# Skool Scraper (`dadhalfdev/skool-scraper`) Actor

Discover and analyze Skool communities with this actor. Extract up to 1000 community data from Skool https://www.skool.com/ with a pay-per-event pricing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dadhalfdev/skool-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Marco Rodrigues](https://apify.com/dadhalfdev) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Other
- **Stats:** 8 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

## Skool Community Scraper

Discover and analyze Skool communities with this actor. This scraper extracts up to 1000 communities from [Skool](https://www.skool.com/) with **pay-per-event pricing** - you only pay for the communities you scrape.

**🎯 Fine-tune your results**: Choose from predefined categories or enter your own custom category search term to get more precise, targeted results that match your specific needs.

### 🚀 Why Use This Scraper?

Discover trending Skool communities across various categories, analyze membership data, pricing information, and community details. **Fine-tune your searches** by using custom category keywords to find exactly what you're looking for, or use the predefined categories for quick access to popular community types.

### 💰 Pricing Model

This is a **pay-per-event scraper**, meaning you only pay for each community successfully scraped. This makes it cost-effective for both small and large scraping jobs.

### 📊 What You Get

Extract comprehensive community data including:
- **Community ID and URL**
- **Display name and internal name**
- **Creation and update timestamps**
- **Subscription pricing ($)** (annual and monthly)
- **Community description**
- **Cover image and logo URLs**
- **Total member count**
- **Community initials**
- **Rank and category information**

### 🎯 Available Categories

#### Predefined Categories

Choose from these popular Skool categories for quick access:
- **All** - All communities across all categories
- **Hobbies** - Hobby-focused communities
- **Music** - Music-related communities
- **Money** - Financial and money-making communities
- **Spirituality** - Spiritual and wellness communities
- **Tech** - Technology communities
- **Health** - Health and fitness communities
- **Sports** - Sports communities
- **Self-improvement** - Personal development communities
- **Relationships** - Relationship and dating communities

#### Custom Categories

**Want more precise results?** You can also enter **any custom category or search term** of your choice! Simply type your desired category name (e.g., "Photography", "Cryptocurrency", "Yoga", "Entrepreneurship") and the scraper will search for communities matching that term. This allows you to fine-tune your results and discover niche communities that might not be in the predefined list.

#### ⚠️ Important Note About the "All" Category

If you choose the **"All"** category, the `category` field in the output will show "All" for every community, not the specific category each community belongs to. 

**For large datasets with accurate category information**, I recommend:
- Run the scraper **separately for each individual category** (Hobbies, Music, Money, etc.)
- Set `max_communities` to the maximum value (300) for each run
- This way, each community will have its correct category label in the output

### 📈 Output Example

Here's what you can expect from each scraped community:

```json
{
  "id": "993ffffcf48c45cf8f728bdbf99e0ced",
  "display_name": "Top Chess Education",
  "name": "topchess",
  "created_at": "2024-01-19T14:52:38.823406Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-19T17:27:35.16828Z",
  "annual_subscription": 182.0,
  "monthly_subscription": 19.0,
  "description": "Join the #1 Skool for motivated chess players—master tactics, gain expert coaching, and crush your competition ",
  "cover_image": "https://assets.skool.com/f/993ffffcf48c45cf8f728bdbf99e0ced/0a00424d489f48dfa1fb42325ab5ee0690848d7c96ef46509d9282e1212dbf4a-md.jpg",
  "total_members": 110,
  "logo_url": "https://assets.skool.com/f/993ffffcf48c45cf8f728bdbf99e0ced/5494d56ad7e945c9bf9137513e1dbc0f12e1ea78223442059afd67902795979b",
  "initials": "TC",
  "rank": 480,
  "category": "Hobbies"
}
````

### 🔧 Input Example

Configure your scraper with these parameters:

**Using a predefined category:**

```json
{
  "category": "Hobbies",
  "max_communities": 500
}
```

**Using a custom category:**

```json
{
  "category": "Photography",
  "max_communities": 300
}
```

**Parameters:**

- **category**:
  - Choose from predefined categories: `All`, `Hobbies`, `Music`, `Money`, `Spirituality`, `Tech`, `Health`, `Sports`, `Self-improvement`, `Relationships`
  - **OR** enter any custom category/search term of your choice (e.g., "Photography", "Cryptocurrency", "Yoga") to fine-tune your results and discover niche communities
- **max\_communities**: Maximum number of communities to scrape (minimum: 50, maximum: 1000, default: 500)

### ⚡ Quick Start

1. **Select your category** - Choose a predefined category that interests you, or enter a custom category/search term to fine-tune your results (or "All" if you don't need specific category labels)
2. **Set max\_communities** - Choose how many communities you want (50-1000)
3. **Run the scraper** - Get your community data in minutes
4. **Download your data** - Export as JSON, CSV, or other formats

**Tips**:

- For comprehensive datasets with category information, run separate scrapes for each category with `max_communities: 1000` and combine the results
- Use custom categories to discover niche communities that match your specific interests or research needs

Perfect for community researchers, marketers, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking to discover and analyze Skool communities!

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Choose which Skool category to scrape, or type a custom one.

## `max_communities` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of communities to scrape. Default is 500.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "All",
  "max_communities": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Table view using the dataset 'overview' view.

## `results` (type: `string`):

All items from the default dataset without view transformation.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dadhalfdev/skool-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dadhalfdev/skool-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call dadhalfdev/skool-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dadhalfdev/skool-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Skool Scraper",
        "description": "Discover and analyze Skool communities with this actor. Extract up to 1000 community data from Skool https://www.skool.com/ with a pay-per-event pricing.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "FcvaDdt3uiO6rAW86"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/dadhalfdev~skool-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dadhalfdev-skool-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/dadhalfdev~skool-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-dadhalfdev-skool-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/dadhalfdev~skool-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-dadhalfdev-skool-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "category"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "category": {
                        "title": "Category",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Choose which Skool category to scrape, or type a custom one.",
                        "default": "All"
                    },
                    "max_communities": {
                        "title": "Max Communities",
                        "minimum": 50,
                        "maximum": 1000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of communities to scrape. Default is 500.",
                        "default": 500
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```