❓ Stack Exchange Questions Scraper — Stack Overflow Q&A Data by Tag to JSON & CSV

Scrape questions from Stack Overflow and any Stack Exchange site using the official Stack Exchange API. This Stack Overflow scraper pulls questions by tag — with title, score, view count, answer count, author, reputation and dates — fully paginated, with no login, no API key and no blocking. Export Stack Exchange Q&A data to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Built for scheduled, recurring runs, it lets you monitor topics, products, technologies and competitors across the entire developer Q&A network.

✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 🌐 Works on every Stack Exchange site — Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User, Data Science, Ask Ubuntu and more.
• 🔌 Official Stack Exchange API — reliable, fully paginated and resistant to layout changes.
• 🏷️ Filter by tag — target one or many tags (e.g. python, react) to narrow results to your niche.
• 🔢 Sort options — order questions by activity, creation, votes or hot.
• 📊 Rich data per question — title, link, tags, author, author reputation, score, view count, answer count, answered status, accepted-answer flag and dates.
• 🎯 Flexible scope — set maxQuestions to 0 to pull every available question, or cap it for a smaller run.
• 🔑 No authentication — no Stack Exchange account, no API key, no proxy required.
• 📦 Export-ready output — flat JSON downloadable as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, with a pre-built Overview dataset view.

🔍 Input

Field	Type	Description
site	string	Stack Exchange site to scrape, e.g. stackoverflow, serverfault, superuser, datascience. Default stackoverflow.
tagged	string	Filter by tag, e.g. python, react. Use semicolons to combine multiple tags. Leave empty for all questions.
sort	string (enum)	Sort order: activity, creation, votes or hot. Default activity.
maxQuestions	integer	Maximum number of questions to save. 0 = all available questions.

🚀 Example input

{
  "site": "stackoverflow",
  "tagged": "python;pandas",
  "sort": "votes",
  "maxQuestions": 500
}

📦 Output

One Apify dataset record per question. Records are flat JSON and can be exported to CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pulled via the Apify API. A pre-built Overview dataset view shows the key columns.

Field	Description
questionId	Stack Exchange numeric question ID
title	Question title
link	Full URL to the question
tags	Array of tags applied to the question
author	Display name of the question's author
authorReputation	Reputation score of the author
score	Net vote score of the question
viewCount	Number of times the question has been viewed
answerCount	Number of answers posted
isAnswered	Whether the question has at least one upvoted/accepted answer
hasAcceptedAnswer	Whether an accepted answer exists
createdAt	ISO timestamp when the question was created
lastActivityAt	ISO timestamp of the most recent activity
scrapedAt	ISO-8601 scrape timestamp

💡 Use cases

• Product & brand monitoring — track questions mentioning your tool, library or technology across Stack Overflow.
• Developer trend research — see what the community is struggling with and which topics are gaining momentum.
• Content & SEO teams — find high-traffic, high-view questions to target with tutorials and documentation.
• Developer support & DevRel — surface common pain points in your ecosystem and prioritize docs or fixes.
• Competitive intelligence — monitor questions about competing products and frameworks.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Is scraping Stack Exchange allowed? The Actor uses the official public Stack Exchange API and reads only publicly visible question data. Use the data responsibly and in line with the Stack Exchange API terms and attribution requirements.

Do I need an API key or a login? No. The Actor works without an API key, without a Stack Exchange account and without a proxy.

Which sites can I scrape? Any Stack Exchange site — just set the site field to its short name (e.g. stackoverflow, serverfault, superuser, datascience, askubuntu).

Can I filter by tag? Yes. Use the tagged field with one tag or several tags separated by semicolons to scope results to your topic.

How many questions can I get? Set maxQuestions to 0 to pull every available question for your query, or set a number for a smaller, faster run. The Actor handles pagination automatically.

Can I schedule it? Yes. The Actor is designed for scheduled runs — run it daily or hourly to keep an always-current Stack Exchange questions feed.

What output formats are supported? Every run produces a structured dataset you can export to JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or access through the Apify API.

⏰ Scheduling & integration

Schedule this Actor on Apify to run daily or hourly for an always-current Stack Exchange questions feed. Export results to JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the Apify API and webhooks to push new questions into Google Sheets, a database, Slack or your own monitoring dashboard.