DEV.to Scraper - Articles by Tag & Author

Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by DEV Community (dev.to) or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. "DEV Community (dev.to)" is referenced only to describe the publicly available website this Actor collects data from.

Scrape DEV.to articles by tag or author via the public API: title, author, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, description and optional full Markdown content. Clean JSON, CSV or Excel. No login, no API key, no browser.

Why this actor exists (demand): the DEV.to niche draws ~44 monthly users on Apify Store. This actor reads the DEV.to API directly and returns a rich, engagement-aware record (reactions, comments, reading time) for content monitoring, developer-trend research and RAG / LLM ingestion.

What you can scrape

• By tag - javascript, python, webdev, ai, react - paged through fully (hundreds of articles per tag).
• By author - every article by a DEV.to username.
• Full content - optionally fetch each article's full Markdown body.

Each article returns: title, url, author, authorUsername, organization, description, content (optional), tags, reactions, comments, readingTimeMin, coverImage, publishedAt.

Example input

{ "tags": ["python", "machine-learning"], "maxResults": 200, "includeContent": true }

Use with AI assistants (MCP)

Available through the Apify MCP server.

Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is agent-ready - AI agents can discover it, run it, and pay for it autonomously, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses pay-per-event pricing and limited permissions, so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

• x402 - an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the Apify MCP server - no account, no API key.
• Skyfire - agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Pricing

Pay-per-event, tiered by volume: $0.003 per article at the free tier, down to $0.00075 at the top tier.

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This is an independent scraper for publicly available data. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by DEV / Forem. "DEV" and "DEV.to" are trademarks of their respective owner, used here for descriptive purposes only. Use the data in compliance with the source's terms and applicable law.

Automate & schedule

Run this Actor on autopilot and pull results into your own stack:

• Apify API - start runs, fetch datasets and manage schedules over REST.
• apify-client for JavaScript and apify-client for Python - official SDKs.
• Schedules - run it hourly, daily or weekly and keep your dataset current.
• Webhooks - trigger downstream actions (CRM import, Slack alert, email sequence) the moment a run finishes.

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'MY_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('scrapesage/devto-scraper').call({
    "tags": [
        "javascript"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} records`);

Integrate with any app

Connect the dataset to thousands of apps - no code required:

• Make - multi-step automation scenarios.
• Zapier - push new records straight into your CRM or spreadsheet.
• Slack - get notified when a scheduled run finds something new.
• Google Drive / Sheets - auto-export every run to a spreadsheet.
• Airbyte - pipe results into your data warehouse.
• GitHub - trigger runs from commits or releases.

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FAQ

How is this Actor billed? Pay-per-event: you pay only for the results it delivers, with no monthly rental and no start fee. The per-event price is shown on the Pricing tab.

Can I schedule it and get results automatically? Yes - create a Schedule and add a webhook or an integration (Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier) to push each run's dataset wherever you need it.

Which export formats are available? Every run's dataset can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, HTML or RSS from the Apify Console or the API.

Can I run it from code or an AI agent? Yes - through the Apify API and client libraries, or from Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants via the Apify MCP server.

Is it legal to scrape DEV Community (dev.to)? This Actor collects publicly available data only. You are responsible for using the output in compliance with applicable laws (including data-protection law where personal data is involved) and the source's terms. See Data & lawful use and the Disclaimer below.

Is this an official DEV Community (dev.to) tool? No. It is an independent, third-party Actor with no affiliation to, endorsement by or sponsorship from DEV Community (dev.to). See the Disclaimer below.

Data & lawful use

This Actor reads only what DEV Community (dev.to) publishes to logged-out visitors: it does not log in, use cookies or session tokens, create accounts, or reach anything behind a sign-in. Names, handles, bios and engagement figures are public, but they relate to identifiable people, so treat the output as personal data. If you are in the EU or UK you are the data controller for what you do with it: have a lawful basis (usually legitimate interest for research, marketing analytics or B2B prospecting), honour access and deletion requests, and do not use the output for spam or unsolicited messaging.

Under Apify's Standard Actor Contract, which governs your use of this Actor, you are the controller of any personal data in your input and output and scrapesage acts only as your processor: that data is processed solely to run your job, written only to your own Apify storage, never used for any other purpose and never shared onward. If you need help with a data-subject request that involves this Actor's output, open an issue on the Issues tab.

Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by DEV Community (dev.to) or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

"DEV Community (dev.to)" and any related marks are the property of their respective owners and are used here only in a descriptive, nominative sense - to identify the publicly accessible website from which this Actor collects data. This Actor is not an official DEV Community (dev.to) product, is not authorised or certified by DEV Community (dev.to), and does not distribute DEV Community (dev.to) software. It collects only publicly available information; you are responsible for ensuring your use of that data complies with applicable laws, regulations and the terms of the source website.

Need help?

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab, or visit the Apify help center. Feature requests are welcome - this Actor is actively maintained.