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

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "results_limit": 10,
10    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("mido_99/yc-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YC Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YC Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YC Scraper API in JavaScript

YC Scraper API through CLI

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

240

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 Extractor

jupri/ycombinator

💫 All-In-One YCombinator.com Scraper

cat

109

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

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

100

Techstars Scraper

michael.g/techstars-scraper

Scrape data on Techstars companies from the Techstars portfolio.

Michael G

5.0

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