# Indiatimes Scraper - News, Tech, Sports & Entertainment (`apiguruu/indiatimes-scraper`) Actor

Scrape articles from Indiatimes.com - news trending news, technology, Bollywood, cricket, health, celebrity net worth, and more. 23 categories, keyword search, full article body extraction with structured JSON output. more details https://rapidapi.com/matepapava123/api/indiatimes-news-api

- **URL**: https://apify.com/apiguruu/indiatimes-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [apiguru](https://apify.com/apiguruu) (community)
- **Categories:** News, AI, Agents
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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](#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

## Indiatimes Scraper — India News, Tech, Sports, Bollywood & Net Worth Data

Scrape and extract structured data from [Indiatimes.com](https://www.indiatimes.com), one of India's largest news, entertainment, and lifestyle portals owned by Times Internet (the Times of India group). This Actor turns any Indiatimes category, search query, or article URL into clean, ready-to-use JSON — no HTML parsing on your end.

> **Best for:** Indian news monitoring, Bollywood & cricket content feeds, trending-topic research, celebrity net worth data, Gen Z & pop-culture tracking, and building news aggregators or NLP/LLM datasets.

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### What this Actor does

- **Browse 23 categories** — every main section and sub-section of Indiatimes
- **Keyword search** — find the latest articles for any topic, person, or brand
- **Full article extraction** — title, author, publish/update dates, paragraph body text, inline images, and tags
- **Structured JSON output** — stored in an Apify dataset, exportable to JSON, CSV, Excel, or API

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### What data can you extract?

- **Trending & Viral News** — what's buzzing in India and globally
- **Technology** — smartphones, AI, gadgets, apps, gaming
- **Entertainment** — Bollywood, Hollywood, anime, web series, TV shows
- **Sports** — cricket (IPL, World Cup), football, NBA, WWE
- **News** — India, world, politics, weird news
- **Lifestyle** — fashion, food, travel, relationships, dating trends
- **Health & Wellness** — fitness, mental health, medical tips
- **Celebrity Net Worth** — income, salary, business breakdowns
- **Pop Culture** — Gen Z trends, memes, internet culture
- **Auto** — cars, bikes, EV news
- **Events** — festivals, concerts, gatherings
- **Fashion** — style, trends, designer news

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### Use Cases

- **News aggregation** — feed Indian news into your app or dashboard
- **Content monitoring** — track coverage of brands, topics, or people
- **Media research** — analyze trending topics and audience interests
- **Data journalism** — structured data for editorial analysis
- **SEO research** — discover trending keywords and topics in India
- **Social listening** — monitor what Indian audiences are reading
- **AI / LLM datasets** — collect clean article text for training and RAG

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### How to use it

1. Open the Actor and pick a **mode** (`articles`, `search`, or `detail`).
2. Fill the matching fields (a `category`, a `query`, or an `articleUrl`).
3. Optionally enable **Fetch Full Article Details** to enrich every listing with full body text.
4. Click **Start**, then download results from the **Dataset** tab (JSON, CSV, Excel) or pull them via the Apify API.

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### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | Yes | `articles` (browse a category), `search` (keyword search), or `detail` (one article) |
| `category` | string | For `articles` | Category key, e.g. `trending`, `sports/cricket` |
| `query` | string | For `search` | Search keyword, e.g. `cricket world cup`, `iphone` |
| `articleUrl` | string | For `detail` | Full Indiatimes article URL |
| `fetchDetails` | boolean | No | In `articles`/`search` mode, fetch full body text for each result (slower, richer data) |

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### Available Categories

**Main:** `trending`, `news`, `technology`, `entertainment`, `sports`, `lifestyle`, `health`, `worth`, `culture`, `fashion`, `events`, `auto`

**Sub-categories:** `news/india`, `news/world`, `news/weird`, `technology/news`, `technology/apps`, `technology/gaming`, `entertainment/bollywood`, `entertainment/hollywood`, `sports/cricket`, `sports/wwe`, `lifestyle/relationships`

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### Example Inputs

#### Get trending articles

```json
{
    "mode": "articles",
    "category": "trending"
}
```

#### Search for a topic

```json
{
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "cricket world cup"
}
```

#### Get full article with body text

```json
{
    "mode": "detail",
    "articleUrl": "https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/thailand-scraps-visa-free-stay-for-indians-where-gen-z-travellers-can-go-instead/articleshow/131304242.html"
}
```

#### Get technology articles enriched with full details

```json
{
    "mode": "articles",
    "category": "technology",
    "fetchDetails": true
}
```

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### Output Format

Each dataset item is a clean JSON object. Listings include the core fields; `detail` mode and `fetchDetails: true` add the full body, images, tags, and timestamps:

```json
{
    "title": "Article headline",
    "url": "https://www.indiatimes.com/...",
    "author": "Author Name",
    "summary": "Brief description of the article",
    "image_url": "https://staticimg.publishstory.co/...",
    "category": "trending",
    "published_at": "2026-05-25T14:15:07+05:30",
    "updated_at": "2026-05-25T14:15:07+05:30",
    "tags": ["keyword1", "keyword2"],
    "body": ["Paragraph 1...", "Paragraph 2..."],
    "images": [{ "url": "...", "caption": "" }]
}
```

The dataset ships with an **Articles** table view (title, URL, author, summary, image, category, published date, tags) so you can preview results in the Apify Console without exporting.

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### Tips & Notes

- Search results are server-rendered for the first page only (Indiatimes uses client-side infinite scroll for older items), so `search` mode returns the most recent matches for a keyword.
- Enable `fetchDetails` only when you need full text — it makes one extra request per article.
- Be considerate with run frequency; this Actor reads public content from a live website.

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# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Scraping mode: 'articles' to browse by category, 'search' to search by keyword, 'detail' to get full article content

## `category` (type: `string`):

Category to scrape (used in 'articles' mode)

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for (used in 'search' mode). Examples: 'cricket', 'iphone', 'elon musk'

## `articleUrl` (type: `string`):

Full indiatimes.com article URL (used in 'detail' mode)

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled in 'articles' or 'search' mode, fetches full body text for each article (slower but more data)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "articles",
  "category": "trending",
  "fetchDetails": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `articles` (type: `string`):

All scraped articles from the run, stored in the default dataset as structured JSON.

# 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("apiguruu/indiatimes-scraper").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("apiguruu/indiatimes-scraper").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 apiguruu/indiatimes-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/KbTUv0zyNpb8QW4Gn/builds/B8Q7RWSSBjdw3WhHR/openapi.json