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Medium Article Scraper
Scrape Medium articles by tag/topic, user, publication, or search query. Extracts title, author, tags, preview text, reading time, publish date, and paywall status all via public RSS feeds and metadata.
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Scrape articles from Medium by tag/topic, author, publication, keyword search, or a single article URL — all without authentication.
Features
- By Tag — fetch latest articles for any Medium topic (programming, data-science, AI, and 16+ built-in tags, or any custom slug)
- By User — fetch all articles published by a Medium username
- By Publication — fetch articles from any Medium publication (e.g.
better-programming,towards-data-science) - Search — search Medium by keyword; supplements with tag-feed results for broader coverage
- By URL — extract metadata from a single Medium article URL
- Filter results by publish date, keyword match, and paywall status
- Detects member-only (paywalled) articles — never bypasses the paywall
Output Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
articleId | string | Unique Medium article ID extracted from URL |
title | string | Article title |
previewText | string | First 300 chars of article preview/description |
authorName | string | Author's display name |
authorUsername | string | Medium username (without @) |
publicationName | string | Publication name (if published under one) |
publicationSlug | string | Publication URL slug |
publishedDate | string | ISO-8601 publish date |
tags | array | Article tags/categories |
readingTimeMinutes | integer | Estimated reading time in minutes |
articleUrl | string | Full article URL |
canonicalUrl | string | Canonical URL (if different from articleUrl) |
isPaywalled | boolean | Whether the article is member-only |
recordType | string | Always "article" |
siteName | string | Always "Medium" |
scrapedAt | string | ISO-8601 scrape timestamp |
Input Options
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode | select | byTag | What to scrape: byTag, byUser, byPublication, search, byUrl |
tag | select | programming | Tag slug for byTag mode (choose from 20 built-in tags or type custom) |
username | string | — | Medium username for byUser mode |
publication | string | — | Publication slug for byPublication mode |
query | string | — | Search terms for search mode |
articleUrl | string | — | Article URL for byUrl mode |
fromDate | string | — | Only articles published on/after this date (ISO-8601) |
containsKeyword | string | — | Case-insensitive keyword filter on title/preview |
excludePaywalled | boolean | false | Skip member-only articles |
maxItems | integer | 20 | Maximum articles to return (1–1000) |
Example Use Cases
Get latest programming articles:
Get articles by a specific author:
Get free articles about Python published in 2025:
Search for AI articles:
FAQs
Does this scrape paywalled article content?
No. This actor only collects publicly available metadata (title, author, tags, preview text). Full article content for member-only posts is never extracted. Use isPaywalled to identify and filter such articles.
How many articles are returned per tag/user?
Medium RSS feeds typically return the latest 10–25 items. For more results, use the search mode which supplements with tag feed data.
Why does search mode return fewer results than expected? Medium's public search does not expose a paginated JSON API. The actor uses HTML and tag feed supplementation to maximize results within Medium's public data surface.
Is a Medium account required? No authentication or cookies are required.
What tags are available in the dropdown? 20 popular tags are in the dropdown (programming, data-science, AI, python, javascript, startup, etc.). You can also type any custom tag slug directly.
