# Gab Posts Scraper 🔍 (`easyapi/gab-posts-scraper`) Actor

Extract and analyze posts from Gab.com by keywords. Get comprehensive post data including content, engagement metrics, author information, and media attachments. Perfect for social media monitoring, trend analysis, and research purposes. 🔍

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/gab-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 20 total users, 2 monthly users, 99.3% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Gab Posts Scraper 🔍

Scrape posts and user information from Gab.com based on search keywords.

### 🎯 Features

- 🔍 Search and extract posts by keywords
- 👥 Collect detailed user information
- 📊 Get engagement metrics (replies, favorites, quotes, etc.)
- 🔗 Extract shared links and media
- 🌐 Support for multiple keywords
- ⚡ High-performance scraping with built-in delays
- 🛡️ Proxy support for reliable data collection

### 📊 Output Data

For each post, you'll get:

- Post content and creation time
- Post URL and unique ID
- Engagement metrics (replies, reblogs, favorites, quotes)
- Author information (username, followers, following count, etc.)
- Preview cards for shared links
- Media attachments
- Mentioned users and tags

### 💡 Use Cases

- Social media monitoring
- Content analysis
- User behavior research
- Trend tracking
- Engagement analysis
- Market research
- Opinion mining

### ⚠️ Notes

- Respect Gab.com's terms of service and rate limits
- Consider using proxies for large-scale scraping
- Data availability may vary based on content visibility settings

### 🔧 Input Parameters

- `keywords`: Array of search terms to scrape
- `maxItems`: Maximum number of posts to collect (optional)
- `proxyConfiguration`: Proxy settings (optional)

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```json
{
    "keywords": [
        "Elon Musk"
    ],
    "maxItems": 30
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```json
[
   {
        "keyword": "Elon Musk",
        "post_id": "114108192011354877",
        "created_at": "2025-03-05T05:33:52.228Z",
        "content": "<a href=\"https://dissenter.com/trend?url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3337375/trump-shouts-out-elon-musk-doge-head-roaring-congressional-crowd/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span>dissenter.com/trend?url=https://www.washingto<span class=\"invisible\">nexaminer.com/news/white-house/3337375/trump-shouts-out-elon-musk-doge-head-roaring-congressional-crowd/</span><span class=\"ellipsis\"></span></a>",
        "url": "https://gab.com/keeco/posts/114108192011354877",
        "direct_replies_count": 0,
        "replies_count": 0,
        "reblogs_count": 0,
        "favourites_count": 0,
        "quotes_count": 0,
        "reactions_counts": {},
        "language": null,
        "author": {
            "id": "756610",
            "username": "keeco",
            "display_name": "Prinz Keeco",
            "followers_count": 3436,
            "following_count": 3436,
            "statuses_count": 79664,
            "is_verified": false,
            "is_pro": false,
            "is_donor": false,
            "avatar": "https://m3.gab.com/accounts/avatars/000/756/610/original/ad0f1ba3cae32c36.jpg"
        },
        "preview_card": {
            "type": "link",
            "url": "https://dissenter.com/trend?url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3337375/trump-shouts-out-elon-musk-doge-head-roaring-congressional-crowd/",
            "title": "Trump shouts out Musk as DOGE head to roaring congressional crowd - Washington Examiner | Trends",
            "description": "Elon Musk was in the visitor gallery of the House chamber for the address as he leads Trump's DOGE efforts to cut waste and fraud in the federal government.",
            "provider_name": "",
            "image": "https://m3.gab.com/preview_cards/images/053/215/521/original/3a1e92ff77b1265b.webp"
        },
        "media_attachments": [],
        "mentions": [],
        "tags": []
    },
    ...
]
```

### Related Actors

- 🔍 [Gab Groups Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/gab-groups-scraper) - Extract detailed information about Gab.com groups and social communities
- 🔍 [Gab People Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/gab-people-search-scraper) - Extract user profiles and detailed information from Gab.com search results
- 🛍️ [Gab Marketplace Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/gab-marketplace-scraper) - Extract product listings and seller information from Gab Marketplace
- 🔍 [Reddit Posts Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/reddit-posts-search-scraper) - Extract Reddit posts from search results with rich metadata
- 💬 [Reddit Comments Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/reddit-comments-search-scraper) - Search and extract Reddit comments with advanced filtering options
- 🔍 [Reddit Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/reddit-trends-scraper) - Extract trending posts and discussions from Reddit
- 📱 [Facebook Posts Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-posts-search-scraper) - Extract posts from Facebook search results with detailed information
- 📱 [Facebook Group Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-group-posts-scraper) - Scrape posts from any public or private Facebook group
- 📱 [Instagram Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/instagram-posts-scraper) - Extract comprehensive details from Instagram posts
- 🎥 [TikTok Profile Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/tiktok-profile-posts-scraper) - Extract comprehensive post data from TikTok user profiles
- 📊 [Text Sentiment Analysis](https://apify.com/easyapi/text-sentiment-analysis) - Analyze the sentiment of text content with detailed reports
- 📄 [Article Content Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/article-content-extractor) - Extract clean article content and metadata from web pages
- 📱 [Tumblr Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/tumblr-posts-scraper) - Scrape blog posts with media content from Tumblr
- 🔍 [Bluesky Posts Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/bluesky-posts-search-scraper) - Extract posts and discussions from Bluesky social platform
- 🎯 [Truth Social Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/truth-social-scraper) - Extract posts and engagement metrics from Truth Social accounts

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

List of keywords to search for on Gab.com

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

Maximum number of posts to scrape (default: 100)

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the scraper

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "Elon Musk"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "Elon Musk"
    ],
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/gab-posts-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 = {
    "keywords": ["Elon Musk"],
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/gab-posts-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "Elon Musk"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call easyapi/gab-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/gab-posts-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/OCCX3RUdRellShfso/builds/pGVyFJygkF7SG3ruk/openapi.json