# WSJ News Scraper — Markets & Business Tickers (`axery/wsj-markets-news-tickers`) Actor

Scrape Wall Street Journal markets, business, tech, and world news feeds with automatic stock ticker extraction and market sentiment hints.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/axery/wsj-markets-news-tickers.md
- **Developed by:** [Axery](https://apify.com/axery) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.88 / 1,000 wsj article with tickers

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?

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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

## Wall Street Journal (WSJ) News Scraper — Markets & Business Tickers 📰📈

Extract real-time financial news, market-moving headlines, and economic coverage from **The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)** — the gold standard of global business and financial journalism — with automatic stock ticker tagging and market sentiment signals.

No login, no browser overhead, zero authentication required.

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### 🌟 Key Features

- **Authoritative Dow Jones Feeds:** Scrape across WSJ Markets, US Business, Technology, World News, and Opinion.
- **Automated Stock Ticker Tagging:** Identifies major equity, index, and crypto tickers (`NVDA`, `TSLA`, `AAPL`, `MSFT`, `BTC`) mentioned in headlines and article leads.
- **Instant Sentiment Classification:** Real-time sentiment signal (`BULLISH`, `BEARISH`, `NEUTRAL`) for automated algorithmic filtering and risk assessment.
- **Rich Article Metadata:** Extracts article GUIDs, publication timestamps (UTC ISO-8601), direct WSJ URLs, and Dow Jones article types.
- **Ultra-Fast & Reliable:** Lightweight HTTP-only feed architecture ensures runs finish in seconds with minimal memory.

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### 📥 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `maxItems` | Integer | No | `100` | Maximum number of articles to extract (`0` = all available). |
| `feeds` | Array of Strings | No | `["markets", "business"]` | WSJ feeds to scrape: `all`, `markets`, `business`, `tech`, `world`, `opinion`. |
| `tickers` | Array of Strings | No | `[]` | Optional ticker filter (e.g. `["AAPL", "NVDA", "TSLA"]`). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | `{ "useApifyProxy": false }` | Optional proxy settings (direct connection works reliably). |

#### Example Input

```json
{
  "maxItems": 50,
  "feeds": ["markets", "business", "tech"],
  "tickers": ["NVDA", "AAPL", "MSFT"]
}
```

***

### 📤 Sample Output

```json
{
  "article_id": "wsj.com:WP-WSJ-0002354015",
  "source": "wsj.com",
  "title": "Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China's DeepSeek",
  "published_at": "2025-01-27T19:26:00Z",
  "url": "https://www.wsj.com/articles/nikkei-may-rise-as-weak-yen-raises-earnings-hopes-776a8056?mod=rss_markets_main",
  "category": "markets",
  "article_type": "Stocks",
  "stock_tickers": ["NVDA"],
  "has_tickers": true,
  "sentiment_hint": "BEARISH",
  "description": "U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%.",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-22T06:55:00Z"
}
```

***

### 🎯 Ideal Use Cases

- **Real-Time Financial Sentiment & AI/RAG:** Feed WSJ market headlines into LLMs for hedge fund and institutional research.
- **Earnings & Breaking News Alerts:** Monitor executive leadership changes, M\&A filings, and earnings reports before trading sessions.
- **Macroeconomic & Federal Reserve Tracking:** Track interest rate commentary, central bank policy shifts, and labor statistics.
- **Trading Algorithm Triggers:** Filter for ticker-specific headlines during market hours to drive automated order execution.

***

### 💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

- **Actor Start:** $0.005 per run
- **Article Scraped:** $0.001875 per item (under $1.90 per 1,000 articles)

# Actor input Schema

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of news articles to extract. Set to 0 for all available items across selected feeds.

## `feeds` (type: `array`):

Feeds to scrape from the Wall Street Journal (markets, business, tech, world, all).

## `tickers` (type: `array`):

Optional list of tickers to filter (e.g. NVDA, AAPL, TSLA). Leave empty for all articles.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy settings. Direct HTTP requests work reliably without proxies.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "feeds": [
    "markets",
    "business"
  ],
  "tickers": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `news` (type: `string`):

Articles with headlines, summaries, stock tickers, publication dates, and sentiment hints.

# 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("axery/wsj-markets-news-tickers").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("axery/wsj-markets-news-tickers").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 axery/wsj-markets-news-tickers --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,axery/wsj-markets-news-tickers"
        }
    }
}
```

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/2e0IfiziMkCB7e4rk/builds/rXDUp9MJldDckUhyB/openapi.json