# Hackathon Aggregator (`gabrielaxy/hackathon-aggregator`) Actor

Every active and upcoming hackathon from Devpost and ETHGlobal in one feed. Updated on demand. No API key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gabrielaxy/hackathon-aggregator.md
- **Developed by:** [Gabriel Antony Xaviour](https://apify.com/gabrielaxy) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 19 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Hackathon Aggregator

**Every active and upcoming hackathon — Devpost + ETHGlobal — in one structured feed. Free.**

Stop bookmarking ten sites to track hackathons. Run this actor and get a single dataset of every open or upcoming hackathon across the major platforms.

### What it does

Pulls active + upcoming hackathons from:

- **Devpost** (all categories: AI, web3, social impact, beginner-friendly, university, …)
- **ETHGlobal** (web3 / Ethereum)

Returns a unified row per hackathon with name, URL, dates, prize, focus areas, and status.

### Use cases

- **Builders** picking which hackathon to enter next month
- **Sponsors** scouting events to back / set up bounties at
- **Community managers** maintaining an internal hackathon calendar
- **VCs** spotting deal flow trends ("everyone is doing AI agents this quarter")
- **DevRel teams** planning conference + hackathon presence

### Input

```json
{
  "sources": ["devpost", "ethglobal"],
  "maxPerSource": 50
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `sources` | array | Subset of `["devpost", "ethglobal"]`. Defaults to both. |
| `maxPerSource` | integer | Cap per source (default 50, max 200) |

### Output (example)

```json
{
  "source": "devpost",
  "name": "Agents Assemble - The Healthcare AI Endgame",
  "url": "https://agents-assemble-healthcare.devpost.com/",
  "endDate": "May 10 - 12, 2026",
  "prize": "$25,000",
  "status": "open",
  "focus": ["Health", "Machine Learning/AI", "Beginner Friendly"]
}
```

### Performance

- **39 hackathons (9 Devpost + 30 ETHGlobal)**: 9 seconds, $0.002

### Pricing

**Free.** You pay only Apify's tiny platform compute cost (~$0.002 per run), no markup.

### FAQ

**Why only Devpost and ETHGlobal?**
Those are the highest-quality public listings with proper APIs / structured HTML. MLH, DoraHacks, HackerEarth, Encode Club, etc. can be added — open a feature request.

**How fresh is the data?**
Hits Devpost + ETHGlobal live every time you run. No cache. Add a cron schedule in Apify to refresh hourly/daily.

**Can I filter by category at the actor level?**
Not yet — but the `focus` field in each row makes filtering trivial after the run (or in a webhook).

### Author

Built by [gabrielaxy](https://apify.com/gabrielaxy).

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which platforms to query. Leave empty for all. Working: devpost, ethglobal, devfolio, dorahacks, taikai. Best-effort: superteam, hackquest, bountycaster, akindo, risein, lablab, devspot, stackup.

## `maxPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Cap items returned per source.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "devpost",
    "ethglobal",
    "devfolio",
    "dorahacks",
    "superteam",
    "taikai",
    "hackquest",
    "bountycaster",
    "akindo",
    "risein",
    "lablab",
    "devspot",
    "stackup"
  ],
  "maxPerSource": 30
}
```

# 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

```javascript
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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gabrielaxy/hackathon-aggregator").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

```python
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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gabrielaxy/hackathon-aggregator").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

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call gabrielaxy/hackathon-aggregator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gabrielaxy/hackathon-aggregator"
        }
    }
}
```

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/fQMktaAssQO32E6Nz/builds/KxMAbg3fBw62Fluf3/openapi.json