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| 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 |
| --- |
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| # Dev.to Articles Scraper |
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| 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. |
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| ## What the actor scrapes |
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| # ✍️ Dev.to Articles Scraper — Developer Blog Posts by Tag or Author to JSON/CSV Scrape **developer articles from [Dev.to](https://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 |
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| ## Who this is for |
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| 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. |
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| ## Source |
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| **Live source:** This dataset is a static sample. For fresh, customizable extractions, run the live Apify actor: [logiover/devto-articles-scraper](https://apify.com/logiover/devto-articles-scraper) |
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| ## Fields |
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| - **`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 |
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| ## Sample preview |
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| ```json |
| [ |
| { |
| "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" |
| } |
| ] |
| ``` |
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| ## Snapshot stats |
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| - Row count in this sample: **50** |
| - Data quality flag at capture time: `EXISTING_USED` |
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| ## License & Attribution |
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| 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](https://apify.com/logiover/devto-articles-scraper). |
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| 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. |
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