# 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: ![mcmcclur](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcmcclur/32/115456_2.png) [@mcmcclur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcmcclur)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrape-a-discourse-forum-with-python/98520/4 "2018-10-02T14:08:50Z")

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I also recommend that you use the API, rather than the HTML. That’s how I set up the archival tool described in [this topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-basic-discourse-archival-tool/62614).

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