readingTimeMinutes": 9,
  "coverImage": "https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/cover.png",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-04T08:15:32Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T12:00:00.000Z"
}

💡 Use cases

• Content & trend research — track which dev topics (ai, rust, webdev, devops) are gaining traction by reactions and comments.
• Developer-content newsletters — auto-build a fresh digest of trending articles for a tag every morning.
• DevRel & tool-adoption monitoring — follow how often your product, framework or language is written about, and by whom.
• Author / influence tracking — pull every post from specific writers to study output cadence and engagement.
• LLM / NLP training corpora — assemble large, well-tagged technical-writing datasets for fine-tuning or RAG.
• Competitive content intelligence — benchmark your tag's top posts against a competitor's ecosystem.

👥 Who uses it

DevRel & developer-marketing teams · technical content marketers & bloggers · newsletter and digest curators · data scientists building NLP/LLM corpora · community managers tracking topic momentum · founders monitoring how their tool is discussed.

💰 Pricing

This Actor runs on a simple pay-per-result model — you pay for the articles you extract, with no separate Apify platform fees to calculate. Try it on the free tier first, then scale up. See the Pricing tab on this page for the current rate.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a Dev.to account or API key? No. This scraper uses Dev.to's public Forem REST API, which serves articles anonymously. No login, no token, no proxy required — only an Apify account.

Is this a Dev.to API alternative? Yes. It wraps the public Forem REST API and paginates it for you, so it works as a ready-made Dev.to API alternative — no API key, no token, and no rate-limit plumbing to write yourself.

Can I scrape all articles for a specific tag? Yes. Set the Tag field and maxArticles: 0 to paginate the entire public feed for that tag. The Actor walks pages automatically until the feed is exhausted.

Can I scrape every article from one Dev.to author? Yes. Enter the author's Username to pull all of their published Dev.to posts with titles, tags, reactions and comment counts. Combine it with a tag to scope by topic.

Can I scrape Dev.to without an API key or login? Yes. This Forem articles scraper reads anonymous public endpoints, so you can scrape Dev.to without an API key, account or proxy.

Can I track trending content over time? Yes. Schedule the Actor (daily or hourly) on a tag of interest; each run captures reactionsCount and commentsCount, so you can rank and trend posts by engagement across snapshots.

How much data can I get? You can scrape thousands of articles per run. Use maxArticles: 0 to pull the full feed for your filter, or set a cap to keep runs small and frequent.

How do I export Dev.to articles to CSV or JSON? Run the Actor on a tag or username, then open the Output tab and download the results as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel, HTML or XML — or pull the same dataset via the Apify API.

Is it legal to scrape Dev.to? The Actor only collects publicly available article metadata served by Dev.to's own public API. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with Dev.to's terms and applicable laws.

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⏰ Scheduling & integration

Schedule this Actor on Apify to capture trending developer content daily or hourly. Export results to JSON, CSV or Excel, sync to Google Sheets, or push to your database, BI tools and webhooks through the Apify API. Connect it to Make, n8n or Zapier to auto-build content digests and DevRel dashboards.

⭐ Support & feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the Issues tab — response is usually fast. If this Actor saves you time, a ★★★★★ review on the Store page genuinely helps and is hugely appreciated. 🙏

⚖️ Legal

This Actor extracts only publicly available data served by Dev.to's own public API and is intended for legitimate research, analytics and content-curation use. You are responsible for complying with Dev.to's terms of service and any applicable local laws.

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📝 Changelog

2026-07-06

• ✨ README overhaul: richer output sample, full field reference, ready-to-run example scenarios, developer-content cross-promo grid, and a clearer quick-start.

2026-07-01

• Maintenance pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data and confirmed successful runs within the 5-minute quality window on the default input.
• Sharpened Store metadata (SEO title & description) and expanded the FAQ with high-intent, long-tail questions for easier discovery in Google and Apify Store search.
• Added ready-to-run example tasks that cover common real-world use cases.

2026-06-15

• Reliability pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data with real-world inputs. Routine maintenance build.

2026-06-07

• Docs: added coverage for Dev.to API alternative, exporting articles to CSV/JSON, and scraping Dev.to without an API key.

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