# Medium User Search Scraper (`easyapi/medium-user-search-scraper`) Actor

Extract detailed Medium user profiles from search results. Find writers, track influencers, and build outreach lists with comprehensive data including names, bios, membership status, and more. Perfect for content research and writer discovery.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/medium-user-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 13 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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`.
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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

## Medium User Search Scraper 🔍

Scrape Medium user profiles from search results. Extract detailed information about Medium writers including their bio, membership status, and more! 📝

### Use Cases 🎯

- Find and analyze Medium writers in specific niches
- Research potential collaborators or guest writers
- Track influential authors in your field of interest
- Build a database of Medium writers for outreach

### Features ✨

- Search users by keywords
- Extract comprehensive user profile data
- Support for multiple search terms
- Configurable number of results

### Input Parameters 📝

- `keywords` (Array): List of search terms to find Medium users
- `maxItems` (Number): Maximum number of user profiles to scrape

### Tips for Optimal Results 💡

1. Use specific keywords to find relevant users
2. Adjust maxItems based on your needs
3. Consider running multiple searches with different keywords

### Support 🤝

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please reach out through Apify's support channels.

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```
{
    "keywords": [
         "write"
    ],
    "maxItems": 30
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```
[
	{
		"id": "2d196168bd00",
		"name": "chel writes",
		"username": "chelwrites",
		"bio": "write articles and personal thoughts. publish drafts regularly. sometimes in english or indonesian :)",
		"avatarUrl": "https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:96:96/1*5GUJnGMlifgnut6UmNvdng.jpeg",
		"userUrl": "https://chelwrites.medium.com",
		"isBookAuthor": false,
		"isMember": false
	},
	{
		"id": "11841531c264",
		"name": "Jo Ann Harris, Writer of Daily Musings",
		"username": "joannharris-53598",
		"bio": "Writing on Medium since 2018. Writer for Illumination. I write on a myriad of subjects with you in mind.",
		"avatarUrl": "https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:96:96/0*nZwiKx3sl_Wcu6yS.",
		"userUrl": "https://joannharris-53598.medium.com",
		"isBookAuthor": false,
		"isMember": true
	},
    ...
]
```

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

List of keywords to search for Medium users

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of user profiles to scrape

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optionally, use Apify Proxy or custom HTTP proxy to avoid IP address-based blocking.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "writing"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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("easyapi/medium-user-search-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("easyapi/medium-user-search-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 easyapi/medium-user-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/TbWVg3IEf1caqCxXV/builds/TnAvtyZSfb5ifntwZ/openapi.json