Yahoo Finance News Scraper

Extract the latest financial news articles from Yahoo Finance across multiple categories including Latest, Originals, and Crypto news.

🚀 Features

• Multiple News Categories: Scrape Latest, Originals, or Crypto news
• Structured Data: Get clean, structured JSON data with article details
• Reliable Extraction: Built-in retry mechanism for robust data collection
• Real-time Updates: Access the most current financial news

📊 What Data You'll Get

Each article includes:

• Title: Article headline
• Summary: Article description/excerpt
• Link: Direct URL to the full article
• Published Date: When the article was published
• Source: Original news source
• Image URL: Article thumbnail/featured image
• Category: News category (Latest/Originals/Crypto)

🔧 Input Configuration

{
  "category": "Latest",
  "maxRetries": 2
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
category	String	Yes	Latest	News category to scrape (Latest, Originals, or Crypto)
maxRetries	Integer	No	2	Number of retry attempts if scraping fails (0-5)

📦 Sample Output

[
  {
    "id": "bbed74ac-4a3d-322c-b7cb-267928c0173b",
    "title": "Investors chase cheaper, smaller companies as risk aversion hits tech sector",
    "summary": "Investors are turning to cheaper, smaller companies while reassessing how much risk they are willing to take...",
    "link": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...",
    "publishedAt": "2024-02-08T10:30:00Z",
    "source": "Reuters",
    "imageUrl": "https://s.yimg.com/...",
    "category": "Latest"
  }
]

💡 Use Cases

• Financial Analysis: Track market sentiment and trending topics
• Market Research: Monitor industry news and developments
• News Aggregation: Build financial news dashboards
• Investment Research: Stay updated on market-moving events
• Content Curation: Aggregate crypto and finance news for your audience

🎯 How to Use

1. Choose your desired news category
2. Set retry attempts (optional)
3. Run the actor
4. Download your data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format

⚙️ Category Options

• Latest: Breaking financial news and market updates
• Originals: Exclusive Yahoo Finance original content and analysis
• Crypto: Cryptocurrency news, trends, and market analysis

📈 Performance

• Fast data extraction
• Handles dynamic content loading
• Automatic retry on failures
• Optimized for reliability

🔄 Integration

Perfect for integration with:

• Data pipelines
• Financial dashboards
• News aggregation platforms
• Market analysis tools
• Investment research systems

📝 Notes

• Respects Yahoo Finance's content structure
• Delivers clean, deduplicated data
• Suitable for both one-time and scheduled runs
• No additional configuration needed

🆘 Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please contact us through the Apify platform.

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