Mastodon Scraper
Pricing
from $0.35 / 1,000 posts
Collect public posts and profiles from Mastodon and compatible servers. Get text, authors, engagement counts, media links, and instance details in a dataset for research and social listening.
You can access the Mastodon Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "instanceUrl": "https://mastodon.social",< "maxItems": 20,< "resultType": "posts",< "hashtags": [< "science"< ]<}' |<apify call maximedupre/mastodon-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Mastodon Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: