DeviantArt Scraper (Apify Actor)

npx add-mcp 'https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=pennydata/deviantart-rss-search'

DeviantArt Scraper: Search & Gallery Export, $2.50 per 1,000 (pennydata/deviantart-rss-search) Actor

Search DeviantArt by keyword, tag or artist and export artwork rows: title, artist, URL, image, tags, date, rating. Reads the public RSS feed, no login, no API key. $0.0025 per artwork. Built with AI assistance.

• URL: https://apify.com/pennydata/deviantart-rss-search.md
• Developed by: Penny Data (community)
• Stats: 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
• User rating: No ratings yet

Pricing

$2.50 / 1,000 artworks

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. 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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the API section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: JavaScript/TypeScript (npm install apify-client) and Python (pip install apify-client).

README

Paste keywords, tags or artist names, get DeviantArt artwork rows (title, artist, URL, image, tags, date, rating) back. $0.0025 per artwork row, $2.50 per 1,000. Searches that return nothing cost $0.

Real output, 4 of 20 rows (local run of this build, 2026-10-26; 20 rows = $0.05 at list price):

Search	Title	Artist	Published	Rating
black cat	Black Cat	mechanianspidy	2026-10-14	nonadult
black cat	Black Cat	nbraconnot	2026-10-22	nonadult
digital painting	Digital painting - Landscape	decimal226	2026-10-25	nonadult
digital painting	Digital paint Italy	PervertBullet	2025-08-19	nonadult

Each row also has id, authorUrl, avatarUrl, imageUrl, thumbnailUrl, description, tags, copyright and query.

What it does

• Reads DeviantArt's published RSS search feed (backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml). No login, no API key, no browser, so runs are fast and cheap.
• Inputs: keywords or tags (black cat), artists (@graypillow or a deviantart.com/<artist> URL), gallery URLs (deviantart.com/<artist>/gallery/<id>).
• Pages through the feed (60 artworks per page) up to maxResults per search. Duplicates across searches are dropped.
• sinceDate skips older artworks; mature-rated artworks are skipped unless includeAdult is on.

Input example

{ "queries": ["black cat", "@graypillow"], "maxResults": 50, "sinceDate": "2026-10-01" }

Limits

• The public feed has no view, favourite or comment counts, and no contact details. Those fields are not returned.
• Artwork stays the copyright of its artist. Use the rows to monitor, research and link; do not republish the images.
• DeviantArt can change or rate-limit the feed; failed pages are retried and a failed search ends without charge.

I built this and earn from its runs. Written with AI assistance (Claude).

Actor input Schema

queries (type: array):

Keywords or tags ("black cat"), artists ("@graypillow" or a deviantart.com/ URL), or an artist gallery URL (deviantart.com//gallery/).

maxResults (type: integer):

Stop after this many artworks per search entry (60 per feed page).

sinceDate (type: string):

Optional ISO date, for example 2026-10-01. Older artworks are skipped and not charged.

includeAdult (type: boolean):

The public feed marks some artworks as adult. Off by default.

Actor input object example

{
  "queries": [
    "black cat",
    "digital painting"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "includeAdult": false
}

Actor output Schema

results (type: string):

No description

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

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 = {
    "queries": [
        "black cat",
        "digital painting"
    ],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pennydata/deviantart-rss-search").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

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 = {
    "queries": [
        "black cat",
        "digital painting",
    ],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pennydata/deviantart-rss-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

CLI example

echo '{
  "queries": [
    "black cat",
    "digital painting"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pennydata/deviantart-rss-search --silent --output-dataset

MCP server setup

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pennydata/deviantart-rss-search"
        }
    }
}

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN> header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yz2O3nGh7RWyUoqsL/builds/oeGMX8iUWlRHMPnu9/openapi.json