# VK Groups Scraper — Community Posts & Members (`thirdwatch/vk-groups-scraper`) Actor

Collect posts from public VK (VKontakte) communities and groups — wall posts with text, likes, views, reposts, comments counts, media links and dates — via VK's server-rendered public walls. No login, no API key, no browser. Built for CIS-market listening, community research, and content analysis.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thirdwatch/vk-groups-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Thirdwatch](https://apify.com/thirdwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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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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.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## VK Posts Scraper

### What you get

Scrape public VK profile and community posts without a VK login, API key, browser, or proxy. Export clean post rows with text, authors, dates, reactions, comments, reposts, views, media metadata, and stable source URLs.

The Actor reads VK's server-rendered structured post payloads over HTTP. That keeps runs fast and inexpensive while avoiding brittle scraping of localized button labels.

### Quick start

Use a handle, public profile/community URL, wall URL, or direct post URL:

```json
{
  "targets": ["durov", "https://vk.com/wall1_2442097"],
  "maxPostsPerTarget": 20,
  "maxTotalPosts": 40
}
```

No cookies, credentials, API token, residential proxy, or browser setup is required.

### Inputs

| Input | What it controls | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `targets` | Public VK handles, profiles, communities, walls, and direct post URLs | `durov` |
| `maxPostsPerTarget` | Maximum eligible posts saved from each target | `20` |
| `maxTotalPosts` | Global result cap across the run | `100` |
| `publishedAfter` | Inclusive lower publication-date bound | none |
| `publishedBefore` | Inclusive upper publication-date bound | none |
| `includeReposts` | Include posts with copy history | `true` |
| `includePinned` | Include pinned posts | `true` |
| `maxPagesPerTarget` | Historical-pagination safety cap; about 20 posts/page | `25` |

Supported target examples:

- `durov`
- `club22822305`
- `https://vk.com/durov`
- `https://vk.com/wall1?own=1`
- `https://vk.com/wall-22822305`
- `https://vk.com/wall1_2442097`

### Output

Each eligible public post is one dataset row and one billable result:

```json
{
  "recordType": "vk_post",
  "target": "durov",
  "targetType": "profile",
  "ownerId": 1,
  "postId": 2442097,
  "sourceUrl": "https://vk.com/wall1_2442097",
  "text": "...",
  "postedAt": "2018-05-08T18:59:24Z",
  "editedAt": "2018-05-08T21:10:26Z",
  "isPinned": false,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Pavel Durov",
    "screenName": "durov",
    "profileUrl": "https://vk.com/durov",
    "photoUrl": "https://...",
    "verified": true
  },
  "engagement": {
    "likesCount": 242724,
    "commentsCount": 0,
    "repostsCount": 14837,
    "viewsCount": 15729030,
    "reactions": []
  },
  "media": [],
  "mediaTypes": [],
  "repost": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-12T00:00:00Z"
}
```

Top-level `authorName`, `likesCount`, `commentsCount`, `repostsCount`, and `viewsCount` fields are also included for convenient spreadsheet exports. The nested objects retain richer structured data.

### Common workflows

- Monitor brand or community announcements on scheduled runs.
- Compare engagement across public profiles and communities.
- Archive public posts and media metadata for research.
- Track a date-bounded campaign or news event.
- Feed public VK content into dashboards, warehouses, or alerting workflows.

Deduplication uses VK's stable `(ownerId, postId)` pair. If multiple inputs find the same post, it is saved and charged once per run.

### Limitations and troubleshooting

- Public pages only. Private, deleted, age-gated, login-only, or geographically unavailable content is not bypassed.
- VK can expose different fields for different post and attachment types; absent source fields remain `null` or empty.
- Direct URLs work only while VK continues to expose the public post.
- Very old history requires more wall pages. Increase `maxPagesPerTarget` carefully and use `publishedAfter` to stop early.
- An empty dataset usually means the target is private/unavailable, no post matched the date or repost filters, or VK exposed no anonymous public wall payload.
- Use Apify schedules for monitoring and compare `postId` plus engagement counts across runs.

This Actor collects public data only. Use the output lawfully and respect privacy, data-protection, and platform requirements that apply to your use case.

### Use cases

- Marketers monitoring social presence and engagement
- Researchers building social-media datasets
- Teams tracking public figures and trends

### Related Actors

- [Douyin Scraper](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/douyin-scraper) — Thirdwatch
- [Facebook Ad Library Scraper - Active Ads & Creatives](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/fb-ad-library-scraper) — Thirdwatch
- [Facebook Marketplace Scraper - Listings, Prices & Alerts](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/facebook-marketplace-scraper) — Thirdwatch
- [Facebook Scraper - Page Posts, Group Posts, Comments & Pages](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/facebook-search-scraper) — Thirdwatch

Last verified: 2026-09

More scrapers at [thirdwatch.dev](https://thirdwatch.dev).

# Actor input Schema

## `targets` (type: `array`):

Public VK community URLs, handles (club12345 or @name), or wall links — one per line.

## `maxPostsPerTarget` (type: `integer`):

Stop after saving this many unique posts from each profile, community, wall, or direct post target.

## `maxTotalPosts` (type: `integer`):

Global safety limit across every submitted target.

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

Optional inclusive lower date bound. Pagination stops once a wall is older than this date.

## `publishedBefore` (type: `string`):

Optional inclusive upper date bound.

## `includeReposts` (type: `boolean`):

When disabled, posts containing VK copy history are skipped rather than charged.

## `includePinned` (type: `boolean`):

When disabled, pinned wall posts are skipped rather than charged.

## `maxPagesPerTarget` (type: `integer`):

Safety limit for historical pagination. Each public wall page normally contains up to 20 posts.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "targets": [
    "https://vk.com/apiclub"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerTarget": 20,
  "maxTotalPosts": 100,
  "includeReposts": true,
  "includePinned": true,
  "maxPagesPerTarget": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "targets": [
        "https://vk.com/apiclub"
    ],
    "maxPostsPerTarget": 20,
    "maxTotalPosts": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thirdwatch/vk-groups-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 = {
    "targets": ["https://vk.com/apiclub"],
    "maxPostsPerTarget": 20,
    "maxTotalPosts": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thirdwatch/vk-groups-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 '{
  "targets": [
    "https://vk.com/apiclub"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerTarget": 20,
  "maxTotalPosts": 100
}' |
apify call thirdwatch/vk-groups-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thirdwatch/vk-groups-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/dtHU3WHjc5CI6nJal/builds/00TAGbKOjGczJbu7I/openapi.json