Medium API
Pricing
from $4.50 / 1,000 results
Medium API that searches any keyword and returns up to 800 complete public articles as 27-field JSON rows with full text, images, authors, publications, dates, taxonomy, and engagement. Member-only previews are excluded.
Platform
platform
Optional
Source platform label.
Article ID
id
Optional
Medium's stable identifier for the article, also the hex suffix of its URL.
URL
url
Optional
Canonical Medium URL of the article.
Title
title
Optional
Article title.
Subtitle
subtitle
Optional
Article subtitle or opening excerpt as Medium previews it. Null when the author set none.
Content
content
Optional
Full plain-text article body, paragraphs joined with newlines. Only articles whose complete body is publicly served are saved, so this is never a truncated preview.
Images
images
Optional
Run Key-Value Store URLs for successfully downloaded article-body images, in reading order. Omitted for text-only articles or failed downloads.
Cover Image
cover_image
Optional
Run Key-Value Store URL for the downloaded article preview image. Omitted when absent or when the download fails.
Publication ID
publication_id
Optional
Identifier of the Medium publication the article appeared in. Null for self-published articles.
Publication Name
publication_name
Optional
Name of the Medium publication the article appeared in. Null for self-published articles.
Publication URL
publication_url
Optional
The publication's own address — its custom domain when it has one, its medium.com home otherwise. Null for self-published articles.
Published At
published_at
Optional
ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of first publication.
Updated At
updated_at
Optional
ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the latest published revision. Equals published_at when the article was never revised.
Topics
topics
Optional
Medium's curated topic slugs for the article. Empty when Medium assigned none.
Language
language
Optional
Language code Medium detected for the article body.
License
license
Optional
License the author selected for the article, as Medium labels it.
Reading Time
reading_time
Optional
Medium's estimated reading time in minutes, preserved without rounding.
Word Count
word_count
Optional
Word count of the article body as Medium reports it.
Clap Count
clap_count
Optional
Number of claps the article has received.
Response Count
response_count
Optional
Number of responses written to the article.
Processor
processor
Optional
URL of the Apify Actor that produced this row.
Processed At
processed_at
Optional
ISO 8601 UTC timestamp recorded when the row was formatted.
