What does Gab Groups Scraper do?

This actor scrapes information about groups, as well as their posts and comments from Gab's website.

Here's an input example in JSON:

{
  "groupsIds": [
    "1898"
  ],
  "addUserInfo": true,
  "addGroupInfo": true,
  "commentsSortBy": "MOST_LIKED",
  "desiredCommentsCount": 0,
  "desiredPostsCount": 1,
  "groupPostsSortBy": "NEWEST",
  "groupsMediaOnly": false,
  "startUrls": []
}

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 Groups 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

[
  {
    "id": "110460619518389929",
    "created_at": "2023-05-31T01:08:13.086Z",
    "revised_at": "2023-05-31T01:15:02.348Z",
    "in_reply_to_id": null,
    "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
    "sensitive": false,
    "spoiler_text": "",
    "visibility": "public",
    "language": "en",
    "uri": "/AvatarX/posts/110460619518389929",
    "url": "https://gab.com/AvatarX/posts/110460619518389929",
    "direct_replies_count": 2,
    "replies_count": 7,
    "reblogs_count": 0,
    "pinnable": false,
    "pinnable_by_group": true,
    "favourites_count": 4,
    "quote_of_id": null,
    "expires_at": null,
    "has_quote": false,
    "bookmark_collection_id": null,
    "quotes_count": 0,
    "reaction_id": null,
    "reactions_counts": {
      "1": "z"
    },
    "is_reply": false,
    "account_id": "209539",
    "media_attachment_ids": [
      "139159494"
    ],
    "conversation_id": "11063738124519435",
    "content": "Just to show what I mean by how wrong Bitcoin transaction fees are now. Specially when it comes to Slow Transactions and Super Slow Transactions. Here is an example of how fees were in late 2022, Just a month ago and how they are now.  Also realize that previous to 1 month ago, if you were using a native segwit wallet (bech32), you could even send a 15%-30% lower fee and still get the transaction confirmed on the same time frame as  if you had paid what was suggested. That is no longer the case either.",
    "reblog": null,
    "quote": null,
    "group": {
      "id": "1898",
      "title": "Bitcoin",
      "description": "All About Bitcoin \r\n- - - \r\nBitcoin focused group welcoming to all users. Free of spam, scams and altcoins peddling. \r\n- - - \r\nEssential Resources For New Users:\r\nA) https://bitcoin.org/en/resources \r\nB) https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html\r\n- - - \r\nDonate to support this group;\r\n>On-Chain - https://tallyco.in/avatarx/\r\n>LN - https://tippin.me/@AvatarX\r\n- - -\r\n#bitcoin #btc #xbt \r\n---\r\nAdmin: @AvatarX ",
      "description_html": "<p>All About Bitcoin </p><br /><hr><br /><p>Bitcoin focused group welcoming to all users. Free of spam, scams and altcoins peddling. </p><br /><hr><br /><p>Essential Resources For New Users:<br />A) <a href=\"https://bitcoin.org/en/resources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"invisible\">https://</span>bitcoin.org/en/resources<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"invisible\"></span></a> <br />B) <a href=\"https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span>lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"invisible\"></span></a></p><br /><hr><br /><p>Donate to support this group;</p><blockquote><p>On-Chain - <a href=\"https://tallyco.in/avatarx/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"invisible\">https://</span>tallyco.in/avatarx/<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"invisible\"></span></a><br />LN - <a href=\"https://tippin.me/@AvatarX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"invisible\">https://</span>tippin.me/@AvatarX<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"invisible\"></span></a></p><br /><hr><br /><h1><a data-focusable=\"true\" role=\"link\" href=\"/tags/bitcoin\" class=\"hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#bitcoin</a> <a data-focusable=\"true\" role=\"link\" href=\"/tags/btc\" class=\"hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#btc</a> <a data-focusable=\"true\" role=\"link\" href=\"/tags/xbt\" class=\"hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#xbt</a> </h1><p>Admin: <a data-focusable=\"true\" role=\"link\" href=\"https://gab.com/AvatarX\" class=\"mention\">@AvatarX</a> </p></blockquote>",
      "cover_image_url": "https://media.gab.com/system/groups/cover_images/000/001/898/original/TGBG.jpg",
      "cover_image_thumbnail_url": "https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=320,fit=scale-down/system/groups/cover_images/000/001/898/original/TGBG.jpg",
      "cover_image_medium_url": "https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=580,fit=scale-down/system/groups/cover_images/000/001/898/original/TGBG.jpg",
      "is_archived": false,
      "member_count": 67804,
      "is_verified": true,
      "is_moderated": true,
      "created_at": "2019-01-07T21:02:28.000Z",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_visible": true,
      "slug": "bitcoin",
      "url": "https://gab.com/groups/1898",
      "tags": [],
      "group_category": {
        "id": 5,
        "created_at": "2020-08-08T15:49:57.045Z",
        "updated_at": "2020-08-08T15:49:57.045Z",
        "text": "Technology"
      },
      "password": null,
      "has_password": false,
      "is_paused": false,
      "theme_color": null,
      "rules": null,
      "is_admins_visible": null,
      "is_members_visible": null,
      "is_media_visible": true,
      "is_links_visible": null
    },
    "status_context": null,
    "media_attachments": [
      {
        "id": "139159494",
        "type": "image",
        "url": "https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/139/159/494/original/393bcb0b13da97bb.png",
        "preview_url": "https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/139/159/494/small/393bcb0b13da97bb.png",
        "source_mp4": null,
        "remote_url": null,
        "meta": {
          "original": {
            "width": 1323,
            "height": 495,
            "size": "1323x495",
            "aspect": 2.672727272727273
          },
          "small": {
            "width": 654,
            "height": 245,
            "size": "654x245",
            "aspect": 2.669387755102041
          }
        },
        "account_id": "209539",
        "status_url": "/AvatarX/posts/110460619518389929",
        "status_id": "110460619518389929",
        "marketplace_listing_id": null,
        "file_name": "393bcb0b13da97bb.png",
        "description": null,
        "blurhash": "U5RysgD%00IU00IU?bxu%MayWBIUIUM{axax",
        "file_content_type": "image/png"
      }
    ],
    "mentions": [],
    "tags": [],
    "emojis": [],
    "card": null,
    "poll": null,
    "account": {
      // ...
    },
    "group": {
      // ...
    },
  }
]

Integrations and Gab Groups Scraper

Last but not least, Gab Groups 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 Groups Scraper successfully finishes a run.

Using Gab Groups 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.