# Scrape a discourse forum with python

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrape-a-discourse-forum-with-python/98520>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 2, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrape-a-discourse-forum-with-python/98520 "2018-10-02T02:28:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![rbrlortie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rbrlortie/32/166740_2.png) [@rbrlortie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rbrlortie)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrape-a-discourse-forum-with-python/98520/3 "2018-10-02T13:37:03Z")

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You might want to use the API. Also, remember that almost all URLs will respond to a .json suffix.

E.g. this thread [https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrape-a-discourse-forum-with-python/98520.json](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrape-a-discourse-forum-with-python/98520.json)

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