Threads Scraper
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Scrape public Threads profiles, posts, replies and search results without login. Get text, likes, replies, reposts, media, hashtags and follower counts. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or API.
All notable changes to this Actor are documented here. Format: Keep a Changelog ; versioning: SemVer .
parentPostId) and keyword search, without login.HttpCrawler + got-scraping): parses the server-rendered data-sjs JSON, then paginates via /api/graphql using the page's own lsd token and preloaded doc_id + variables.lsd/doc_id (HTML, 401/403, FB error envelope), the page is re-fetched on the same session for fresh tokens (max 2 per request) before failing over to session rotation.PlaywrightCrawler): activated only after 3 consecutive login walls on the HTTP route; reuses the same parsers and runs the same GraphQL pagination via fetch() inside the page. Each item records scrapedVia: "http" | "browser".actor-start $0.01, post-scraped $0.001, profile-scraped $0.003) with budget pre-checks, charge-after-push, serialized pushes, and a clean stop with budgetReached: true in STATS.STATE record).STATS, logged every 30 s.FAILED_INPUTS record explaining every input that produced nothing.apify/actor-node-playwright-chrome:22-1.63.0 instead of apify/actor-node, because the required browser fallback needs Chrome in the image. Cost: larger image and slower cold start; the HTTP route is still used first for everything./api/graphql, not /graphql/query. /graphql/query now returns 403 "Page Not Found" to logged-out clients; /api/graphql with lsd + doc_id works.Sec-Fetch-* / client-hint headers; got-scraping's header generator provides them. The empty shell counts as a login wall./login, so they are indistinguishable. They are retried, can trigger the browser fallback, and are reported in FAILED_INPUTS with an explanation. Deleted posts (?error=invalid_post) are detected and never retried.maxResults caps total items (profiles + posts) per run; default 50 so the default input finishes fast and cheaply. 0 = unlimited.maxPostsPerSearch, startUrls, enableBrowserFallback, maxConcurrency inputs beyond the brief, for per-query limits, bulk URL import, and cost/speed control.hashtags contains inline #tags plus the post's Threads topic tag (also exposed alone as topicTag), since most Threads posts use topic tags instead of inline hashtags.l.threads.com/?u= redirects.stream-json@1.9.1 (via Crawlee). The advisory affects its pick/filter/replace streamers on attacker-supplied JSON; Crawlee only uses StreamArray on its own state. Accepted; CI fails on high+ only. Revisit when Crawlee upgrades.