What does Gab Accounts Scraper do?

This actor can scrape accounts info, as well as their posts and comments from Gab's website.

Here's an input example in JSON:

1{
2  "accounts": [
3    "realdonaldtrump"
4  ],
5  "addUserInfo": true,
6  "accountPostsSortBy": "NEWEST",
7  "commentsSortBy": "MOST_LIKED",
8  "desiredCommentsCount": 0,
9  "desiredPostsCount": 1,
10  "startUrls": []
11}

For the full list of optional parameters, their default values, and how to set the values of your own, see the Input Schema tab.

Gab Accounts Scraper data output

The output for the scrape is stored in the dataset. After the run is finished, you can download the dataset in various data formats (JSON, CSV, XML, RSS, HTML Table).

Output example

1[
2  {
3    "id": "110483669512380159",
4    "created_at": "2023-06-04T02:50:07.949Z",
5    "revised_at": null,
6    "in_reply_to_id": null,
7    "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
8    "sensitive": false,
9    "spoiler_text": "",
10    "visibility": "public",
11    "language": "en",
12    "uri": "/realdonaldtrump/posts/110483669512380159",
13    "url": "https://gab.com/realdonaldtrump/posts/110483669512380159",
14    "direct_replies_count": 106,
15    "replies_count": 134,
16    "reblogs_count": 124,
17    "pinnable": false,
18    "pinnable_by_group": false,
19    "favourites_count": 452,
20    "quote_of_id": null,
21    "expires_at": null,
22    "has_quote": false,
23    "bookmark_collection_id": null,
24    "quotes_count": 26,
25    "reaction_id": null,
26    "reactions_counts": {
27      "1": "z",
28      "11": "y"
29    },
30    "is_reply": false,
31    "account_id": "311",
32    "media_attachment_ids": [],
33    "conversation_id": "11063738126150769",
34    "content": "WE ARE MAGADONIANS, WE ARE VERY SMART, WE STICK TOGETHER AS ONE, WE FOLLOW TRUTH SOCIAL, WE PUT “AMERICA FIRST,” AND WE WILL “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”",
35    "reblog": null,
36    "quote": null,
37    "group": null,
38    "status_context": null,
39    "media_attachments": [],
40    "mentions": [],
41    "tags": [],
42    "emojis": [],
43    "card": null,
44    "poll": null,
45    "accounts": {
46      // ...
47    }
48  }
49]

Integrations and Gab Accounts Scraper

Last but not least, Gab Accounts Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. You can integrate with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and more. Or you can use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, e.g. get a notification whenever Gab Accounts Scraper successfully finishes a run.

Using Gab Accounts Scraper with the Apify API

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to the Apify platform. The API is organized around RESTful HTTP endpoints that enable you to manage, schedule, and run Apify actors. The API also lets you access any datasets, monitor actor performance, fetch results, create and update versions, and more.

To access the API using Node.js, use the apify-client NPM package. To access the API using Python, use the apify-client PyPI package.

Check out the Apify API reference docs for full details or click on the API tab for code examples.