Minds Community Discussions

Overview

The Minds scraper fetches community-generated discussions from TradingView's Minds feature, including questions, trading ideas, and sentiment.

API

from tv_scraper.scrapers.social import Minds

scraper = Minds(export_result=False, export_type="json")
result = scraper.get_minds(exchange="NASDAQ", symbol="AAPL", limit=50)

Constructor

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
export_result	bool	False	Whether to export results to file
export_type	str	"json"	Export format: "json" or `"csv"
timeout	int	10	HTTP request timeout in seconds

get_minds()

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
exchange	str	—	Exchange name (e.g. "NASDAQ")
symbol	str	—	Trading symbol (e.g. "AAPL")
limit	Optional[int]	None	Max results to retrieve. None = fetch all

Response Format

All responses use the standard envelope:

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": [
    {
      "text": "AAPL looking bullish today",
      "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/minds/abc123",
      "author": {
        "username": "trader1",
        "profile_url": "https://www.tradingview.com/u/trader1/",
        "is_broker": false
      },
      "created": "2025-01-07 12:00:00",
      "total_likes": 10,
      "total_comments": 5
    },
    ...
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "total": 42,
    "pages": 2,
    "symbol_info": {"short_name": "AAPL", "exchange": "NASDAQ"}
  },
  "error": null
}

Mind Item Schema

Each item in the data array contains:

{
  "text": "AAPL looking bullish today",
  "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/minds/abc123",
  "author": {
    "username": "trader1",
    "profile_url": "https://www.tradingview.com/u/trader1/",
    "is_broker": false
  },
  "created": "2025-01-07 12:00:00",
  "total_likes": 10,
  "total_comments": 5
}

Examples

Basic Usage

from tv_scraper.scrapers.social import Minds

scraper = Minds()
result = scraper.get_minds(exchange="NASDAQ", symbol="AAPL")

if result["status"] == "success":
    for mind in result["data"]:
        print(f"{mind['author']['username']}: {mind['text'][:60]}...")

With Limit

result = scraper.get_minds(exchange="BITSTAMP", symbol="BTCUSD", limit=20)
print(f"Retrieved {result['metadata']['total']} discussions")

With Export

scraper = Minds(export_result=True, export_type="csv")
result = scraper.get_minds(exchange="NYSE", symbol="TSLA")