Pixelfed Scraper

An Apify actor for scraping public profile data and recent posts from Pixelfed, a decentralized photo-sharing platform.

Overview

This actor extracts structured data from public Pixelfed profiles. It collects user metadata and a configurable number of recent posts, outputting the results in a consistent JSON format suitable for analysis or archiving.

Key Features

• Scrapes public Pixelfed profile information (bio, follower counts, metadata).
• Fetches recent posts, including images, captions, timestamps, and engagement metrics.
• Accepts multiple profile URLs in a single run.
• Allows limiting the number of posts scraped per profile.

How to Use

Configure the actor using the input schema below. Provide an array of profile URLs and an optional results_limit to control post volume.

Input

{
  "urls": [
    { "url": "https://pixelfed.social/username" }
  ],
  "results_limit": 10
}

• urls: An array of objects, each containing a url key with the full Pixelfed profile URL.
• results_limit (optional): The maximum number of recent posts to retrieve per profile.

Output

The actor outputs an array of post objects. Each object contains comprehensive data, including the post content, media attachments, engagement stats, and the full account/profile information of the poster.

Example output snippet:

[
  {
    "id": "364630955792510708",
    "content": "Playing with cameras",
    "created_at": "2021-11-12T04:33:14.000Z",
    "favourites_count": 17,
    "media_attachments": [ ... ],
    "account": {
      "id": "262",
      "username": "cassidyjames",
      "display_name": "Cassidy James Blaede",
      "followers_count": 487,
      "note": "Building useful, usable, delightful products that respect privacy.",
      "url": "https://pixelfed.social/cassidyjames"
    }
  }
]

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