You can access the YC 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

$echo '{
<  "results_limit": 10,
<  "proxyConfiguration": {
<    "useApifyProxy": true
<  }
<}' |
<apify call mido_99/yc-scraper --silent --output-dataset

YC Scraper API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YC Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the Apify CLI

$npm i -g apify-cli
$apify login

Other API clients include:

YC Scraper API in Python

YC Scraper API in JavaScript

YC Scraper OpenAPI definition

YC Scraper API

Y Combinator Scraper

michael.g/y-combinator-scraper

Scrape data on Y Combinator companies and their founders from the YC startup directory.

Michael G

283

5.0

Y Combinator Founders

prog-party/y-combinator-founders

This Y Combinator Founder Actor retrieves data from Y Combinator, allowing to filter, and returns a list of founders as a Dataset.

Prog Party

Y Combinator Scraper

scraped/y-combinator-scraper

Scrape companies from Y Combinator

scraped

5.0

[Jun25] Y Combinator Scraper - fast & low cost

scrapegoats/ycombinator-scraper

Efficiently extract structured data from the official Y Combinator startup directory.

ScrapeGoats

5.0

Y Combinator Company Scraper 🧠💼 - Cheap & Fast

scrapestorm/y-combinator-company-scraper---cheap-fast

Unlock the power of Y Combinator with automated company data scraping 🧠💼📊 Effortlessly collect detailed information on startups and portfolio companies from the YC platform. Customize your search queries by industry, hiring status, or region for highly targeted insights 🌍No proxy needed ⚡

Storm_Scraper

5.0

Y Combinator Extractor

jupri/ycombinator

💫 All-In-One YCombinator.com Scraper

cat

112

5.0

Hacker News Data Scraper

epctex/hackernews-scraper

Extract Y Combinator's Hacker News based on any search criteria. Crawl the front page, Show HN, Ask HN, news, job listings, and historical data. Get links, titles, comments, ratings, and more!

epctex

106

Techstars Scraper 🚀📊 - Cheap & monthly

scrapestorm/techstars-scraper---cheap-monthly

Unlock the power of Techstars with automated company data scraping (All-in-one) 🚀📊 Effortlessly collect detailed information on startups and portfolio companies from the Techstars platform. Customize search queries by industry or region for highly targeted insights 🌍 No proxy needed ! ⚡

Storm_Scraper

5.0

Producthunt Scraper

red.cars/producthunt-scraper

🚀 No URLs needed! Extract today's trending products, makers, and data from ProductHunt automatically. Perfect for market research, startup analysis, and tracking product launches.