Datasets:

logiover
/

devto-articles-scraper-sample-data

license: cc-by-4.0
pretty_name: Dev.to Articles Scraper
tags:
  - social_media
  - web-scraping
  - apify
  - news
  - developer-tools
  - scraper
size_categories:
  - n<1K

Dev.to Articles Scraper

Scrape developer articles from Dev.to by tag or author: title, description, tags, reactions, comments and reading time. Schedule it to track trending tech content and topics.

What the actor scrapes

✍️ Dev.to Articles Scraper — Developer Blog Posts by Tag or Author to JSON/CSV Scrape developer articles from Dev.to straight from its official public API — pull posts by tag or author with full metadata and paginate the entire feed. This Dev.to scraper extracts title, description, tags, reactions, comments and reading time, and exports everything to JSON, CSV or Excel. No login, no API key, no blocking. Dev.to publishes thousands of new technical articles every w

Who this is for

This sample is useful for anyone working in social media, news, developer tools who wants a quick look at the shape of the data before running the live actor at scale. Treat it as a static snapshot — counts, prices and timestamps reflect the moment the sample was captured and will drift over time.

Source

Live source: This dataset is a static sample. For fresh, customizable extractions, run the live Apify actor: logiover/devto-articles-scraper

Fields

id — unique identifier for the record
title — item or page title
description — textual description
url — canonical URL of the item
author — author or creator handle
authorUsername — field captured by the actor
tags — associated tags
commentsCount — numeric count
reactionsCount — numeric count
readingTimeMinutes — field captured by the actor
coverImage — field captured by the actor
publishedAt — publication timestamp
scrapedAt — timestamp the row was scraped

Sample preview

[
  {
    "id": 3666204,
    "title": "4 Tiny Mistakes That Secretly Destroy App Performance",
    "description": "Ok, I’m back from my short vacation and returning with some useful content 😄 As you know, from time...",
    "url": "https://dev.to/sylwia-lask/4-tiny-mistakes-that-secretly-destroy-app-performance-3cgo",
    "author": "Sylwia Laskowska",
    "authorUsername": "sylwia-lask",
    "tags": [
      "javascript",
      "angular",
      "react",
      "frontend"
    ],
    "commentsCount": 25,
    "reactionsCount": 35,
    "readingTimeMinutes": 6,
    "coverImage": "https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=1000,height=420,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fqj5had0lzdvg6ufegqif.png",
    "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T06:04:15Z",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T20:33:59.531Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 3661749,
    "title": "React is Overkill: Why Python + HTMX is Dominating in 2026",
    "description": "Last year I spent forty minutes setting up a React project for an internal admin dashboard. Just the...",
    "url": "https://dev.to/syedahmershah/react-is-overkill-why-python-htmx-is-dominating-in-2026-17ib",
    "author": "Syed Ahmer Shah",
    "authorUsername": "syedahmershah",
    "tags": [
      "python",
      "react",
      "javascript",
      "discuss"
    ],
    "commentsCount": 66,
    "reactionsCount": 155,
    "readingTimeMinutes": 8,
    "coverImage": "https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=1000,height=420,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fck2169yb5dioldrnfuha.png",
    "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T09:28:52Z",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T20:33:59.600Z"
  }
]

Snapshot stats

Row count in this sample: 50
Data quality flag at capture time: EXISTING_USED

License & Attribution

Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). If you use this data, please credit the source actor and link back to its Apify Store page: logiover/devto-articles-scraper.

The sample is provided as-is for evaluation and research. Source websites retain their own terms of service — downstream users are responsible for complying with them when running the live actor or redistributing scraped content.