# Dev.to Scraper (`leftwinglautus/dev-to-scraper`) Actor

Scrape articles from Dev.to via the official Dev.to API. Fetch latest articles, articles by tag, or articles by user.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/leftwinglautus/dev-to-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Moeeze Hassan](https://apify.com/leftwinglautus) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.6% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **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).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
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- **Any other language** — 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

## Dev.to Scraper

An Apify Python actor that fetches articles from [Dev.to](https://dev.to) via the official Dev.to (Forem) API.

### Features

- **Latest** — fetch the most recent articles
- **Tags** — fetch articles filtered by a specific tag
- **User** — fetch articles by a specific username

### Input

| Field        | Type    | Default | Description                                          |
|--------------|---------|---------|------------------------------------------------------|
| `mode`       | select  | latest  | latest / tags / user                                 |
| `tag`        | string  | —       | Tag to filter by (required for `tags` mode)          |
| `username`   | string  | —       | Dev.to username (required for `user` mode)           |
| `maxResults` | integer | 30      | Maximum number of articles to return                 |
| `perPage`    | integer | 30      | Articles per API page                                |
| `apiKey`     | string  | —       | Optional Dev.to API key for higher rate limits       |

### Output

Each result contains: `id`, `title`, `url`, `description`, `tags`, `publishedAt`, `readingTimeMinutes`, `reactionsCount`, `commentsCount`, `user`.

### API

Uses the Dev.to (Forem) API at https://dev.to/api/articles. An optional API key can be supplied for higher rate limits.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Fetch latest articles, articles by tag, or articles by a specific user.

## `tag` (type: `string`):

Tag to filter articles by (required when mode is 'tags').

## `username` (type: `string`):

Dev.to username to fetch articles from (required when mode is 'user').

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of articles to return.

## `perPage` (type: `integer`):

Number of articles to request per API page (max 1000).

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

Optional Dev.to API key for higher rate limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "latest",
  "maxResults": 30,
  "perPage": 30
}
```

# 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("leftwinglautus/dev-to-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("leftwinglautus/dev-to-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 leftwinglautus/dev-to-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/afk9GJBEDrLaPhjbB/builds/5SlIotwMdyABgNZR6/openapi.json