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✍️ Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper

🚀 Pull Dev.to articles with body, tags, reactions, reading time, author, organization, language, and 32 fields per record.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-08 · 📊 32 fields per record · Dev.to articles · body markdown + html, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, author + org, language, type · latest, top, by tag, by user

The Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper pulls articles from the Dev.to community blog. Output includes title, slug, URL + canonical URL, description, body markdown + body HTML, reading time minutes, tag list (canonical names + slugs), publish + edit + crosspost + last-comment dates, readable publish date, language, collection ID, type, positive + public reaction counts, comments count, full author profile (name, username, Twitter, GitHub, website, profile image), organization (name, username, slug), and the flare tag.

Four modes in one Actor: latest articles, top articles (top of the week), articles by tag, and articles by user. Set fetchBody to false to skip the body and keep records lighter for high-volume runs.

📋 What the Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper does

Five filtering workflows in a single run:

• 📰 Latest feed. Most recent published articles.
• 🏆 Top of the week. Top-7-day articles by reactions.
• 🏷️ By tag. Pull every article tagged Python, JavaScript, Rust, etc.
• 👤 By user. Pull every article from a specific Dev.to user.
• 📜 Body markdown + HTML. Both formats per record (toggle with fetchBody).

💡 Why it matters: clean, server-side filtering and fresh data on every run.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

⚙️ Input

Example: latest articles.

{
"maxItems":20,
"mode":"latest",
"fetchBody":true
}

Example: articles tagged Python.

{
"maxItems":100,
"mode":"tag",
"tag":"python",
"fetchBody":false
}

📊 Output

Each record contains 32 fields. Download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

📦 Sample records

✨ Why choose this Actor

📈 How it compares to alternatives

🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Find the Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Pick filters and maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start.
5. 📥 Download. Grab results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

💼 Business use cases

🔌 Automating Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🧩 How does it work?

Pick mode (latest, top, tag, user). The Actor pages the public Dev.to API and returns each article.

📊 How many fields per record?

32, including body markdown + HTML, tags, reactions, dates, author + organization profile.

📜 Can I skip the body?

Yes. Set fetchBody to false to drop body markdown + body HTML. Records become much lighter.

🏷️ How are tags returned?

Two formats: plain tags array + canonical tagsCanonical array. Slug-style strings.

👤 Can I scrape a specific user?

Yes. Use mode=user with the username field.

📅 What's the difference between createdAt and publishedAt?

Created is the original creation timestamp; published is when it went live (often the same).

🆓 Do I need an API key?

No. Dev.to has a public API.

🔁 Can I schedule runs?

Yes. Schedule hourly for trending content.

⚖️ Is this data free to use?

Articles are publicly available. Reuse depends on each author's licensing.

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan?

No. The free plan covers preview runs (10 records).

🔌 Integrate with any app

Dev.to Articles and Posts Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications
• Airbyte - Pipe data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits
• Google Drive - Export datasets to Sheets

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Dev.to, Forem, or any individual article author. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available open data is collected.