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MrScraper vs Unofficial Medium API
MrScraper focuses on generic web scraping, while this API offers structured Medium data via official endpoints.
MrScraperData scraping made simple
Unofficial Medium APIHelps developers to fetch data from medium.comSide by side
- What it is
- MrScraper:MrScraper is an AI-powered web scraper that turns any website into clean, structured data via API or visual tool.
- Unofficial Medium API:Unofficial Medium API provides REST endpoints to fetch Medium users, articles, publications, tags and more.
- Best for
- MrScraper:AI-driven web scraping at scale
- Unofficial Medium API:Fetching Medium data via simple REST calls
- Who it’s for
- MrScraper:Developers and data teams needing scalable web data extraction.
- Unofficial Medium API:Developers needing programmatic access to Medium content and metadata.
- Pricing
- MrScraper:Freemium
- Unofficial Medium API:Freemium
- Plans
- MrScraper:Free $0 · Pro $199 per month
- Unofficial Medium API:—
- Open source
- MrScraper:—
- Unofficial Medium API:Yes, 62 GitHub stars
- Works with
- MrScraper:Webhooks, SQL databases, AWS S3, Zapier, n8n, Email
- Unofficial Medium API:Python, .NET, cURL, Postman, RapidAPI
- DevHunt upvotes
- MrScraper:28
- Unofficial Medium API:16
- Launched on DevHunt
- MrScraper:Aug 2024
- Unofficial Medium API:Feb 2024
MrScraper features
- AI-Powered Extraction. Automatically parses page layouts and returns structured data without writing selectors.
- Rotating Residential Proxies. Built-in home IP proxies keep scrapes unblocked and hide your traffic.
- Visual Scraper & JavaScript Scenarios. Point-and-click or run custom JS to capture dynamic content before extraction.
- Scheduled & Repeatable Workflows. Set scrapers to run on any interval and deliver results automatically.
- Webhook & Integration Outputs. Send scraped data to webhooks, SQL, AWS S3, Zapier, n8n or email.
- Usage Analytics & Monitoring. Track token consumption, run history and performance metrics in the dashboard.
Unofficial Medium API features
- User endpoints. Retrieve user profiles, articles, followers, interests and publications.
- Article endpoints. Get article info, markdown, HTML, assets, responses, fans and related content.
- Publication endpoints. Access publication details, articles and newsletters.
- Platform feeds. Fetch top writers, latest posts, top feeds, tags and recommended content.
- Search endpoints. Search users, articles, publications, lists and tags by query.
- SDKs & libraries. Official Python SDK, JavaScript NPM package and .NET client for easy integration.
- Rate limits & quotas. Free tier 150 calls/month, paid plans up to 1,000,000 calls/month.
- Swagger & docs. Interactive Swagger UI and full documentation for all endpoints.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.