MangaDex Scraper

Scrape manga metadata from MangaDex at scale via its open REST API. Search 92,000+ titles with filters for publication status and content rating — returns titles, descriptions, authors, artists, tags, cover art, ratings, and follows.

What it extracts

• Title — main title plus alternative titles
• Description — English (or first available) synopsis
• Authors & artists — from MangaDex relationships
• Tags — genres and themes
• Publication status — ongoing, completed, hiatus, cancelled
• Content rating — safe, suggestive, erotica, pornographic
• Cover art — cover image URL
• Rating & follows — community statistics
• Year, original language, and MangaDex ID/URL

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	—	Keyword to search titles
status	string	all	all, ongoing, completed, hiatus, cancelled
contentRating	string	all	all, safe, suggestive, erotica, pornographic
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum titles to return
proxyConfiguration	object	none	Optional proxy settings

Example input

{
  "searchQuery": "one piece",
  "status": "ongoing",
  "contentRating": "safe",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Output

Each record is one manga title:

{
  "id": "a1c7c817-4e59-43b7-9365-09675a149a6f",
  "title": "One Piece",
  "altTitles": ["ワンピース"],
  "description": "Gol D. Roger was known as the Pirate King...",
  "authors": ["Eiichiro Oda"],
  "artists": ["Eiichiro Oda"],
  "tags": ["Adventure", "Comedy", "Action"],
  "status": "ongoing",
  "contentRating": "safe",
  "year": 1997,
  "originalLanguage": "ja",
  "coverUrl": "https://uploads.mangadex.org/covers/...",
  "rating": 9.3,
  "follows": 512000,
  "url": "https://mangadex.org/title/a1c7c817-4e59-43b7-9365-09675a149a6f"
}

Use cases

• Manga apps & trackers: build and refresh title catalogs
• Recommendation engines: use tags, ratings, and follows as features
• Market research: analyze genre popularity and publication trends
• Content aggregation: power discovery and browse pages
• Data science: assemble manga metadata datasets

Notes on data source & proxies

This actor uses the open MangaDex REST API — no login required. Proxy use is optional.

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