# Anichart-scraper (`teodor_banea/anichart-scraper`) Actor Scrape seasonal anime data from AniChart.net — the popular seasonal anime chart site. Filter by season, year, genre, and format. Powered by the AniList GraphQL API. - **URL**: https://apify.com/teodor\_banea/anichart-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Banea Teodor](https://apify.com/teodor_banea) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, News, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.90 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## AniChart Seasonal Anime Scraper Scrape seasonal anime data from [AniChart.net](https://anichart.net) — the popular seasonal anime chart site. Filter by season, year, genre, and format. Powered by the [AniList GraphQL API](https://graphql.anilist.co). ### What does this Actor do? - Scrapes anime listings from AniChart for any season from 2009 to today - Filters by genre (Action, Comedy, Romance, etc.) and format (TV, Movie, OVA…) - Returns rich metadata: titles, scores, studios, cover images, descriptions, air dates - Supports three modes: current season, single season, or full archive scrape ### Why use this Actor? - **Structured data** — every field is typed and consistently present (nulls, not missing keys) - **Fast** — direct GraphQL API calls, no browser required - **Reliable** — state persists across Actor migrations; rate-limit-aware (25 req/min) - **Flexible** — combine season + genre + format filters freely ### How much does it cost? Each anime item costs **$0.0019**. A typical single-season run (~100 anime) costs ~$0.19. Scraping the full archive (~7,000 anime, 2009–today) costs ~$13. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `season` | string | — | WINTER / SPRING / SUMMER / FALL (with `year`) | | `year` | integer | — | Year of the season to scrape | | `scrapeAll` | boolean | false | Scrape all seasons in the year range | | `yearFrom` | integer | 2009 | Start year for `scrapeAll` | | `yearTo` | integer | current | End year for `scrapeAll` | | `genres` | string[] | — | Filter: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, etc. | | `formats` | string[] | — | Filter: TV, MOVIE, OVA, ONA, SPECIAL | | `sort` | string | POPULARITY_DESC | Sort order | | `includeAdult` | boolean | false | Include 18+ content | ### Output example ```json { "id": 151807, "url": "https://anilist.co/anime/151807", "anichartUrl": "https://anichart.net/2024-Winter", "titleRomaji": "Ore dake Level Up na Ken", "titleEnglish": "Solo Leveling", "titleNative": "俺だけレベルアップな件", "season": "WINTER", "seasonYear": 2024, "genres": ["Action", "Adventure", "Fantasy"], "format": "TV", "status": "FINISHED", "episodes": 12, "duration": 24, "startDate": "2024-01-07", "endDate": "2024-03-31", "averageScore": 81, "popularity": 414979, "favourites": 19055, "studios": [{ "name": "A-1 Pictures", "url": "https://anilist.co/studio/561", "isAnimationStudio": true }], "coverImage": "https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/bx151807.png", "description": "They say whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger...", "isAdult": false, "scrapedAt": "2026-06-13T10:00:00.000Z" } ```` ### Tips - Leave `season` and `year` blank to quickly scrape the current season - Genre filter uses AND logic — selecting both "Action" and "Comedy" returns only anime with both genres - The `tags` field contains fine-grained AniList tags (e.g., "Male Protagonist", "Isekai") for deeper filtering downstream # Actor input Schema ## `season` (type: `string`): Optional. Pick a single season. Combine with Year for one specific season; with a year range to scrape that season across every year; or on its own for that season of the current year. Leave blank to include all four seasons. ## `year` (type: `integer`): Scrape a single year. Leave Season blank to get all four seasons of this year, or set Season for just one. Ignored if a Year From / Year To range is provided. ## `scrapeAll` (type: `boolean`): Scrape every season from 2009 to today. Shortcut for setting Year From to 2009 and Year To to the current year. This can take a few minutes. ## `yearFrom` (type: `integer`): Start year of a range scrape. Setting this (or Year To) scrapes every season across the range — you do NOT need to enable Scrape entire archive. ## `yearTo` (type: `integer`): End year of a range scrape. Defaults to the current year if only Year From is set. ## `genres` (type: `array`): Filter results to anime that include all selected genres. Leave empty to include all genres. ## `formats` (type: `array`): Filter by media format. Leave empty to include all formats. ## `sort` (type: `string`): How to sort the results within each season. ## `includeAdult` (type: `boolean`): Include anime marked as adult content (18+). Disabled by default. