Dev.to Articles & Tech Authors Scraper — Tutorials, Reaction
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Dev.to Articles & Tech Authors Scraper — Tutorials, Reaction
Scrape developer articles, tech tutorials, author profiles, GitHub/Twitter social handles, reactions, and discussions from Dev.to via the official API.
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from $1.00 / 1,000 dev.to article extracteds
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Dev.to Articles, Tech Tutorials & Authors Scraper
Extract high-engagement developer articles, viral tutorials, author profiles, GitHub/Twitter contact handles, positive reactions, and comments from Dev.to via the official REST API.
Features
- Rich Technical Content: Extracts article headline, description summary, canonical URL, publication date, reading time in minutes, reaction counts, and full tag lists.
- Developer Lead Generation: Captures verified author usernames, display names, personal website portfolios, GitHub handles, and Twitter/X accounts.
- Top Leaderboard & Velocity Tracking: Filter by state (
rising,fresh,all) or leaderboard timeframe (topDays: 1, 7, 30, 365). - Real-Time Tech Monitoring: Enable
onlyNewItemswith astateKeyto automatically monitor viral tutorial topics (e.g.react,python,ai,webdev) and notify downstream systems. - Fast Execution: Direct REST API consumption with zero browser bloat and minimal memory usage (128 MB).
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
tag | String | "webdev" | Target tech tag (e.g. javascript, ai, python) |
username | String | "" | Scrape articles by specific author handle |
state | String | "rising" | Freshness state: rising, fresh, or all |
topDays | Integer | null | Leaderboard filter (e.g. 7 for past week top) |
minReactions | Integer | 0 | Minimum positive reaction count threshold |
minComments | Integer | 0 | Minimum comments count threshold |
maxResults | Integer | 100 | Maximum articles to extract |
onlyNewItems | Boolean | false | Monitoring mode: only emit newly published articles |
outputPreset | String | "full" | full, lean, or contacts |
Output Example
{"articleId": "1948201","title": "Building Resilient Scraping Pipelines in TypeScript with Apify","description": "Learn how to use got-scraping, auto-escalating residential proxies, and session pools...","url": "https://dev.to/spotless/building-resilient-scraping-pipelines-1948201","publishedAt": "2026-10-25T11:00:00.000Z","readablePublishDate": "Oct 25","commentsCount": 34,"positiveReactionsCount": 185,"readingTimeMinutes": 6,"tags": ["webdev", "typescript", "automation", "api"],"authorName": "Spotless Developer","authorUsername": "spotless_dev","authorTwitter": "spotless_dev","authorGithub": "spotless-studios","authorWebsite": "https://spotless.dev","organizationName": "Spotless Studios","scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T12:00:00.000Z"}
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