# Stack Overflow (`jupri/stackexchange`) Actor
- **URL**: https://apify.com/jupri/stackexchange.md
- **Developed by:** [cat](https://apify.com/jupri) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 48 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
Pay per usage
This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage
## 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
### Welcome to Stack Overflow Scraper
#### About Stack Overflow
**Stack Overflow** is a [question-and-answer website](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question-and-answer_site "Question-and-answer site") for [computer programmers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programmers "Computer programmers"). It is the flagship site of the [Stack Exchange Network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Exchange "Stack Exchange").[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-growthmodel-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-Legal-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-stackapps_legal-4) It was created in 2008 by [Jeff Atwood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Atwood "Jeff Atwood") and [Joel Spolsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Spolsky "Joel Spolsky").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-introducing-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-6) It features questions and answers on certain [computer programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming "Computer programming") topics.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-secrets-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-slashdot-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-google-tech-talks-9) It was created to be a more open alternative to earlier question and answer websites such as [Experts-Exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts-Exchange "Experts-Exchange"). Stack Overflow was sold to [Prosus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosus "Prosus"), a Netherlands-based consumer internet conglomerate, on 2 June 2021 for $1.8 billion.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-10)
#### About This Actor
A **stack overflow** occurs if the [call stack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_stack "Call stack") pointer exceeds the [stack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_\(abstract_data_type\) "Stack (abstract data type)") bound. The call stack may consist of a limited amount of [address space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space "Address space"), often determined at the start of the program. The size of the call stack depends on many factors, including the programming language, machine architecture, multi-threading, and amount of available memory. When a program attempts to use more space than is available on the call stack (that is, when it attempts to access memory beyond the call stack's bounds, which is essentially a [buffer overflow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow "Buffer overflow")), the stack is said to *overflow*, typically resulting in a program [crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_\(computing\) "Crash (computing)").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_overflow#cite_note-fortran1-1)
# Actor input Schema
## `site` (type: `string`):
No description
## `sort` (type: `string`):
No description
## `order` (type: `string`):
No description
## `limit` (type: `integer`):
No description
## `title` (type: `string`):
Text which must appear in returned questions titles
## `question` (type: `string`):
A free form text parameter, will match all question properties based on an undocumented algorithm
## `body` (type: `string`):
Text which must appear in returned questions bodies
## `tags` (type: `string`):
A semicolon delimited list of tags, of which at least one will be present on all returned questions
## `fromdate` (type: `string`):
No description
## `todate` (type: `string`):
No description
## `answers` (type: `integer`):
The minimum number of answers returned questions must have
## `views` (type: `integer`):
The minimum number of views returned questions must have
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"limit": 10,
"tags": "apify;python"
}
```
# 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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"limit": 10,
"tags": "apify;python"
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jupri/stackexchange").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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"limit": 10,
"tags": "apify;python",
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jupri/stackexchange").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 '{
"limit": 10,
"tags": "apify;python"
}' |
apify call jupri/stackexchange --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jupri/stackexchange"
}
}
}
```
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 ` 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/OhqsMYuD6MVNDTatD/builds/vR3mrmRe7B8BZc8ub/openapi.json