# Truth Social Scraper - Posts, Profiles & Engagement (`scrapesage/truth-social-scraper`) Actor

Scrape posts (Truths) and profiles from any Truth Social account: full text, replies, re-Truths and favourites counts, media, hashtags, mentions and account stats (followers, following, bio). No login, cents per post.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesage/truth-social-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrape Sage](https://apify.com/scrapesage) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.20 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Truth Social Scraper - Posts, Profiles & Engagement

Pull posts (Truths) and profile data from any public Truth Social account. For each post you get the
**full text**, **engagement counts** (replies, re-Truths, favourites), **media**, **hashtags** and
**mentions**, plus the author's **account stats** (followers, following, bio, verified). Give it a handle,
a batch of handles, or profile URLs - no login required.

### What you get per post

| Group | Fields |
|---|---|
| Post | `id`, `url`, `createdAt`, `text`, `language`, `visibility` |
| Type | `isReblog` (re-Truth), `rebloggedBy`, `isReply`, `inReplyToId` |
| Engagement | `repliesCount`, `reblogsCount`, `favouritesCount`, `upvotesCount` |
| Media & links | `mediaCount`, `mediaUrls`, `mediaTypes`, `cardUrl`, `cardTitle` |
| Entities | `tags` (hashtags), `mentions` |
| Author | `handle`, `displayName`, `verified`, `followersCount`, `followingCount`, `statusesCount`, `accountBio` |

### Input

```json
{
  "handles": ["realDonaldTrump", "DonaldJTrumpJr"],
  "maxPostsPerAccount": 100
}
```

- **Handles** - the name after the @ in the profile URL (e.g. `realDonaldTrump`). A full profile URL or
  an `@handle` works too.
- **Import from a file** - paste a whole list, or link a public `.txt`/`.csv`, a Google Sheet/Drive link,
  or an Apify key-value-store record.
- **Max posts per account** - how many recent posts to collect per account.
- **Include replies / Include re-Truths** - toggle to keep original Truths only.
- **Output fields** - tick only the columns you want for a lean export.

Leave the handle list empty and the run returns a small free sample so you can see the shape first.

### Reliability

Truth Social sits behind Cloudflare, so this is a browser actor: it loads the site once to clear the
challenge, then reads the public account API from that cleared session. US residential proxies are the
tested setup. A run that cannot clear emits nothing and bills **$0**, and says so - you are never charged
for a blocked run.

### Honest limits

- **Public accounts only.** Private or suspended accounts return nothing (and say so). No login, so no
  followers-list, DMs or non-public content.
- **Recent posts.** Collection walks back from the newest post; very old history is slower and bounded by
  your **Max posts per account** and the run timeout.
- **Some fields are per-post.** `mediaUrls`, `cardUrl`, `tags` and `mentions` are only present when a post
  actually has them; `text` is empty for a media-only Truth. That is the post, not a gap.
- **Re-Truths report the original author.** For a re-Truth, `handle`/`displayName` are the original
  poster; `rebloggedBy` and `queryHandle` tell you it came via the account you asked for.

### Pricing

**$0.004 per post** on the FREE tier (tiered pricing lowers it with volume). You are only charged for
posts actually saved; a blocked or empty run costs nothing.

### Output views

- **Posts** - handle, created, text, engagement counts, URL and the re-Truth flag.

### Use with AI assistants (MCP)

Available through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) - an agent can
pull an account's latest Truths with engagement numbers for monitoring or analysis.

### Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is **agent-ready** - AI agents can discover it, run it, and **pay for it autonomously**, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event) pricing and [limited permissions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/permissions), so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

- **[x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402)** - an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) - no account, no API key.
- **[Skyfire](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/skyfire)** - agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

# Actor input Schema

## `handles` (type: `array`):

Truth Social account handles - the name after the @ in the profile URL (e.g. <code>realDonaldTrump</code>). A full profile URL like <code>https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump</code> or an <code>@handle</code> is accepted too. <b>Leave empty and the run returns a small free sample.</b>

## `handlesFromFile` (type: `string`):

Bulk-load handles. Either <b>paste the whole list</b> (one per line or comma-separated), or give <b>a single link</b> to a public <code>.txt</code>/<code>.csv</code>, a Google Sheet/Drive link, or an Apify key-value-store record. A file that cannot be read says so and charges nothing.

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

Paste Truth Social profile URLs directly instead of handles - e.g. <code>https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump</code>.

## `maxPostsPerAccount` (type: `integer`):

How many of the most recent posts (Truths) to collect per account. You are only charged for posts actually saved.

## `includeReplies` (type: `boolean`):

Include posts that are replies to another post. Turn off for original Truths only.

## `includeReblogs` (type: `boolean`):

Include re-Truths (the account resharing someone else's post). Turn off for the account's own posts only.

## `outputFields` (type: `array`):

Pick the fields you want and every record is trimmed to exactly those - handy for lean CSV/Sheets exports. Open the dropdown and tick, or type to filter (<code>text</code>, <code>url</code>, <code>favouritesCount</code>).

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

Truth Social sits behind Cloudflare. US residential proxies are strongly recommended - the defaults below are the tested setup.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "handles": [
    "realDonaldTrump"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerAccount": 40,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "includeReblogs": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Each scraped record - Truth Social posts and profiles - as a JSON item in the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "handles": [
        "realDonaldTrump"
    ],
    "handlesFromFile": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapesage/truth-social-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 = {
    "handles": ["realDonaldTrump"],
    "handlesFromFile": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapesage/truth-social-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 '{
  "handles": [
    "realDonaldTrump"
  ],
  "handlesFromFile": ""
}' |
apify call scrapesage/truth-social-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapesage/truth-social-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/S8VyHVggH56FRqy84/builds/5H4MwBs3cgtS346WS/openapi.json