# Threads Scraper (profiles, posts, replies, search) (`datahamster/threads-scraper`) Actor

Threads.com posts without login: latest posts of any public profile (text, likes, replies, reposts, media), a post with its replies and related posts, and keyword search results. Flat rows, monitor mode for new posts. No account cookies, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datahamster/threads-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Viktor Dubnytskiy](https://apify.com/datahamster) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 result items

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **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

## Threads Scraper (profiles, posts, replies, search)

Public Threads.com content as flat rows, without logging in: the latest posts of any public profile, a post with its replies, and keyword search results. Monitor mode on a saved Task returns only new posts (or changed like/reply counts) since the last run, with optional webhook/Telegram summary. For social listening, creator analytics, brand monitoring and research.

### What you get

Post rows: `id`, `url`, `code`, `username`, `userId`, `isVerified`, `text`, `takenAt` (UTC), `likeCount`, `replyCount`, `repostCount`, `quoteCount`, `reshareCount`, `mediaType` (text/image/video/carousel), `images[]`, `videos[]`, `linkUrl`, `linkTitle`, `replyToUsername`, `isReply`, `rootPostId`, `language`, `isPaidPartnership`, `source` (profile/post/reply/related/search), `searchQuery`, `scrapedAt`.

Profile rows (`type: profile`): `username`, `userId`, `fullName`, `biography`, `followerCount`, `isVerified`, `isPrivate`, `profilePicUrl`.

### Input

- `profiles`: usernames or URLs → the profile row plus the latest posts shown on the profile page.
- `postUrls`: permalinks → the post itself (`source: post`), its replies (`source: reply`) and, with `includeRelated`, Threads' related posts.
- `searches`: keyword queries → first page of results.
- `maxItems`; `mode: monitor` for new-post alerts on a Task.

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| result | $0.001 per row ($1 per 1,000) |
| monitor-check | $0.005 per monitor run |
| change | $0.001 per new/changed row |

Charged only for rows actually pushed; the proxy traffic (residential, required — Threads serves an empty shell to datacenter IPs) is billed by Apify on top.

### Limits

- Logged-out Threads exposes what its public pages preload: roughly the newest 5–15 posts per profile, the first ~25 replies per post and the first page of search. Deeper pagination needs a logged-in session, which this actor deliberately does not use (no account risk for you).
- Private profiles and age-gated content are not available.
- Counts are as rendered by Threads at scrape time.

### Changelog

- 0.1: initial release — profiles, posts with replies, search, monitor mode.

# Actor input Schema

## `profiles` (type: `array`):

Usernames or profile URLs (latest posts + a profile row)

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

Post permalinks: the post, its replies and (optionally) related posts

## `searches` (type: `array`):

Keyword searches (first page of results each)

## `includeProfile` (type: `boolean`):

Emit one type=profile row per profile (followers, bio, verified)

## `includeReplies` (type: `boolean`):

For postUrls: include the reply feed

## `includeRelated` (type: `boolean`):

For postUrls: include Threads' related posts block

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

Stop after this many results (you are charged only for pushed items)

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

scrape = full results; monitor = only new/changed items since the previous run of this task

## `monitorKey` (type: `string`):

Optional state key when not running as a saved task

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

POST a change summary here in monitor mode

## `telegramBotToken` (type: `string`):

Optional: bot token for monitor-mode change summaries

## `telegramChatId` (type: `string`):

Optional: chat id that receives monitor-mode summaries

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profiles": [
    "nasa"
  ],
  "includeProfile": true,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "includeRelated": false,
  "maxItems": 200,
  "mode": "scrape"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All pushed rows (dataset, JSON)

## `resultsTable` (type: `string`):

Dataset in the Console viewer

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

RUN\_SUMMARY record (pushed, skipped, emptyReason)

# 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 = {
    "profiles": [
        "nasa"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datahamster/threads-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 = { "profiles": ["nasa"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datahamster/threads-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 '{
  "profiles": [
    "nasa"
  ]
}' |
apify call datahamster/threads-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datahamster/threads-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/kR4vzSphANBBKu8Fq/builds/BRXeBQPnP3W0jgCJD/openapi.json