# Ameba Blog Scraper (`scrapingmonkey/ameba-blog-scraper`) Actor

Export public Ameba blog profiles, descriptions, social links, categories, and displayed follower counts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/ameba-blog-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ScrapingMonkey](https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

**Ameba Blog Scraper** — Export public Ameba blog profiles, descriptions, social links, categories, and displayed follower counts. Add supported inputs and start a run to get structured public data without providing a Ameba account.

Export a public Ameba lifestyle blog profile with its biography, categories, social links and available follower count for a source-linked creator brief.

| At a glance | Details |
|---|---|
| 📥 Input | Enter an Ameba blog ID or a public ameblo.jp blog URL. |
| 📤 Output | One blog per success row, with source input retained |
| 📄 Pagination | One lookup per unique input; nested values stay in that result row. |
| 🔐 Login required | No |
| ⚡ Processing | Up to 5 HTTP requests concurrently with automatic retries |
| 💾 Delivery | One Apify dataset view, useful flat columns and complete nested JSON |

### What the ameba blog scraper collects 📊

Export public Ameba blog profiles, descriptions, social links, categories, and displayed follower counts.

Data can include:

- Source identity and public links
- Available id, ameba id, url, nickname, title, description, bio, profile image url
- Original input retained with every result
- One consistent success or failed record format

### How to collect blogs from Ameba 🚀

1. Enter one or more supported inputs in `inputList`.
2. Review the supported input format.
3. Start the Actor.
4. Open the **Blogs** dataset view and review the individual records.
5. Export the dataset or retrieve it from your application.

```json
{
  "inputList": [
    "tsuji-nozomi"
  ]
}
```

One lookup per unique input; nested values stay in that result row.

### Ameba blogs data and complete output 📦

| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `input` | string | Original submitted input. |
| `status` | string | Result status: success or failed. |
| `id` | string or null | Stable identifier of this result. |
| `ameba_id` | string or null | Ameba blog ID / username. |
| `url` | string or null | Public result URL. |
| `nickname` | string or null | Public author display name. |
| `title` | string or null | Public blog or post title. |
| `description` | string or null | Public blog description. |
| `bio` | string or null | Public author introduction. |
| `profile_image_url` | string or null | Public profile image URL. |
| `blog_type` | string or null | Blog type reported by Ameba. |
| `is_official` | boolean or null | Whether Ameba identifies the blog as official. |
| `created_at` | string or null | Creation timestamp when provided. |
| `updated_at` | string or null | Last update timestamp when provided. |
| `followers_count` | integer or null | Displayed total follower count when available. |
| `follower_count_visibility` | string or null | Source visibility setting for the follower count. |
| `categories` | array or null | Public official-blog categories. |
| `categories[].id` | string or null | Source identifier of this entity, retained as a string. |
| `categories[].name` | string or null | Public name supplied by the source. |
| `social_links` | array or null | Public linked social profiles. |
| `social_links[].name` | string or null | Public name supplied by the source. |
| `social_links[].handle` | string or null | Handle when exposed by the public response. |
| `social_links[].url` | string or null | Public source URL. |

Nested arrays and media references stay in their parent record. Downloading source media files is not part of this Actor.

Every top-level output field appears in these complete examples. The success example is normalized from a public response. Long strings and arrays are shortened here; the Actor keeps the complete available values. Values are a snapshot and can change. Nested arrays remain inside their parent result.

Representative success result with every output field (long text and arrays shortened for readability):

```json
{
  "input": "tsuji-nozomi",
  "status": "success",
  "id": "10006274874",
  "ameba_id": "tsuji-nozomi",
  "url": "https://ameblo.jp/tsuji-nozomi/",
  "nickname": "辻希美",
  "title": "辻希美オフィシャルブログ「のんピース」Powered by Ameba",
  "description": "辻希美オフィシャルブログ",
  "bio": "official instagram\n@tsujinozomi_official",
  "profile_image_url": "https://stat.profile.ameba.jp/profile_images/20191219/16/6e/Nh/j/o44805236p_1576738801201_mk6hy.jpg",
  "blog_type": "official",
  "is_official": true,
  "created_at": "2009-01-30T09:19:16.000+09:00",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-09T00:28:43.000+09:00",
  "followers_count": 1153065,
  "follower_count_visibility": "display",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "10",
      "name": "ハロプロOG"
    }
  ],
  "social_links": [
    {
      "name": "instagram",
      "handle": "tsujinozomi_official",
      "url": "https://instagram.com/tsujinozomi_official"
    }
  ]
}
```

Complete failed result:

```json
{
  "input": "invalid input",
  "status": "failed",
  "id": null,
  "ameba_id": null,
  "url": null,
  "nickname": null,
  "title": null,
  "description": null,
  "bio": null,
  "profile_image_url": null,
  "blog_type": null,
  "is_official": null,
  "created_at": null,
  "updated_at": null,
  "followers_count": null,
  "follower_count_visibility": null,
  "categories": null,
  "social_links": null
}
```

A failed row preserves `input`, sets `status` to `failed`, and sets every other top-level field to `null`. The run log records the reason. Optional successful fields can be null or empty when Ameba does not supply them. Object fields are exposed through useful columns in the single **Blogs** view; arrays are not expanded into extra result rows.

