Patreon Post Scraper
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Patreon Post Scraper
Extract Patreon posts by URL or ID, including public text, images, audio, video embeds, polls and locked-post previews.
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Extract details from selected Patreon post URLs or IDs and save one complete row per post. Patreon Post Scraper returns titles, dates, accessible text or teasers, visible engagement, author context and available media or poll fields.
Enrich exact post references without collecting the creator’s whole feed. Text, image, audio, video, link and poll posts share one output schema with optional nested fields.
| At a glance | Details |
|---|---|
| 📥 Input | Enter numeric post IDs or Patreon post URLs. Locked posts return only publicly visible details and previews. |
| 📤 Output | One post per success row with the input source retained |
| 📄 Pagination | Individual lookups; no result pagination |
| 🔐 Login required | No |
| ⚡ Processing | Up to 5 HTTP requests concurrently; up to 5 attempts for temporary failures |
| 💾 Delivery | One Apify dataset view with individual records and complete nested JSON |
What the Patreon post scraper collects 📄
The Actor reads the public website detail response for each post. Available content and media stay in the post record, while missing or locked fields remain absent or null according to the schema.
Data can include:
- Post identity, canonical URL, title, dates and format
- Accessible content, teaser text and access indicators
- Public engagement counters and author or campaign context
- Available images, audio references, video or external embed metadata
- Poll questions, choices and visible response counts when returned
How to collect post details from Patreon 🚀
- Enter one or more supported inputs.
- Review the supported input format.
- Start the Actor.
- Open the Posts dataset view and review success or failed rows.
- Export the dataset or retrieve records from your application.
Each unique post is an individual lookup with no result pagination. Media, poll choices and related metadata remain nested in that post’s row.
Patreon post details output fields 📦
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
input | string | Original submitted input. |
status | string | success for a collected entity; failed for an invalid, unavailable or exhausted input. |
id | string or null | Id when supplied by Patreon. |
type | string or null | Type when supplied by Patreon. |
url | string or null | Url when supplied by Patreon. |
title | string or null | Title when supplied by Patreon. |
post_type | string or null | Post type when supplied by Patreon. |
created_at | string or null | Created at when supplied by Patreon. |
published_at | string or null | Published at when supplied by Patreon. |
edited_at | string or null | Edited at when supplied by Patreon. |
is_accessible | boolean or null | Whether the anonymous website response permits viewing the post content. |
is_locked | boolean or null | True when the anonymous website response does not permit viewing the full post. |
is_paid | boolean or null | Raw Patreon is_paid flag. This does not determine whether a post is accessible. |
is_preview_blurred | boolean or null | Is preview blurred when supplied by Patreon. |
content_json | string or null | Original public post document as a JSON string; null when unavailable. |
content_text | string or null | Readable public post text; null for unavailable full content. |
teaser_text | string or null | Publicly visible post teaser, when supplied. |
comment_count | integer or null | Comment count when supplied by Patreon. |
commenter_count | integer or null | Commenter count when supplied by Patreon. |
like_count | integer or null | Like count when supplied by Patreon. |
reshare_count | integer or null | Reshare count when supplied by Patreon. |
view_count | integer or null | View count when supplied by Patreon. |
min_amount_cents | integer or null | Min amount cents when supplied by Patreon. |
image_url | string or null | Image url when supplied by Patreon. |
thumbnail_url | string or null | Thumbnail url when supplied by Patreon. |
image_width | integer or null | Image width when supplied by Patreon. |
image_height | integer or null | Image height when supplied by Patreon. |
thumbnail_versions | array or null | Thumbnail versions when supplied by Patreon. |
file_url | string or null | File url when supplied by Patreon. |
duration_seconds | number or null | Duration seconds when supplied by Patreon. |
embed | object or null | Embed when supplied by Patreon. |
audio | object or null | Audio when supplied by Patreon. |
video | object or null | Video when supplied by Patreon. |
audio_preview | object or null | Audio preview when supplied by Patreon. |
images | array or null | Images when supplied by Patreon. |
attachments | array or null | Attachments when supplied by Patreon. |
media | array or null | Media when supplied by Patreon. |
poll | object or null | Poll when supplied by Patreon. |
creator | object or null | Creator when supplied by Patreon. |
author | object or null | Author when supplied by Patreon. |
authors | array or null | Authors when supplied by Patreon. |
tags | array or null | Tags when supplied by Patreon. |
access_rules | array or null | Access rules when supplied by Patreon. |
collection_id | string or null | Source or linked collection ID, when applicable. |
collection_title | string or null | Collection title when supplied by Patreon. |
collection_url | string or null | Collection url when supplied by Patreon. |
page | integer or null | One-based main result page. Null for an individual detail lookup. |
Nested field structure:
thumbnail_versions[]:name,url.embed:url,provider,title,description,html.audio:id,media_type,file_name,mime_type,size_bytes,state,url,download_url,width,height,duration_seconds,thumbnail_url,image_versions.audio.image_versions[]:name,url.video:id,media_type,file_name,mime_type,size_bytes,state,url,download_url,width,height,duration_seconds,thumbnail_url,image_versions.video.image_versions[]:name,url.audio_preview:id,media_type,file_name,mime_type,size_bytes,state,url,download_url,width,height,duration_seconds,thumbnail_url,image_versions.audio_preview.image_versions[]:name,url.images[]:id,media_type,file_name,mime_type,size_bytes,state,url,download_url,width,height,duration_seconds,thumbnail_url,image_versions.images[].image_versions[]:name,url.attachments[]:id,media_type,file_name,mime_type,size_bytes,state,url,download_url,width,height,duration_seconds,thumbnail_url,image_versions.attachments[].image_versions[]:name,url.media[]:id,media_type,file_name,mime_type,size_bytes,state,url,download_url,width,height,duration_seconds,thumbnail_url,image_versions.media[].image_versions[]:name,url.poll:id,question,question_type,created_at,closes_at,response_count,choices.poll.choices[]:id,text,type,position,response_count.creator:id,name,url,avatar_url,currency.author:id,name,url,image_url.authors[]:id,name,url,image_url.tags[]:id,value,type.access_rules[]:id,type,amount_cents,currency,tier_id.
