# CocoaPods Scraper (`crawlerbros/cocoapods-scraper`) Actor

Scrape CocoaPods package registry - search pods by name or fetch specific pods with full metadata including platforms, dependencies, and source URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/cocoapods-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## CocoaPods Scraper

Extract detailed metadata for CocoaPods packages — including summary, description, platforms, Swift version support, dependencies, authors, and source URLs.

### What is CocoaPods Scraper?

[CocoaPods](https://cocoapods.org) is the dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C projects on Apple platforms. It hosts tens of thousands of open-source libraries for iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS. This actor lets you search the CocoaPods registry by name and retrieve full podspec metadata for any pod.

### Features

- **Search Pods**: Find pods by name (substring match against full registry)
- **Get By Name**: Retrieve complete metadata for specific pods by name
- **Full Podspec Metadata**: Version, platforms, dependencies, authors, Swift version support, and source/repository URLs
- **No auth required**: Uses the public CocoaPods trunk API
- **Handles all license formats**: String and dict-style license fields

### Use Cases

- Audit iOS/macOS dependency ecosystems
- Research popular CocoaPod libraries for specific platforms
- Track Swift version compatibility across packages
- Monitor dependencies for security or licensing compliance
- Build package discovery tools for mobile developers

### Input

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|-------|------|-------------|---------|
| `mode` | Select | `searchPods` or `getByName` | `searchPods` |
| `searchQuery` | String | Filter pods by name (case-insensitive substring) | `networking` |
| `podNames` | Array | Pod names for `getByName` mode | `["Alamofire", "Moya"]` |
| `maxItems` | Integer | Maximum records to return (1–500) | `50` |

#### Input Example — Search Pods

```json
{
  "mode": "searchPods",
  "searchQuery": "networking",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

#### Input Example — Get By Name

```json
{
  "mode": "getByName",
  "podNames": ["Alamofire", "Moya", "Kingfisher", "RxSwift"]
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "podName": "Alamofire",
  "summary": "Elegant HTTP Networking in Swift",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire",
  "license": "MIT",
  "authors": ["Alamofire Software Foundation"],
  "platforms": {
    "ios": "10.0",
    "osx": "10.12",
    "tvos": "10.0",
    "visionos": "1.0",
    "watchos": "3.0"
  },
  "version": "5.11.2",
  "sourceUrl": "https://cocoapods.org/pods/Alamofire",
  "repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire.git",
  "downloadUrl": "https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire.git#5.11.2",
  "swiftVersions": ["5"],
  "recordType": "pod",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-30T07:51:06.235383+00:00"
}
```

### Output Fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `podName` | String | Pod name |
| `summary` | String | One-line description |
| `description` | String | Full description (if provided) |
| `homepage` | String | Project homepage URL |
| `license` | String | License identifier (e.g. `MIT`, `Apache-2.0`) |
| `authors` | Array | List of author names |
| `platforms` | Object | Supported platforms with minimum version (e.g. `{"ios": "12.0"}`) |
| `version` | String | Latest published version |
| `sourceUrl` | String | CocoaPods.org page URL |
| `repositoryUrl` | String | Git repository URL |
| `downloadUrl` | String | Git repository URL with version tag |
| `swiftVersions` | Array | Supported Swift versions |
| `dependencies` | Array | Names of declared dependencies |
| `recordType` | String | Always `"pod"` |
| `scrapedAt` | String | ISO 8601 timestamp |

### FAQs

**Does this require an API key?**
No. The CocoaPods trunk API and CDN are completely public.

**How many pods can I search?**
The CocoaPods registry contains 90,000+ pods. Use `maxItems` to control how many you retrieve (up to 500).

**What does `searchQuery` match against?**
It performs a case-insensitive substring match against pod names from the full registry list.

**What platforms are supported?**
CocoaPods supports iOS, macOS (osx), tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS. The `platforms` field shows the minimum version for each supported platform.

**Why might some fields be missing?**
Fields are only included when the pod's podspec actually declares them. For example, older pods may not declare `swiftVersions` or `description`.

**How current is the data?**
The actor fetches live data from the CocoaPods trunk API and CDN which are updated when pod authors publish new versions.

**Can I get all pods?**
Yes — leave `searchQuery` empty to get the first `maxItems` pods from the registry alphabetically.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Scraping mode: search pods by query or fetch specific pod(s) by name.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Filter pods by name (case-insensitive substring match). Leave empty to get top results up to maxItems.

## `podNames` (type: `array`):

List of CocoaPod names to fetch (used in getByName mode). e.g. \["Alamofire", "AFNetworking"].

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pod records to return (1–500).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "searchPods",
  "searchQuery": "networking",
  "podNames": [
    "Alamofire",
    "Moya"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "searchPods",
    "searchQuery": "networking",
    "podNames": [
        "Alamofire",
        "Moya"
    ],
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/cocoapods-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "searchPods",
    "searchQuery": "networking",
    "podNames": [
        "Alamofire",
        "Moya",
    ],
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawlerbros/cocoapods-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "searchPods",
  "searchQuery": "networking",
  "podNames": [
    "Alamofire",
    "Moya"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call crawlerbros/cocoapods-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,crawlerbros/cocoapods-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/eq1Ef6mTLYLyROXNn/builds/ZhJUsRqcDdB8vqxXh/openapi.json