### Input requirements and pagination settings ⚙️

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `inputList` | array of strings | Yes | None | Enter an Ameba blog ID or a public ameblo.jp blog URL. At least `1` item. |

Enter an Ameba blog ID or a public ameblo.jp blog URL.

Examples of supported inputs: `tsuji-nozomi`.

Duplicate normalized inputs are processed once. Within the collection for one source input, repeated records are removed while distinct interactions or objects remain separate. The same object returned for different source inputs retains its source relationship.

There is no result-page setting. Each unique target is looked up individually, and nested fields remain within that result row.

### Ameba blogs use cases 🎯

#### Research an Ameba lifestyle creator profile

Export a public Ameba lifestyle blog profile with its biography, categories, social links and available follower count for a source-linked creator brief.

#### Inspect the official Ameba staff blog profile

Collect the official Ameba staff blog's public title, description, account flags and profile links to maintain a reference record for the service account.

#### Compare public Ameba creator profiles

Collect selected Ameba creator profiles and compare biographies, categories and available follower counts in your export. Hidden counts remain null.

### Pricing and saved-result behavior 💰

Check the Actor’s **Pricing** tab for the active pricing model and current rate. Store settings can change, so this README does not claim a fixed price or runtime.

Under dataset-item pricing:

- Each successful result represents one blog for its source input.
- An invalid or unavailable input, an input with no accessible results, or an exhausted request can produce a `failed` row.
- Retry attempts and supporting requests do not create extra dataset rows by themselves.
- Nested media, profile information and other arrays remain part of their parent row.
- A normal empty continuation after earlier successes creates no additional row.
- Saved failed rows are not assumed to be free; check their treatment in the active pricing configuration.

More inputs can produce more saved rows. Start with a small run and check actual usage before increasing the workload.

### Ameba blogs API 🔌

Replace `$ACTOR_ID` with the identifier shown in this Actor’s **API** tab and `$APIFY_TOKEN` with your Apify token.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/$ACTOR_ID/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"inputList":["tsuji-nozomi"]}'
```

Download the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel or other formats available in the Console, or retrieve it through the Apify API. Use schedules, webhooks and Apify integrations to connect results to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, cloud storage or your own application. These connections are configured separately by the user.

### Reliability, retries, and public-data limits ⚠️

Collection uses pure HTTP with up to five concurrent requests. Invalid syntax and confirmed missing, removed or unavailable targets stop without unnecessary retries. Temporary network or proxy failures, timeouts, blocking responses, malformed data, throttling and server errors allow up to five total attempts per request.

Successful earlier pages remain saved if a later request fails. A normal end after saved results is not retried. An input with no accessible results can receive a failed row; that alone does not prove that its underlying source does not exist. An exhausted later request can add a failed row while preserving previous output.

Follower counts can be unavailable or hidden. Public follower lists can be smaller than the displayed total.

Ameba controls public availability, ranking and optional fields. Result counts can be affected by duplicates, removed content and changes during a run. A page budget is a collection limit, not a promise of exhaustive coverage.

An invalid string within a valid input list does not stop other inputs. Invalid overall configuration, such as a non-string list item or a wrong page-count type, exits before source requests. Startup failures, unavailable dataset storage or an unrecoverable result-save error can still stop the whole run. A failed save is not retried as a new scraping request.

### Frequently asked questions ❓

#### What does one Ameba Blog Scraper result represent?

Each successful row represents one blog. The source input is retained, and nested fields stay in the same row.

#### Which source limits apply?

Follower counts can be unavailable or hidden. Public follower lists can be smaller than the displayed total.

#### Does it download media files?

No. Where available, the Actor returns media URLs and metadata within the result row.

#### Does it require a Ameba account or personal cookies?

No. You do not need to provide a Ameba account, password or personal session cookie. Collection uses HTTP without opening a browser.

#### What happens to invalid or unavailable inputs?

Invalid individual inputs are recorded as failed without a source request. Confirmed missing or unavailable targets stop without unnecessary retries. Temporary failures allow up to five total attempts per request; other inputs and earlier saved results remain available.

#### Can I export results or run the same input again?

Yes. Export the default dataset or retrieve it through the Apify API. You can create an Apify schedule and connect completed runs to your own workflow.

### Support, responsible use, and related actors 🛟

For a reproducible issue, use the Actor’s **Issues** tab and provide the run ID, approximate time, a safe public input, expected behavior and actual result. Include the mode or page budget when relevant. Never share access tokens, personal cookies or proxy credentials.

Use public data responsibly and follow applicable privacy, copyright, contractual and platform requirements before storing, analyzing or redistributing collected information.

# Actor input Schema

## `inputList` (type: `array`):

Enter an Ameba blog ID or a public ameblo.jp blog URL.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "inputList": [
    "tsuji-nozomi"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `blogs` (type: `string`):

One row per blog.. Check success or failed status.

# 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 = {
    "inputList": [
        "tsuji-nozomi"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapingmonkey/ameba-blog-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 = { "inputList": ["tsuji-nozomi"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapingmonkey/ameba-blog-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 '{
  "inputList": [
    "tsuji-nozomi"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapingmonkey/ameba-blog-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapingmonkey/ameba-blog-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/egDU77DKaIhuIeySP/builds/UnV5HEpfoAzz8oYhU/openapi.json