# Farcaster Scraper — Profiles, Casts & Channels (`samwise.agency/farcaster-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Farcaster: user profiles, casts by username or fid, and channel feeds with engagement counts. Public Warpcast API — no key. Clean JSON/CSV for crypto-social listening and creator research.

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

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 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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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.

- **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).
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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

## Farcaster Scraper — Profiles, Casts & Channels

Scrape **Farcaster**, the fast-growing crypto-native social network, via the public Warpcast API. No key required for reads.

**What you can extract:**

- 👤 **Profiles** by username or fid — follower counts, bio, pfp
- 💬 **Casts** — a user's recent posts with reply/reaction/recast counts
- 📺 **Channel feeds** — the conversation in any channel

### Quick start

1. Click **Run** — default pulls a well-known founder's profile + casts
2. Add usernames, fids, or channel keys (dev, memes, farcaster)
3. Schedule for ongoing crypto-social listening

### Use cases

- **Crypto/web3 marketing** — track builders, founders and channels
- **Creator research** — profile stats + engagement
- **Social listening** on a network the mainstream scrapers ignore
- **AI agents** — MCP-ready

### Pricing

Pay per result row delivered.

### FAQ

**Key needed?** No — reads use the public Warpcast API.

**[Try the Farcaster Scraper on Apify →](https://apify.com/samwise.agency/farcaster-scraper)**

# Actor input Schema

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Farcaster usernames (e.g. 'dwr', 'v'). Returns profile + casts.

## `fids` (type: `array`):

Farcaster IDs (numeric) to fetch casts for.

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Channel keys to pull feeds for (e.g. 'farcaster', 'dev', 'memes').

## `includeCasts` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each user's recent casts (not just the profile).

## `maxCastsPerUser` (type: `integer`):

Cap on casts fetched per user.

## `maxItemsPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Cap on casts fetched per channel.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "dwr"
  ],
  "fids": [],
  "channels": [],
  "includeCasts": true,
  "maxCastsPerUser": 25,
  "maxItemsPerChannel": 50
}
```

# 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 = {
    "usernames": [
        "dwr"
    ],
    "fids": [],
    "channels": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("samwise.agency/farcaster-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 = {
    "usernames": ["dwr"],
    "fids": [],
    "channels": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("samwise.agency/farcaster-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 '{
  "usernames": [
    "dwr"
  ],
  "fids": [],
  "channels": []
}' |
apify call samwise.agency/farcaster-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,samwise.agency/farcaster-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/77YeGJgtb86kKWY2E/builds/JqBSAkUndEpeZYwya/openapi.json