Truth Social Scraper

This Apify actor is designed to scrape posts (truths) from Truth Social profiles.

Features

• Scrape posts from a specific Truth Social profile
• Collects the following information:
  • Post ID and content
  • Creation date
  • Account details (username, display name, avatar, etc.)
  • Interaction counts (replies, retruth, likes)
  • Media attachments (images, videos)
  • Reply and quote information
  • Tags and mentions
  • Visibility and language settings
• Cleans and formats HTML content
• Can continue from last fetched post ID
• Can fetch only replies or media posts
• Can fetch backwards from a specific post ID

Usage

Basic Settings

• username: Truth Social username (e.g.: realDonaldTrump)
  • Plain username
  • Username starting with @
  • Profile URL format
• maxPosts: Maximum number of posts to fetch (default: 20)
• useLastPostId: Continue from last run's post ID (default: false)
• onlyReplies: Only fetch replies (default: false)
• onlyMedia: Only fetch posts with media (default: false)
• cleanContent: Clean and format content (default: true)

Advanced Settings

• startFromId: Start fetching backwards from a specific post ID
  • Requires 18-digit post ID
  • Cannot be used with useLastPostId

Example Input

1{
2  "cleanContent": true,
3  "onlyMedia": false,
4  "onlyReplies": false,
5  "useLastPostId": false,
6  "username": "realDonaldTrump",
7  "maxPosts": 20
8}

Output Format

The scraped posts are saved to the Apify dataset. Each post contains the following data:

Post Information

• id: Unique identifier of the post
• created_at: Creation timestamp of the post
• content: Main text content of the post
• visibility: Privacy setting of the post (public, private, etc.)
• language: Language code of the post content
• uri: Internal reference URI
• url: Public URL of the post
• sensitive: Flag indicating sensitive content
• spoiler_text: Warning text for sensitive content

Account Details

• account.id: Unique identifier of the account
• account.username: Username without @ symbol
• account.acct: Full account identifier
• account.display_name: Display name of the account
• account.locked: Whether the account is locked
• account.bot: Whether the account is a bot
• account.discoverable: Whether the account is discoverable
• account.group: Whether the account is a group account
• account.created_at: Account creation date
• account.note: Account biography/description
• account.url: Profile URL
• account.avatar: URL to profile picture
• account.avatar_static: Static version of avatar
• account.header: Header/banner image URL
• account.header_static: Static version of header image
• account.followers_count: Number of followers
• account.following_count: Number of accounts being followed
• account.statuses_count: Total number of posts
• account.last_status_at: Date of last post
• account.verified: Verification status of the account
• account.location: Account location
• account.website: Account website URL
• account.unauth_visibility: Visibility without authentication
• account.chats_onboarded: Whether chats feature is enabled
• account.feeds_onboarded: Whether feeds feature is enabled
• account.accepting_messages: Whether account accepts messages
• account.show_nonmember_group_statuses: Group post visibility setting
• account.emojis: Custom emojis used by account
• account.fields: Additional profile fields
• account.tv_onboarded: Whether TV feature is enabled
• account.tv_account: Whether account is a TV account

Interaction Data

• replies_count: Number of replies to the post
• reblogs_count: Number of retruths
• favourites_count: Number of likes
• favourited: Whether the post is liked by the authenticated user
• reblogged: Whether the post is retruthed by the authenticated user
• bookmarked: Whether the post is bookmarked
• pinned: Whether the post is pinned to profile

Related Content

• in_reply_to_id: ID of the post being replied to
• in_reply_to_account_id: ID of the account being replied to
• quote_id: ID of the quoted post
• media_attachments: Array of media files (images, videos)
• mentions: Array of mentioned accounts
• tags: Array of hashtags used
• emojis: Array of custom emojis used
• card: Preview card for links
• poll: Poll information if present

Retruth & Quote Information

• reblog: Full data of retruthed content
• quote: Full data of quoted content
• in_reply_to: Full data of parent post if reply

Additional Flags

• sponsored: Whether the post is sponsored content
• muted: Whether the post's notifications are muted
• group: Group information if posted in a group

Example Output

1{
2        "id": "113847449027767807",
3        "created_at": "2025-01-18T04:23:30.018Z",
4        "in_reply_to_id": null,
5        "quote_id": null,
6        "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
7        "sensitive": false,
8        "spoiler_text": "",
9        "visibility": "public",
10        "language": "en",
11        "uri": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113847449027767807",
12        "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113847449027767807",
13        "content": "Coming up, THE MOST IMPORTANT WEEKEND, PLUS, IN AMERICAN HISTORY. ENJOY! DJT",
14        "account": {
15            "id": "107780257626128497",
16            "username": "realDonaldTrump",
17            "acct": "realDonaldTrump",
18            "display_name": "Donald J. Trump",
19            "locked": false,
20            "bot": false,
21            "discoverable": false,
22            "group": false,
23            "created_at": "2022-02-11T16:16:57.705Z",
24            "note": "<p></p>",
25            "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump",
26            "avatar": "https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/accounts/avatars/107/780/257/626/128/497/original/454286ac07a6f6e6.jpeg",
27            "avatar_static": "https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/accounts/avatars/107/780/257/626/128/497/original/454286ac07a6f6e6.jpeg",
28            "header": "https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/accounts/headers/107/780/257/626/128/497/original/ba3b910ba387bf4e.jpeg",
29            "header_static": "https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/accounts/headers/107/780/257/626/128/497/original/ba3b910ba387bf4e.jpeg",
30            "followers_count": 8541456,
31            "following_count": 71,
32            "statuses_count": 24750,
33            "last_status_at": "2025-01-18",
34            "verified": true,
35            "location": "",
36            "website": "www.DonaldJTrump.com",
37            "unauth_visibility": true,
38            "chats_onboarded": true,
39            "feeds_onboarded": true,
40            "accepting_messages": false,
41            "show_nonmember_group_statuses": null,
42            "emojis": [],
43            "fields": [],
44            "tv_onboarded": false,
45            "tv_account": false
46        },
47        "media_attachments": [],
48        "mentions": [],
49        "tags": [],
50        "card": null,
51        "group": null,
52        "quote": null,
53        "in_reply_to": null,
54        "reblog": null,
55        "sponsored": false,
56        "replies_count": 2435,
57        "reblogs_count": 5407,
58        "favourites_count": 22713,
59        "favourited": false,
60        "reblogged": false,
61        "muted": false,
62        "pinned": false,
63        "bookmarked": false,
64        "poll": null,
65        "emojis": []
66}

This example output shows the structure of a single truth. The actual output will be a list of similar objects for all scraped truths.

Notes

• The collected data is stored in Apify’s default data store.