✍️ Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper

🚀 Pull Dev.to articles with body, tags, reactions, reading time, author, organization, language, and 32 fields per record.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-08 · 📊 32 fields per record · Dev.to articles · body markdown + html, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, author + org, language, type · latest, top, by tag, by user

The Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper pulls articles from the Dev.to community blog. Output includes title, slug, URL + canonical URL, description, body markdown + body HTML, reading time minutes, tag list (canonical names + slugs), publish + edit + crosspost + last-comment dates, readable publish date, language, collection ID, type, positive + public reaction counts, comments count, full author profile (name, username, Twitter, GitHub, website, profile image), organization (name, username, slug), and the flare tag.

Four modes in one Actor: latest articles, top articles (top of the week), articles by tag, and articles by user. Set fetchBody to false to skip the body and keep records lighter for high-volume runs.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Dev-content marketers, content aggregators, ML researchers, recruiters tracking dev voices, OSS communities	Tech-content aggregation, developer-marketing analytics, ML training on dev articles, recruiter outreach, community monitoring

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📋 What the Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper does

Five filtering workflows in a single run:

• 📰 Latest feed. Most recent published articles.
• 🏆 Top of the week. Top-7-day articles by reactions.
• 🏷️ By tag. Pull every article tagged Python, JavaScript, Rust, etc.
• 👤 By user. Pull every article from a specific Dev.to user.
• 📜 Body markdown + HTML. Both formats per record (toggle with fetchBody).

💡 Why it matters: clean, server-side filtering and fresh data on every run.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
maxItems	integer	10	Records to return. Free plan caps at 10, paid plan up to 1,000,000.
mode	string	"latest"	latest, top, tag, user.
tag	string	""	Tag slug (tag mode).
username	string	""	Dev.to username (user mode).
fetchBody	boolean	true	When true, includes full body markdown + html. Set false for lighter records.

Example: latest articles.

{
    "maxItems": 20,
    "mode": "latest",
    "fetchBody": true
}

Example: articles tagged Python.

{
    "maxItems": 100,
    "mode": "tag",
    "tag": "python",
    "fetchBody": false
}

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📊 Output

Each record contains 32 fields. Download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🖼️ coverImage	string	"https://media.dev.to/.../cover.png"
📛 title	string	"How to Build a CLI in Rust"
🆔 articleId	number	2348901
🔗 url	string	"https://dev.to/example/how-to-build-a-cli-in-rust"
📜 description	string	"A step-by-step guide..."
📜 bodyMarkdown	string	"## Introduction\n..."
⏱️ readingTimeMinutes	number	8
🏷️ tags	array	["rust","cli","tutorial"]
🏷️ tagsCanonical	array	["rust","cli","tutorial"]
📅 publishedAt	string	"2026-04-30T15:32:00Z"
📅 createdAt	string	"2026-04-30T15:32:00Z"
📅 lastCommentAt	string	"2026-05-02T08:21:00Z"
🌍 language	string	"en"
📜 typeOf	string	"article"
👍 positiveReactionsCount	number	142
💬 commentsCount	number	9
👤 authorUsername	string	"developer"
👤 authorTwitter	string	"developer"
👤 authorGithub	string	"developer"
🏢 organizationName	string	"Dev Org"
🏢 organizationUsername	string	"devorg"

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
📜	Body markdown + HTML. Toggle fetchBody to balance richness vs run cost.
👤	Full author + org profile. Twitter, GitHub, website, organization details inline.
🏷️	Two tag formats. Plain tag list + canonical tag list.
📅	Five date fields. Created, published, edited, crossposted, last comment.
🆓	No auth. Dev.to public REST API.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ This Actor	$5 free credit	Dev.to	Live per run	4 modes	⚡ 2 min
Dev.to RSS	Free	Limited	Live	Limited	🐢 Code
Forem API direct	Free	Same	Live	DIY	🐢 Code
Manual scraping	Free	All	Live	DIY	🐢 Days

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Find the Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Pick filters and maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start.
5. 📥 Download. Grab results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📰 Content + Marketing Tech-content aggregation Developer-marketing analytics Newsletter source feeds Trending-topic detection	🤖 ML + Research Train dev-content embeddings Tag-classification models Author-profile graphs Reading-time calibration
👥 Community + Recruiting Find experts on a topic Track community voices Discover dev influencers Outreach lead generation	🎓 Learning + Curation Tutorial discovery Best-of-week digests Hobbyist learning Community curation

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🔌 Automating Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows.

🎓 Research and academia Dev-content corpora Community-dynamics studies Reproducible blog snapshots Cross-platform comparison	🎨 Personal and creative Personal blog dashboards Curated reading lists Side projects with article data Newsletter backbones
🤝 Non-profit and civic Free dev-content directories Educational tutorial collections Civic-tech blog aggregation Mentor-discovery resources	🧪 Experimentation Train trend detectors Prototype recommendation Build summary-bots Test classification pipelines

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🧩 How does it work?

Pick mode (latest, top, tag, user). The Actor pages the public Dev.to API and returns each article.

📊 How many fields per record?

32, including body markdown + HTML, tags, reactions, dates, author + organization profile.

📜 Can I skip the body?

Yes. Set fetchBody to false to drop body markdown + body HTML. Records become much lighter.

🏷️ How are tags returned?

Two formats: plain tags array + canonical tagsCanonical array. Slug-style strings.

👤 Can I scrape a specific user?

Yes. Use mode=user with the username field.

📅 What's the difference between createdAt and publishedAt?

Created is the original creation timestamp; published is when it went live (often the same).

🆓 Do I need an API key?

No. Dev.to has a public API.

🔁 Can I schedule runs?

Yes. Schedule hourly for trending content.

⚖️ Is this data free to use?

Articles are publicly available. Reuse depends on each author's licensing.

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan?

No. The free plan covers preview runs (10 records).

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications
• Airbyte - Pipe data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits
• Google Drive - Export datasets to Sheets

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Dev.to, Forem, or any individual article author. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available open data is collected.