What does Gab Search Scraper do?

This actor scrapes posts and comments for top and statuses search results, and scrapes accounts and groups's info, as well as the posts and comments of accounts and groups from Gab's website.

Here's an input example in JSON:

1{
2  "searchQueries": [
3    "Cat"
4  ],
5  "addUserInfo": false,
6  "searchType": "TOP",
7  "accountPostsSortBy": "NEWEST",
8  "groupPostsSortBy": "NEWEST",
9  "commentsSortBy": "MOST_LIKED",
10  "desiredAccountsCount": 10,
11  "desiredCommentsCount": 0,
12  "desiredGroupsCount": 10,
13  "desiredPostsCount": 10,
14  "groupsMediaOnly": false,
15  "searchOnlyVerified": false,
16  "startUrls": []
17}

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 Search 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": "110484757930518793",
4    "created_at": "2023-06-04T07:26:55.897Z",
5    "revised_at": null,
6    "in_reply_to_id": "110484521660530314",
7    "in_reply_to_account_id": "202421",
8    "sensitive": false,
9    "spoiler_text": "",
10    "visibility": "public",
11    "language": "nl",
12    "uri": "/HasmineKekistano/posts/110484757930518793",
13    "url": "https://gab.com/HasmineKekistano/posts/110484757930518793",
14    "direct_replies_count": 0,
15    "replies_count": 0,
16    "reblogs_count": 0,
17    "pinnable": false,
18    "pinnable_by_group": true,
19    "favourites_count": 1,
20    "quote_of_id": null,
21    "expires_at": null,
22    "has_quote": false,
23    "bookmark_collection_id": null,
24    "quotes_count": 0,
25    "reaction_id": null,
26    "reactions_counts": {
27      "11": "z"
28    },
29    "is_reply": true,
30    "account_id": "853078",
31    "media_attachment_ids": [],
32    "conversation_id": "11063738126192438",
33    "content": "<a href=\"https://gab.com/TijuanaCatRescueAndSanctuary\" class=\"mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TijuanaCatRescueAndSanctuary</a> My cat snores too XD",
34    "reblog": null,
35    "quote": null,
36    "group": {
37      "id": "150",
38      "title": "Cats ",
39      "description": "🐱 The ORIGINAL Cats Group on GAB! A place for cat lovers to get their fix of cat videos, cat pics, cat gifs, cat tales, cat art, big cats, small cats, all kinds of felines. Get posting cat people!<br><br>📌 Please try to LIMIT posts to 3 in a row so that everyone gets a chance.<br>📌 NOTE: Off-topic, spam or 'flood posting' will be removed without notice with possible banning.<br>📌 Posting cruelty and/or torture of cats or any animal will NOT be tolerated. Repeat offenders will be banned from the group.<br><br><br><br>• Admins: @KellKell @MountainGirl543 @P3alm23 <br><br>👈🏻 Block us, prepare to be banned.",
40      "description_html": "<p>🐱 The ORIGINAL Cats Group on GAB! A place for cat lovers to get their fix of cat videos, cat pics, cat gifs, cat tales, cat art, big cats, small cats, all kinds of felines. Get posting cat people!📌 Please try to LIMIT posts to 3 in a row so that everyone gets a chance.📌 NOTE: Off-topic, spam or &#39;flood posting&#39; will be removed without notice with possible banning.📌 Posting cruelty and/or torture of cats or any animal will NOT be tolerated. Repeat offenders will be banned from the group.• Admins: <a data-focusable=\"true\" role=\"link\" href=\"https://gab.com/KellKell\" class=\"mention\">@KellKell</a> <a data-focusable=\"true\" role=\"link\" href=\"https://gab.com/MountainGirl543\" class=\"mention\">@MountainGirl543</a> <a data-focusable=\"true\" role=\"link\" href=\"https://gab.com/P3alm23\" class=\"mention\">@P3alm23</a> 👈🏻 Block us, prepare to be banned.</p>",
41      "cover_image_url": "https://media.gab.com/system/groups/cover_images/000/000/150/original/403c135af3d4748a.png",
42      "cover_image_thumbnail_url": "https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=320,fit=scale-down/system/groups/cover_images/000/000/150/original/403c135af3d4748a.png",
43      "cover_image_medium_url": "https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=580,fit=scale-down/system/groups/cover_images/000/000/150/original/403c135af3d4748a.png",
44      "is_archived": false,
45      "member_count": 109856,
46      "is_verified": true,
47      "is_moderated": true,
48      "created_at": "2018-05-06T03:40:39.000Z",
49      "is_private": false,
50      "is_visible": true,
51      "slug": "cats",
52      "url": "https://gab.com/groups/150",
53      "tags": [],
54      "group_category": {
55        "id": 6,
56        "created_at": "2020-08-08T15:50:11.414Z",
57        "updated_at": "2020-08-08T15:50:11.414Z",
58        "text": "Animals"
59      },
60      "password": null,
61      "has_password": false,
62      "is_paused": false,
63      "theme_color": null,
64      "rules": null,
65      "is_admins_visible": false,
66      "is_members_visible": false,
67      "is_media_visible": true,
68      "is_links_visible": false
69    },
70    "status_context": null,
71    "media_attachments": [],
72    "mentions": [
73      {
74        "id": "202421",
75        "username": "TijuanaCatRescueAndSanctuary",
76        "url": "https://gab.com/TijuanaCatRescueAndSanctuary",
77        "acct": "TijuanaCatRescueAndSanctuary"
78      }
79    ],
80    "tags": [],
81    "emojis": [],
82    "card": null,
83    "poll": null
84  }
85]

Integrations and Gab Search Scraper

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

Using Gab Search 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.