Thingiverse 3D Model Scraper

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Scrape 3D printable models from Thingiverse, the world's largest 3D printing model database. Extract model names, creators, likes, comments, descriptions, tags, files, license information, and more.

Features

• Search by keyword -- Find models matching your search terms (e.g., "raspberry pi case", "phone stand")
• Direct URLs -- Scrape specific models by providing Thingiverse thing URLs or IDs
• Rich JSON-LD extraction -- Parses structured data embedded in each model page
• API enrichment -- Attempts to enhance data with download counts, tags, and file lists via the Thingiverse API
• Proxy support -- Built-in proxy configuration for reliable scraping

Input

Example Input

{
"searchQueries":["raspberry pi case","phone stand"],
"maxListings":20,
"scrapeDetails":true
}

Or scrape specific models:

{
"thingUrls":[
"https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2187167",
"5968394"
]
}

Output

Each result contains:

Example Output

{
"thingName":"Parametric Hinge",
"thingId":2187167,
"creator":"rohingosling",
"creatorUrl":"https://www.thingiverse.com/rohingosling",
"category":"3D Printing, Parts",
"likes":51753,
"downloads":null,
"makes":null,
"remixes":null,
"comments":227,
"description":"Parametric Butt Hinge. This is a parametric butt hinge designed in OpenSCAD...",
"tags":[],
"imageUrl":"https://resize.thingiverse.com/...",
"files":[],
"publishedDate":"2017-03-19 02:12:25",
"license":"CC BY",
"sourceUrl":"https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2187167",
"scrapedAt":"2026-04-26T12:00:00.000Z"
}

How It Works

1. Token extraction -- Dynamically extracts the Thingiverse API bearer token from page HTML
2. Search -- Tries API-based search first, falls back to HTML scraping and tag pages
3. Detail scraping -- Parses JSON-LD structured data from each model's detail page
4. API enrichment -- Optionally enriches data with download counts, tags, and files via the API

Notes

• Thingiverse's API requires a dynamic bearer token that changes periodically. The scraper extracts this automatically.
• Some fields (downloads, makes, remixes, tags, files) are only available when the API is accessible.
• The scrapeDetails option controls whether the scraper visits each model's individual page. Disabling it produces faster but less complete results.
• Use Apify Proxy for reliable results and to avoid rate limiting.

Cost

This scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged $0.005 per result scraped.