# FMKorea Scraper (`rainminer/fmkorea-scraper`) Actor

Extract posts from FMKorea boards, Korea's largest community forum. Get titles, authors, dates, comment counts, and notice flags from any board — no login. Runs on Apify residential proxies. Schedule runs, export JSON, CSV, or Excel, and pull the data through the Apify API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rainminer/fmkorea-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [rainminer](https://apify.com/rainminer) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Other
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 post scrapeds

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### What does FMKorea Scraper do?

**FMKorea Scraper** extracts **posts from FMKorea boards** — Korea's largest community forum. Paste a board URL (e.g. `https://www.fmkorea.com/index.php?mid=baseball` or `https://www.fmkorea.com/news`) and export structured post data — title, author, date, comment count, and notice flag — as JSON, CSV, or Excel, **without writing any code**.

FMKorea serves plain HTTP clients a security-system block page, so this Actor runs behind **Apify residential proxies by default**.

### Why scrape FMKorea?

- **Community monitoring** — Track hot topics and posts across Korean community boards.
- **Trend research** — Study posting volume, comment counts, and notice cycles.
- **Content analysis** — Collect titles, authors, and timestamps for research datasets.
- **Apify platform** — Schedule runs, export JSON/CSV/Excel, monitor failures, and integrate via API.

### What data can you extract from FMKorea?

| Field      | Description                                    |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| docId      | Unique FMKorea document id                     |
| title      | Post title                                     |
| url        | Absolute post page URL                         |
| author     | Author display name                            |
| timeText   | Post date as shown on the board                |
| comments   | Comment count (when shown on the board)        |
| isNotice   | Whether the post is a board notice             |

### Input

| Input            | Description                                                                        |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Start URLs**   | Board URLs — `index.php?mid={board}` form or single-segment aliases like `/news`. A `&page=N` start value is honored. |
| **Max posts**    | Maximum posts per start URL (default 100)                                           |
| **Proxy**        | Apify **RESIDENTIAL** proxies are the default and recommended                        |

### Tips

- Start with a **specific board** (sports, news, humor...) rather than the site root.
- **Schedule runs** to follow boards over time and diff new posts.
- Export to **CSV or Excel** directly from the dataset view.

### Pricing

This Actor uses **pay-per-event pricing**: you pay only for the posts actually returned, one post per charged event. See the **Pricing** tab on the Store for current prices.

### Support

Open an issue in the Actor's issue tracker, or contact `rainminer` on the Apify Store.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

FMKorea board URLs, e.g. https://www.fmkorea.com/index.php?mid=baseball or https://www.fmkorea.com/news. A \&page=N start value is honored.

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

Maximum number of posts to return per start URL.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy configuration. FMKorea runs a browser challenge (WASM proof-of-work plus Turnstile) and blocks datacenter ranges, so residential proxies are required.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.fmkorea.com/index.php?mid=baseball&order_type=date&list_style=card"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.fmkorea.com/index.php?mid=baseball&order_type=date&list_style=card"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rainminer/fmkorea-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.fmkorea.com/index.php?mid=baseball&order_type=date&list_style=card" }],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.fmkorea.com/index.php?mid=baseball&order_type=date&list_style=card"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call rainminer/fmkorea-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rainminer/fmkorea-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yDSFea6pDk8MhauqL/builds/cLncH35IbGdSG3FUB/openapi.json