# Quay.io Container Tags Scraper (`parseforge/quay-io-tags-scraper`) Actor

Query Quay.io for container tags in any repository, with optional active tag filter or specific tag lookup. Records carry repository, tag name, manifest digest, size, last modified, start and end timestamps, expiration, Docker image ID, and current flag. Useful for CI audits.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/quay-io-tags-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Integrations
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.50 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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```

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

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````bash
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```bash

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# README

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## 🟦 Quay.io Tags Scraper

> 🚀 **Export public Quay.io tag metadata in seconds. Digest, size, expiration, revision, and manifest-list flag.**

> 🕒 **Last updated:** 2026-06-05 · **📊 13 fields** per record · Any public repo · No login required

The Quay.io Tags Scraper turns the public `quay.io/api/v1/repository/{namespace}/{name}/tag/` endpoint into a structured dataset. It paginates every tag of a public repository, captures expiration and reversion flags, and lets you target a single tag for surgical lookups.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| 🛡️ Container security teams | Track which tags are expiring |
| 🚀 Platform engineers | Compare digests across promotions |
| 🏗️ Release managers | Audit Red Hat ecosystem image cadence |
| 📊 Compliance | Snapshot the registry state for audits |
| 🧪 Researchers | Study tag-promotion patterns |
| 👩‍💻 Developers | Find a specific tag for a dependency |

### 📋 What the Quay.io Tags Scraper does

- Paginates the public `quay.io/api/v1/repository/{repo}/tag/` endpoint.
- Captures expiration timestamps, reversion flags, and manifest-list booleans.
- Lets you target a single tag with `specificTag` for fast lookups.
- Filters out expired/hidden tags by default.
- Pushes a clean diagnostic record if the upstream rejects the request.
- Exports to every Apify dataset format.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** Quay's tag endpoint exposes promotion and expiration metadata that Docker Hub doesn't. Mirroring it lets you build dashboards around image-lifecycle policy.

### 🎬 Full Demo

_🚧 Coming soon._

### ⚙️ Input

<table>
<tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Required</th><th>Description</th></tr>
<tr><td><code>repository</code></td><td>string</td><td>No</td><td>`namespace/name`. Default `coreos/etcd`.</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>maxItems</code></td><td>integer</td><td>No</td><td>Free 10. Paid up to 1,000,000.</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>onlyActiveTags</code></td><td>boolean</td><td>No</td><td>Exclude expired/hidden tags. Default true.</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>specificTag</code></td><td>string</td><td>No</td><td>Exact tag name. Skips pagination.</td></tr>
</table>

**Example 1. All active etcd tags.**
```json
{ "repository": "coreos/etcd", "maxItems": 50 }
````

**Example 2. Exact tag lookup.**

```json
{ "repository": "prometheus/prometheus", "specificTag": "v2.50.0" }
```

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** Quay's public endpoint paginates 100 tags at a time and respects the `onlyActiveTags` flag.

### 📊 Output

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 📦 `repository` | string | Repository slug. |
| 🏷️ `name` | string | Tag name. |
| 🔐 `manifestDigest` | string | Manifest digest. |
| 💾 `size` | number | Compressed image size in bytes. |
| 🕒 `lastModified` | string | Human-readable last modified. |
| 🕓 `startTs` | number | Tag start unix timestamp. |
| ⏳ `endTs` | number | Tag end unix timestamp where set. |
| ⏰ `expiration` | string | Expiration timestamp where set. |
| 🆔 `dockerImageId` | string | Internal docker image id. |
| 🔁 `reversion` | boolean | Whether the tag is a reversion. |
| 🗂️ `isManifestList` | boolean | True for multi-arch manifest lists. |
| ✅ `isCurrent` | boolean | True when the tag has no end timestamp. |
| 🕒 `scrapedAt` | string | When this row was fetched. |
| ❌ `error` | string | Set on upstream error. |

```json
{
  "repository": "coreos/etcd",
  "name": "v3.5.13",
  "manifestDigest": "sha256:abc...",
  "size": 18234112,
  "lastModified": "Tue, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0000",
  "isCurrent": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-05T12:00:00.000Z",
  "error": null
}
```

### ✨ Why choose this Actor

| 🆓 | Public endpoint, no token required for public repos. |
| ⏳ | Captures expiration and reversion metadata Docker Hub doesn't expose. |
| 🎯 | Surgical `specificTag` lookups. |
| 🛟 | Clean diagnostic records on upstream errors. |
| 💾 | Push to dataset for instant export. |

### 📈 How it compares to alternatives

| Approach | Setup | Expiration metadata | Filters | Auto export |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `skopeo list-tags` | install + script | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Roll your own fetch | 30 min + | manual | manual | manual |
| **This Actor** | 5 sec | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |

### 🚀 How to use

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Set `repository` to `namespace/name`.
3. Optionally pin a specific tag.
4. Click **Start** and download the dataset.

