# Mastodon Profile Posts Scraper - Cheap 🔎📢🐘 (`scrapestorm/mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap`) Actor

🔎 Looking to collect posts & insights from Mastodon?

With this scraper, you can extract post data including author details, content, hashtags, engagement metrics, media attachments & external links, all in a clean, ready-to-use format

Perfect for OSINT, trend analysis & audience insights 📊🚀

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapestorm/mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap.md
- **Developed by:** [Storm\_Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapestorm) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Automation
- **Stats:** 7 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$9.90/month + usage

To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period.You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have.

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

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# README

###  Mastodon Profile Posts Scraper 🔎📢🐘

The Mastodon Profile Posts Scraper is a powerful automation tool designed to extract posts directly from Mastodon profiles across any public instance.

Unlike basic scrapers, this actor intelligently collects structured post data such as author details, content, engagement metrics, media attachments, hashtags, and more — delivered in a clean, ready-to-use format.

Perfect for social media analysis, OSINT, trend monitoring, and audience insights 📊🚀

---

### 🎯 What This Scraper Does

Simply provide one or more Mastodon profile URLs, and the actor will:

✅ Extract structured posts from any public Mastodon instance

✅ Collect clean and consistent datasets

✅ Capture engagement metrics (favourites, reblogs, replies)

✅ Extract media attachments and hashtags

✅ Support multiple instances automatically

✅ Stop when:

The maximum number of posts is reached

No more posts are available after scrolling

---


### 📦 Field Descriptions

📝 Core Post Fields

| Field                       | Description                              |
| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| 🆔 **postId**               | Unique post identifier                   |
| 🗓️ **createdAt**           | Post creation date                       |
| 👤 **authorUsername**       | Account handle                           |
| 🧑 **authorDisplayName**    | Display name                             |
| 🔗 **authorUrl**            | Profile URL                              |
| 📊 **authorFollowersCount** | Followers count                          |
| 📝 **authorStatusesCount**  | Total posts count                        |
| ✍️ **contentText**          | Post content                             |
| 🌐 **visibility**           | Post visibility (public, unlisted, etc.) |
| 🌍 **language**             | Detected language                        |


📊 Engagement Metrics

| Field                 | Description          |
| --------------------- | -------------------- |
| 💬 **repliesCount**   | Number of replies    |
| 🔁 **reblogsCount**   | Number of boosts     |
| ⭐ **favouritesCount** | Number of favourites |



🏷️ Tags & Media

| Field                    | Description            |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------- |
| #️⃣ **tags**             | Hashtags               |
| 🖼️ **mediaAttachments** | Images/videos/GIFs     |
| ⚠️ **sensitive**         | Sensitive content flag |



🔗 Threading & Metadata

| Field              | Description        |
| ------------------ | ------------------ |
| ↩️ **inReplyToId** | Parent post ID     |
| 🔗 **postUrl**     | Direct post link   |
| 🌐 **sourceUrl**   | Source profile URL |


---

### 🛠 How to Use

1️⃣ Configure Input

Provide one or more Mastodon profile URLs:

````

{
"urls": \[
"https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon",
"https://social.circl.lu/@circl"
],
"maxItems": 40
}

```

2️⃣ Run the Actor

The scraper will:

• Connect to any public Mastodon instance
• Load profile timelines
• Extract structured post data
• Collect engagement metrics and media
• Stop when limit is reached or no new posts are found

3️⃣ Export the Dataset

Download your data in multiple formats:

✅ JSON

✅ CSV

✅ Excel

✅ XML

✅ HTML


### 💸 Pricing

This scraper operates on a monthly subscription model — you only pay for successful results.

