# Dev.to Articles & Tech Authors Scraper — Tutorials, Reaction (`spotless_studios/devto-articles-scraper`) Actor

Scrape developer articles, tech tutorials, author profiles, GitHub/Twitter social handles, reactions, and discussions from Dev.to via the official API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/spotless_studios/devto-articles-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Spotless Studios](https://apify.com/spotless_studios) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 dev.to article extracteds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 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 `onlyNewItems` with a `stateKey` to 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

```json
{
  "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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# Actor input Schema

## `tag` (type: `string`):

Filter articles by Dev.to tag (e.g. 'ai', 'webdev', 'javascript', 'typescript', 'python', 'devops', 'opensource').

## `tags` (type: `array`):

Optional list of multiple tags to scrape in a single run.

## `username` (type: `string`):

Scrape articles published by a specific Dev.to author username.

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Scrape articles across multiple Dev.to authors.

## `organization` (type: `string`):

Scrape articles published under a Dev.to organization (e.g. 'aws-builders', 'supabase', 'github').

## `state` (type: `string`):

Filter by rising (trending), fresh (latest), or all.

## `topDays` (type: `integer`):

Return top-performing articles over the last N days (e.g. 1, 7, 30, 365).

## `minReactions` (type: `integer`):

Only return articles with at least this many positive reactions.

## `minComments` (type: `integer`):

Minimum number of comments.

## `minReadingTimeMinutes` (type: `integer`):

Minimum estimated reading time in minutes.

## `maxReadingTimeMinutes` (type: `integer`):

Maximum estimated reading time in minutes.

## `publishedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only return articles published after this date (YYYY-MM-DD, ISO, or relative like '14 days').

## `articleUrls` (type: `array`):

Scrape specific Dev.to articles directly by URL or numeric ID.

## `includeBody` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each article's detail endpoint to include bodyMarkdown and codeLanguages (extracted from fenced code blocks).

## `includeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Keep only articles matching these keywords or /regex/ in title, description, tags, or author.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Skip articles matching any of these keywords or /regex/.

## `keywordMatch` (type: `string`):

Require any or all includeKeywords to match.

## `onlyNewItems` (type: `boolean`):

Remember seen article IDs across runs and emit only newly published posts.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Separate state key per saved search or schedule.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of articles to save.

## `outputPreset` (type: `string`):

Choose full record, lean summary, or contacts & links only.

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

Keep only these specific fields in each saved record.

## `excludeFields` (type: `array`):

Remove specific fields from each saved record.

## `includeEmptyFields` (type: `boolean`):

When disabled, strips null and empty values from each saved record.

## `requiredFields` (type: `array`):

Only save records where every listed field has a non-empty value (e.g. authorGithub, authorWebsite).

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum pages per tag/author query (100 articles per page).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests when fetching direct article URLs.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retries per failed HTTP request.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Timeout per HTTP request.

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

Optional proxy settings.

## `proxyEscalation` (type: `boolean`):

Automatically step up from direct to Apify datacenter/residential proxies if blocked.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "tag": "ai",
  "state": "all",
  "includeBody": false,
  "keywordMatch": "any",
  "onlyNewItems": false,
  "stateKey": "default",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "outputPreset": "full",
  "includeEmptyFields": true,
  "maxPages": 15,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "proxyEscalation": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Scrape developer articles, tech tutorials, author profiles, GitHub/Twitter social handles, reactions, and discussions from Dev.to via the official API.

# 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 = {
    "tag": "ai",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("spotless_studios/devto-articles-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 = {
    "tag": "ai",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("spotless_studios/devto-articles-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 '{
  "tag": "ai",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call spotless_studios/devto-articles-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,spotless_studios/devto-articles-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/n251N5FIfz6zlTnyF/builds/pQgJupCtKHWz2vi9W/openapi.json