### 💼 Business use cases

**🛡️ Image-lifecycle policy.** Build a dashboard of tags expiring in the next 30 days.

**🚀 Promotion audits.** Snapshot the registry state before and after a release.

**📊 Capacity planning.** Track size growth across tag versions.

**🏗️ Multi-registry parity.** Compare Quay tags to Docker Hub for the same project.

### 🔌 Automating Quay.io Tags Scraper

- **Make and Zapier** trigger this actor on a schedule.
- **Cron** keeps your mirror fresh.
- **Webhooks** notify on completion.
- **Pipe to BigQuery, Snowflake, or Postgres** with native integrations.

### 🌟 Beyond business use cases

**🎓 Education.** Show students real registry shapes.

**🧪 Personal research.** Track the Red Hat ecosystem.

**🤝 Non-profit and open data.** Publish a registry health dashboard.

**🧰 Tinkering.** Quick tag lookups during dev.

### 🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Pop this README into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI assistant and ask it to map your specific workflow to the actor's inputs.

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

**❓ Do I need a Quay account?** No.

**❓ Private repos?** Not currently. Public endpoint only.

**❓ How fresh?** Live every run.

**❓ Schedule runs?** Yes.

**❓ API or scraping?** API.

**❓ Rate limits?** Anonymous calls are throttled per IP.

**❓ Schema stability?** Core fields are stable.

**❓ Maximum run size?** 1,000,000 records on paid plans.

**❓ Multi-arch?** `isManifestList` flags multi-arch tags.

**❓ Download formats?** Any Apify dataset format.

### 🔌 Integrate with any app

Apify ships native integrations with Make, Zapier, Slack, Discord, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Gmail, Airbyte, Keboola, Telegram, GitHub, and any REST API or webhook endpoint.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [ParseForge Docker Hub Tags Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge) | Docker Hub tag metadata. |
| [ParseForge SPDX Licenses Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge) | License metadata. |
| [ParseForge Alpha Vantage Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge) | Public market data. |
| [ParseForge OurAirports Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/ourairports-scraper) | Global airport database. |

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for 900+ production-grade scrapers.

***

**Disclaimer.** This actor scrapes only publicly available data. ParseForge is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. Users are responsible for complying with the target site's terms of service and applicable law. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).

# Actor input Schema

## `repository` (type: `string`):

Repository slug in `namespace/name` form (e.g. `coreos/etcd`, `prometheus/prometheus`).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000

## `onlyActiveTags` (type: `boolean`):

If true, expired or hidden tags are excluded.

## `specificTag` (type: `string`):

Optional exact tag name (overrides pagination, returns only that tag).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "repository": "coreos/etcd",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "onlyActiveTags": true
}
```

# 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 = {
    "repository": "coreos/etcd",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/quay-io-tags-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 = {
    "repository": "coreos/etcd",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/quay-io-tags-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 '{
  "repository": "coreos/etcd",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/quay-io-tags-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Quay.io Container Tags Scraper",
        "description": "Query Quay.io for container tags in any repository, with optional active tag filter or specific tag lookup. Records carry repository, tag name, manifest digest, size, last modified, start and end timestamps, expiration, Docker image ID, and current flag. Useful for CI audits.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "vi6AOh2H581rA9fdR"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/parseforge~quay-io-tags-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-parseforge-quay-io-tags-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~quay-io-tags-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-quay-io-tags-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~quay-io-tags-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-quay-io-tags-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "properties": {
                    "repository": {
                        "title": "Repository",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Repository slug in `namespace/name` form (e.g. `coreos/etcd`, `prometheus/prometheus`)."
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000"
                    },
                    "onlyActiveTags": {
                        "title": "Only active tags",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "If true, expired or hidden tags are excluded.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "specificTag": {
                        "title": "Specific tag",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional exact tag name (overrides pagination, returns only that tag)."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "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",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "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
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```