💳 Price: $9.90 / month

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---

### ✏️ Input Schema Example

Use the following configuration to start scraping:

```

{
"urls": \[
"https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon",
"https://social.circl.lu/@circl"
],
"maxItems": 40
}

```

| Field        | Type    | Description                                                   |
| ------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **urls**     | array   | List of Mastodon profile URLs (any public instance supported) |
| **maxItems** | integer | Maximum number of posts to collect per profile                |



### 📤 Output Example

```

{
"postId": "111111111111111111",
"createdAt": "2026-04-14T10:00:00Z",
"authorUsername": "circl",
"authorDisplayName": "CIRCL",
"authorUrl": "https://social.circl.lu/@circl",
"authorFollowersCount": 12000,
"authorStatusesCount": 5400,
"contentText": "New vulnerability report published 🚨",
"visibility": "public",
"language": "en",
"repliesCount": 12,
"reblogsCount": 45,
"favouritesCount": 180,
"tags": \["cybersecurity", "vulnerability"],
"mediaAttachments": \[
"https://..."
],
"inReplyToId": null,
"sensitive": false,
"postUrl": "https://social.circl.lu/@circl/111111111111111111",
"sourceUrl": "https://social.circl.lu/@circl"
}

````

### 📊 Preconfigured Dataset View

🔎 Overview Table includes:

• Post URI
• Post URL
• Author handle & name
• Post text
• Language & hashtags
• Engagement metrics
• Media & embeds
• External links
• Source URL

---

### 📊 Use Cases

📢 Social Media Monitoring
Track activity across Mastodon communities

📈 Trend Analysis
Analyze hashtags, discussions, and engagement

🕵️ OSINT & Research
Investigate public accounts and narratives

🏢 Brand Monitoring
Track mentions across decentralized social networks

📊 Audience Insights
Understand user engagement and content performance

---

### ⚡ Why Use This Scraper?

🎯 Works with any Mastodon instance

📄 Clean structured dataset output

📊 Rich engagement + metadata extraction

⚡ Fast scrolling & API interception

🔍 Perfect for OSINT & research workflows

---

### ⚠️ Disclaimer

• This tool is independent and not affiliated with Mastodon

### 📫 Support

😊 Leave us a 5-star rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ if you’re satisfied with the scraper
🌍 For any questions, specific needs or issues, please reach out through Apify's platform or via email - [Storm_Scraper 🌪️🌩️](https://apify.com/scrapestorm)

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of Mastodon profile URLs to scrape posts from. The scraper intercepts the Mastodon API automatically via network listener.

Examples:
• https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon
• https://social.circl.lu/@circl
• https://social.circl.lu/@NoName57Bot

⚠️ Any public Mastodon instance is supported.
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of posts to collect per profile URL. The scraper scrolls and intercepts API responses until this limit is reached or 4 consecutive scrolls yield no new results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon",
    "https://social.circl.lu/@circl",
    "https://social.circl.lu/@NoName57Bot"
  ],
  "maxItems": 40
}
````

# 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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon",
        "https://social.circl.lu/@circl",
        "https://social.circl.lu/@NoName57Bot"
    ],
    "maxItems": 40
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapestorm/mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap").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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon",
        "https://social.circl.lu/@circl",
        "https://social.circl.lu/@NoName57Bot",
    ],
    "maxItems": 40,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapestorm/mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap").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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon",
    "https://social.circl.lu/@circl",
    "https://social.circl.lu/@NoName57Bot"
  ],
  "maxItems": 40
}' |
apify call scrapestorm/mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapestorm/mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Mastodon Profile Posts Scraper - Cheap 🔎📢🐘",
        "description": "🔎 Looking to collect posts & insights from Mastodon?\n\nWith this scraper, you can extract post data including author details, content, hashtags, engagement metrics, media attachments & external links, all in a clean, ready-to-use format\n\nPerfect for OSINT, trend analysis & audience insights 📊🚀",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "Vl8ARc6f4ecNXCLJC"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapestorm~mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapestorm-mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapestorm~mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapestorm-mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapestorm~mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapestorm-mastodon-profile-posts-scraper---cheap",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "required": [
                    "urls",
                    "maxItems"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "urls": {
                        "title": "Mastodon Profile URLs 🐘",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of Mastodon profile URLs to scrape posts from. The scraper intercepts the Mastodon API automatically via network listener.\n\nExamples:\n• https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon\n• https://social.circl.lu/@circl\n• https://social.circl.lu/@NoName57Bot\n\n⚠️ Any public Mastodon instance is supported.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Maximum Posts per URL 📄",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of posts to collect per profile URL. The scraper scrolls and intercepts API responses until this limit is reached or 4 consecutive scrolls yield no new results.",
                        "default": 40
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