The examples below use normalized public response data. Values are snapshots and may change; every top-level output field is included. Different media variants and nested objects remain inside the same row.
Complete representative success result:
Complete audio result:
Complete image result:
Complete link result:
Complete locked result:
Complete poll result:
Complete video result:
Complete failed dataset item:
A failed row preserves input, sets status to failed, and sets every other top-level field to null. The reason is written to the run log. Optional successful values remain null or empty when Patreon omits them. The single dataset view exposes object fields as useful columns; arrays are kept in their parent row rather than expanded into additional rows or views.
Input and pagination settings ⚙️
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
inputList | array of strings | Yes | None | Enter numeric post IDs or Patreon post URLs. Locked posts return only publicly visible details and previews. |
Enter supported Patreon post URLs or positive numeric post IDs. Creator URLs and shop product links belong to their dedicated actors.
Use supported Patreon paths on www.patreon.com or patreon.com. HTTPS is required for full URLs; those two hosts can also be entered without the scheme. URLs with credentials, custom ports or unsupported paths are not accepted.
Duplicate normalized inputs are processed once. A returned identifier is deduplicated within the pagination of one source input; the same object found under different source inputs retains each source relationship.
There is no result-page setting. Each unique target is looked up individually, and its nested fields stay in that single result row.
Patreon post details use cases 🎯
Post record enrichment
Resolve known post links into structured titles, dates, content and source context. Preserve canonical URLs when joining results to your own records.
Public media inventories
Collect the available media references and format metadata of selected posts. Keep variants inside their post row without downloading files.
Poll and discussion preparation
Extract a public poll’s question and choices, then use Comments Scraper if you also need the public discussion around the post.
Pricing and saved-result behavior 💰
Check the Actor’s Pricing tab for the active charging model and current rate. Store settings may change, so this README does not state an unverified fixed price or runtime.
Under dataset-item pricing:
- Each unique success result represents one post for its source input.
- An invalid or unavailable input, an input with no accessible results, or a request that exhausts retries can produce a
failedrow. - Retry attempts and supporting metadata requests do not create extra dataset rows by themselves.
- Nested media, tiers, poll choices and source fields stay inside their parent result when relevant.
- A normal empty continuation after earlier successes creates no additional result row.
- Saved failed rows are not assumed to be free. Check the active pricing configuration for their treatment.
More inputs can produce more saved rows. Start with a small run and check actual usage before increasing the workload.
Patreon post details API 🔌
Replace $ACTOR_ID with the identifier shown in this Actor’s API tab and $APIFY_TOKEN with your Apify token.
Download JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or other formats available in the Console, or retrieve the dataset through the Apify API. Schedules, webhooks and Apify integrations can connect results to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, cloud storage or your own backend. These are connection options rather than integrations already configured by the Actor.
Reliability, retries, and public-data limits ⚠️
Collection uses pure HTTP with up to five concurrent requests. Invalid syntax and confirmed missing, removed or inaccessible targets stop without unnecessary retries. Temporary network or proxy failures, timeouts, blocking responses, malformed data, throttling and server errors are retried up to five total attempts per request.
Earlier successful pages remain saved when a later request fails. A normal end after previously saved results is not retried. An input that produces no accessible results can receive a failed row; this does not by itself prove the underlying account or collection does not exist. A later exhausted request can append a failed row while keeping earlier output.
Patreon controls public availability, ranking, fields and pagination. Private, deleted, restricted or otherwise unavailable data can be omitted. Counts can change during collection, and media links can expire. Successful HTTP research confirms the supported request paths and pagination on tested sources, rather than future availability or exhaustive coverage.
The Actor cannot unlock paid posts or protected files. A public video post may supply an external embed rather than a downloadable native video. Poll counts describe the response at collection time, not the identities of voters. Media files are not downloaded.
An invalid string within a valid input list does not stop other inputs. A configuration that fails validation, such as a non-string list item or an invalid page-count type, exits before requests start. Infrastructure errors such as startup failure, unavailable dataset storage or an unrecoverable result-save error can stop the whole run. A failed dataset save is not retried as a new scraping request.
Frequently asked questions ❓
Can it extract audio and video URLs?
Available audio and video references or embeds are returned when the source provides them. A video can be an external embed, and a direct downloadable file is not guaranteed.
Can it collect polls?
Yes, public poll questions, options and visible counts are included when they are available in the post response. It does not retrieve a private voter list.
Will a locked post fail?
A valid public card for a locked post can be a successful result. Its access indicators explain why full content or protected media is missing.
Does it require Patreon login or personal cookies?
No. The Actor uses HTTP requests from the public website. It does not require a Patreon account, password or personal session cookie, and does not launch a browser.
What happens to invalid or unavailable inputs?
Invalid individual inputs are saved as failed rows without a source request. Confirmed unavailable targets stop without unnecessary retries. Temporary failures allow up to five total attempts; other inputs and previously saved results remain available.
Can I export results or schedule runs?
Yes. Download the default dataset in supported formats or retrieve it through the Apify API. Apify schedules and completion webhooks can connect repeated 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, safe public input, expected behavior and actual result. Include the selected mode or page count when applicable. Do not share access tokens, cookies or proxy credentials.
Use public data responsibly and follow applicable privacy, copyright, contractual and platform requirements before storing, analyzing or redistributing collected information.
