# 🧵 Threads User Posts Scraper (`scraperx/threads-user-posts-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scraperx/threads-user-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ScraperX](https://apify.com/scraperx) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.99 / 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`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **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

## Threads User Posts Scraper

Apify actor that collects **public** posts from Threads profiles using the same GraphQL + HTML token strategy as the reference scripts (`helper.py`, `main.py`, `extract_output.py`).

### Behavior

- **Requests** start **without a proxy** (direct to `threads.com`).
- If Threads **blocks or rejects** traffic, the actor **switches to an Apify datacenter proxy** and keeps using that tier for the rest of the run (until another escalation is needed).
- If datacenter is **unavailable** or **still blocked**, it switches to an **Apify residential** proxy and performs up to **three** attempts per profile with rotated residential sessions.
- Posts are **pushed to the dataset as they are parsed** (live saving).

### Input

| Field | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `urls` | Profile URLs (`https://www.threads.com/@user`) or usernames; bulk supported. |
| `maxPostsPerProfile` | Max posts per profile (1–500, default 100). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Optional. Omit it or use **No proxy** in the console; backup routing still uses your Apify account proxies when needed. |

Field `taken_at` uses the actor container’s local timezone (same as the original script’s default).

### Output

Dataset items match the reference `output.json` shape: `profile_pic_url`, `username`, `id`, `pk`, `code`, `caption`, engagement fields, `audio`, `medias`, `tags`, `mentions`, `taken_at`, `url`, etc.

### Local run

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
export APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR=./storage
## Put INPUT.json in storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json
python -m src
```

### Legal

Data is taken from publicly visible Threads content only. You are responsible for compliance with applicable laws and Meta’s terms.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

🧵 Paste Threads profile links (`threads.com` / `threads.net`) or plain usernames. 📋 One per line — bulk lists welcome!

✅ Example: `https://www.threads.com/@zuck` or just `zuck`

## `maxPostsPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

📊 Cap how many recent posts to save **per** profile (1–5000). Lower = faster runs; higher = deeper history.

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

🔧 Toggle **Use Apify Proxy** on only if you want to force specific groups (country, session) for the backup steps. Otherwise leave **Off** — the actor will still auto-escalate to Datacenter / Residential when needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.threads.com/@zuck"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.threads.com/@zuck"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scraperx/threads-user-posts-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 = {
    "urls": ["https://www.threads.com/@zuck"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scraperx/threads-user-posts-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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.threads.com/@zuck"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call scraperx/threads-user-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/PQ52Sc8hgaIflWwvH/builds/3s9lmKEULFnbHoC62/openapi.json