# Skool Groups Scraper — Discovery Search (`nogards95/skool-discovery-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public Skool.com communities from the discovery page. Search by keyword, filter by price and members. No login or cookies needed. Export to CSV, JSON or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nogards95/skool-discovery-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Nogards](https://apify.com/nogards95) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, News, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Skool.com Groups Scraper — Search & Discovery

Scrape Skool.com communities from the public discovery page. Search by keyword and extract group names, descriptions, member counts, pricing, and owner info — no Skool account or API key needed.

Works with any niche: marketing, fitness, AI, investing, coaching, e-commerce and more.

---

### What data do you get?

One record per Skool group, with all the fields below:

```json
{
  "slug": "school-of-content-marketing-5537",
  "displayName": "School of Content Marketing",
  "url": "https://www.skool.com/school-of-content-marketing-5537",
  "descriptionShort": "Zero guesswork. Market & Sell More with Confidence, grow your following, leads and clients!",
  "descriptionFull": "Zero guesswork. Market & Sell More with Confidence...",
  "monthlyPrice": 148,
  "pricingRaw": "$148/month",
  "isPaid": true,
  "totalMembers": 280,
  "totalOnlineMembers": 3,
  "totalAdmins": 10,
  "privacy": "private",
  "ownerName": "Master Coach Aprille",
  "ownerProfileUrl": "https://www.skool.com/@aprille-franks-1830",
  "sourceKeyword": "marketing",
  "sourcePage": 1,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-01T09:48:45.824Z"
}
````

Export as **JSON, CSV, Excel or XML** directly from Apify Console.

***

### Who is this for?

- **Course creators and coaches** mapping the Skool market before launching their own community
- **Agencies** prospecting for clients who run paid Skool groups
- **Marketers** analyzing competitor communities, pricing strategies and member growth
- **Researchers** building datasets of online learning communities
- **Developers** who need Skool discovery data without a Skool API

***

### How it works

1. You provide one or more search keywords (e.g. `marketing`, `fitness`, `AI automation`)
2. The scraper searches Skool's discovery page for each keyword, paginating through up to 34 pages (1,000 groups per keyword)
3. Optionally, it visits each group's `/about` page to collect full description, exact member counts, online members, admins, and owner info
4. Results are filtered by your criteria (free/paid, minimum members) and saved to the dataset

***

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | string\[] | — | Keywords to search on Skool Discovery |
| `maxGroupsPerKeyword` | integer | 100 | Max groups to collect per keyword (up to 1,000) |
| `includeAboutPage` | boolean | true | Visit each group's /about page for full data (slower, richer) |
| `onlyFree` | boolean | false | Only return free groups |
| `onlyPaid` | boolean | false | Only return paid groups |
| `minMembers` | integer | 0 | Skip groups with fewer members than this |

***

### Example inputs

**Map the AI automation niche — free communities only:**

```json
{
  "keywords": ["AI automation", "artificial intelligence", "ChatGPT"],
  "maxGroupsPerKeyword": 200,
  "onlyFree": true,
  "minMembers": 500
}
```

**Find paid marketing groups to prospect as agency clients:**

```json
{
  "keywords": ["marketing", "social media", "copywriting", "email marketing"],
  "maxGroupsPerKeyword": 500,
  "onlyPaid": true,
  "minMembers": 100
}
```

**Quick multi-niche scan without visiting about pages:**

```json
{
  "keywords": ["fitness", "investing", "productivity", "ecommerce", "coaching"],
  "maxGroupsPerKeyword": 50,
  "includeAboutPage": false
}
```

***

### Output fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `slug` | Unique Skool group identifier (from the URL) |
| `displayName` | Group name as shown on Skool |
| `url` | Direct link to the group |
| `descriptionShort` | Short description from the discovery listing |
| `descriptionFull` | Full description from the group's /about page |
| `monthlyPrice` | Price in USD (0 = free; yearly prices normalized to monthly) |
| `pricingRaw` | Exact price string as shown on Skool (e.g. `$148/month`, `Free`) |
| `isPaid` | `true` if the group has a price |
| `totalMembers` | Total member count |
| `totalOnlineMembers` | Members currently online |
| `totalAdmins` | Number of admins |
| `privacy` | `public` or `private` |
| `ownerName` | Name of the group owner |
| `ownerProfileUrl` | Link to the owner's Skool profile |
| `sourceKeyword` | Which keyword returned this group |
| `sourcePage` | Which discovery page this group was found on |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was scraped |

***

### Tips

- Skip `includeAboutPage` (set to `false`) for fast bulk discovery — you still get name, description, members, and pricing from the listing
- Use `minMembers: 500` to filter out ghost communities with no real activity
- Combine multiple keywords to build a full market map of a niche
- Use `onlyPaid` + `minMembers: 200` to find established monetized communities — ideal for competitor research or agency prospecting
- Each keyword can return up to 1,000 groups across 34 pages

***

### Support

Found a bug or need a custom feature? Open an issue and I'll get back to you quickly.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Skool Discovery (e.g. 'marketing', 'AI automation', 'fitness'). Each keyword can return up to 1000 groups.

## `maxGroupsPerKeyword` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of groups to scrape per keyword. Max 1000.

## `includeAboutPage` (type: `boolean`):

If true, visits each group's /about page to get full description, member counts, and owner info. Slower but richer data.

## `onlyFree` (type: `boolean`):

Return only groups with no monthly price.

## `onlyPaid` (type: `boolean`):

Return only groups with a monthly price.

## `minMembers` (type: `integer`):

Filter out groups with fewer members than this number.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "marketing"
  ],
  "maxGroupsPerKeyword": 100,
  "includeAboutPage": false,
  "onlyFree": false,
  "onlyPaid": false,
  "minMembers": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "marketing"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nogards95/skool-discovery-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": ["marketing"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nogards95/skool-discovery-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "marketing"
  ]
}' |
apify call nogards95/skool-discovery-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nogards95/skool-discovery-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Skool Groups Scraper — Discovery Search",
        "description": "Scrape public Skool.com communities from the discovery page. Search by keyword, filter by price and members. No login or cookies needed. Export to CSV, JSON or Excel.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "dDoPy3NHQtoBPULIF"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/nogards95~skool-discovery-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nogards95-skool-discovery-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nogards95~skool-discovery-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-nogards95-skool-discovery-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nogards95~skool-discovery-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-nogards95-skool-discovery-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "keywords"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "keywords": {
                        "title": "Keywords",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Keywords to search on Skool Discovery (e.g. 'marketing', 'AI automation', 'fitness'). Each keyword can return up to 1000 groups.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxGroupsPerKeyword": {
                        "title": "Max groups per keyword",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of groups to scrape per keyword. Max 1000.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "includeAboutPage": {
                        "title": "Fetch /about page for each group",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "If true, visits each group's /about page to get full description, member counts, and owner info. Slower but richer data.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "onlyFree": {
                        "title": "Only free groups",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Return only groups with no monthly price.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "onlyPaid": {
                        "title": "Only paid groups",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Return only groups with a monthly price.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "minMembers": {
                        "title": "Minimum members",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Filter out groups with fewer members than this number.",
                        "default": 0
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
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                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
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                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```