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of parallel requests. Without a proxy, keep this at 3 (30 req/min per-IP limit). With proxy rotation, each request uses a different IP so you can safely raise this to 20+. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional proxy settings. The AniList API does not require a proxy for typical use. ## Actor input object example ```json { "year": 2024, "scrapeAll": false, "sort": "POPULARITY_DESC", "includeAdult": false, "maxConcurrency": 3 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `anime` (type: `string`): Scraped seasonal anime with titles, scores, studios, genres, and air dates. ## `errors` (type: `string`): Requests that failed permanently — with the URL, error message, and timestamp. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("teodor_banea/anichart-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("teodor_banea/anichart-scraper").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 '{}' | apify call teodor_banea/anichart-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=teodor_banea/anichart-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Anichart-scraper", "description": "Scrape seasonal anime data from AniChart.net — the popular seasonal anime chart site. Filter by season, year, genre, and format. Powered by the AniList GraphQL API.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "DAj1shEKS4JQ95Sa6" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/teodor_banea~anichart-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-teodor_banea-anichart-scraper", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/teodor_banea~anichart-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-teodor_banea-anichart-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/teodor_banea~anichart-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-teodor_banea-anichart-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "season": { "title": "Season", "enum": [ "WINTER", "SPRING", "SUMMER", "FALL" ], "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Pick a single season. Combine with Year for one specific season; with a year range to scrape that season across every year; or on its own for that season of the current year. Leave blank to include all four seasons." }, "year": { "title": "Year", "minimum": 2009, "maximum": 2030, "type": "integer", "description": "Scrape a single year. Leave Season blank to get all four seasons of this year, or set Season for just one. Ignored if a Year From / Year To range is provided." }, "scrapeAll": { "title": "Scrape entire archive", "type": "boolean", "description": "Scrape every season from 2009 to today. Shortcut for setting Year From to 2009 and Year To to the current year. This can take a few minutes.", "default": false }, "yearFrom": { "title": "Year From", "minimum": 2009, "maximum": 2030, "type": "integer", "description": "Start year of a range scrape. Setting this (or Year To) scrapes every season across the range — you do NOT need to enable Scrape entire archive." }, "yearTo": { "title": "Year To", "minimum": 2009, "maximum": 2030, "type": "integer", "description": "End year of a range scrape. Defaults to the current year if only Year From is set." }, "genres": { "title": "Genres", "type": "array", "description": "Filter results to anime that include all selected genres. Leave empty to include all genres.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Action", "Adventure", "Comedy", "Drama", "Ecchi", "Fantasy", "Horror", "Mahou Shoujo", "Mecha", "Music", "Mystery", "Psychological", "Romance", "Sci-Fi", "Slice of Life", "Sports", "Supernatural", "Thriller" ] } }, "formats": { "title": "Formats", "type": "array", "description": "Filter by media format. Leave empty to include all formats.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "TV", "TV_SHORT", "MOVIE", "SPECIAL", "OVA", "ONA", "MUSIC" ], "enumTitles": [ "TV Series", "Short TV", "Movie", "Special", "OVA", "ONA (Web)", "Music Video" ] } }, "sort": { "title": "Sort by", "enum": [ "POPULARITY_DESC", "SCORE_DESC", "FAVOURITES_DESC", "START_DATE_DESC", "START_DATE", "TITLE_ROMAJI", "TITLE_ROMAJI_DESC" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to sort the results within each season.", "default": "POPULARITY_DESC" }, "includeAdult": { "title": "Include adult content", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include anime marked as adult content (18+). Disabled by default.", "default": false }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of parallel requests. Without a proxy, keep this at 3 (30 req/min per-IP limit). With proxy rotation, each request uses a different IP so you can safely raise this to 20+.", "default": 3 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional proxy settings. The AniList API does not require a proxy for typical use." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```