DEV / Forem Intel: Articles, Dev Leads & Tags

Turn DEV (dev.to) into structured, exportable B2B data. Built on the official public Forem API (dev.to/api): no proxy, no login, no scraping of rendered HTML. Pick a mode, get clean JSON / CSV / Excel.

What it does

Three modes, one actor:

1. Monitor articles (articles)

List posts by tag, by author/organization username, or by the top window (most-reacted posts of the last N days). Each row is flattened to title, description, tag list, reactions, comments, reading time, publish date, URL, and a compact author pointer (name, username, Twitter, GitHub, website).

Use it for: dev-rel and content competitive intel, tracking who publishes about your product or a rival's, finding the week's top posts in a technology.

2. Developer leads (users)

Give a tag and the actor collects the authors writing about that technology, then enriches each one through the public profile endpoint into a lead row: name, location, website, Twitter handle, GitHub handle, bio, and join date. People who publish about a stack are high-intent, pre-qualified leads. Or pass a single username for a one-off profile lookup.

Use it for: developer recruiting, dev-tool and SaaS lead generation, community and influencer mapping.

3. Tags (tags)

The DEV tag catalog in popularity order, with each tag's short summary and URL.

Use it for: technology market sizing and trend discovery.

Delta / monitor mode

Turn on Delta mode and every run emits only what is new since the previous run (per-account state): new articles, newly appearing authors, or newly surfaced tags. Pair it with an Apify schedule + webhook and the actor becomes a recurring change feed instead of a one-shot scrape.

Input

Field	Applies to	Description
mode	all	articles, users, or tags
tag	articles, users	A dev.to tag (e.g. react, rust, ai)
username	articles, users	A dev.to username (author/org posts, or a single profile)
top	articles, users	Most-reacted window in days (7, 30); 0 = newest
apiKey	all	Optional free DEV key: raises the rate budget only, reads stay public
deltaMode	all	Emit only entries new since the last run
maxItems	all	Cap on records returned

Output sample (developer lead)

{
  "source": "user",
  "username": "ben",
  "name": "Ben Halpern",
  "location": "NY",
  "websiteUrl": "http://benhalpern.com",
  "twitterUsername": "bendhalpern",
  "githubUsername": "benhalpern",
  "summary": "A Canadian software developer who thinks he is funny.",
  "joinedAt": "Dec 27, 2015",
  "profileUrl": "https://dev.to/ben",
  "foundViaTag": "react"
}

Notes

• Data is read from public DEV endpoints. Article content on DEV is licensed by its authors; reuse responsibly and keep the source URL for attribution.
• The optional API key is not authentication. It only lifts the unauthenticated rate budget; every endpoint this actor calls is public.

Part of the B2B data suite

Pairs with the rest of the founder / VC / sales / recruiting data suite:

• GitHub Intel and npm Registry Intel and PyPI Intel for developer-ecosystem leads and package intel
• Stack Exchange Intel for developer leads by technology
• Hacker News Intel for hiring and launch signals
• Y Combinator and IndieHackers and BetaList scrapers for startup and founder data
• SEC EDGAR Intel for public-company filings and financials