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📊 StackOverflow Scraper | $2.8/1K | Emails & Skills (No Key)

⚡ Use this Actor in n8n — no code

Building no-code workflows in n8n? Install our official community node and drop this Actor straight onto your canvas:

📦 n8n-nodes-apivault-stackoverflow

Setup (30 seconds): in n8n go to Settings → Community Nodes → Install, paste n8n-nodes-apivault-stackoverflow and confirm → add the new node to your workflow → paste your Apify API token → fill in the input and run.

Real-time Stack Overflow profile scraper with email and website extraction. Live data — not a stale database. No API key, no browser.

Why This Actor?

Key Feature: Developer Emails & Websites

Stack Overflow developers often display their email and personal website publicly. This Actor extracts both — perfect for tech recruiting and developer outreach. The official SO API does NOT expose emails.

Configurable Fields

Input

{
"profileUrls":[
"https://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet",
"https://stackoverflow.com/users/1144035/gordon-linoff"
],
"extractEmail":true,
"extractWebsite":true,
"maxConcurrency":5
}

Output

{
"success":true,
"inputUrl":"https://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet",
"username":"Jon Skeet",
"fullName":"Jon Skeet",
"bio":"Author of C# in Depth. Software engineer at Google...",
"location":"Reading, United Kingdom",
"reputation":1524323,
"answerCount":35795,
"profileUrl":"https://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet",
"email":"skeet@pobox.com",
"website":"http://csharpindepth.com",
"specialization":"Software Engineering",
"otherMetadata":"Member for 17 years; 895 gold, 9313 silver, 9352 bronze badges; Reached 425.9m"
}

Output contains only the fields you enabled.

Pricing

• $0.0028 per profile ($2.8 per 1,000 profiles)
• Pay only for results — no subscriptions
• Free Apify credits cover ~1,780 profiles/month

Performance

• 30-50 seconds per profile (real-time scraping)
• Up to 20 concurrent requests
• Works on all public Stack Overflow user profiles

Use Cases

• Tech recruiting — find developers with public emails by skill
• Developer outreach — contact open source contributors
• Talent sourcing — identify top answerers in specific technologies
• CRM enrichment — add SO reputation and skills to contacts
• Market research — analyze developer expertise distribution

Notes

• Only public profile data is extracted
• Email is only returned if the developer has set it as public
• Bio often contains social links (Mastodon, Twitter, LinkedIn)
• "Reputation" maps to SO reputation score or people reached count
• "Other Metadata" includes badges, member since date, top tags, and collectives

Disclaimer

This Actor extracts only publicly available data. Ensure your use complies with applicable laws and Stack Overflow's terms of service.