Startpage News Scraper

What does Startpage News Scraper do?

This Actor collects public news-result cards with a headline and external article URL from Startpage for a query. Each row can include the headline, publisher, displayed publication text, snippet, rank, query, result page, and collection timestamps. The Actor does not open article pages.

Why use Startpage News Scraper?

Use it for public news discovery, source comparison, and research. maxItems caps unique cards, while maxPages limits the number of result pages. Cards without a headline or usable article URL are omitted; unavailable optional metadata is returned as null.

What data can it extract?

Field	Description
position, pageNumber	One-based result position and visible Startpage page.
title, url	Public headline and external article URL.
source, sourceDomain	Observed publisher label (nullable) and article host; a host is not inferred to be a publisher name.
snippet, publishedText	Observed snippet and Startpage's displayed time text, or null.
searchQuery, sourcePageUrl	Requested query and actual Startpage result page; fixture sourcePageUrl is null.
publishedDateTimeRaw, publishedAt	Explicit machine datetime, and an exact timestamp only when that value is valid and includes a timezone; otherwise null.
imageUrl, imageAlt	Public image URL and descriptive text observed on the card, or null.
sourceMode, extractionMethod	live or fixture provenance, plus the legacy public-DOM extraction label.
retrievedAt, scrapedAt	ISO timestamps for compatibility and collection auditing.

How to scrape Startpage News

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console and enter a public news query.
2. Set the result and page limits.
3. Review the dataset after the run.

How much will it cost?

Use the current price shown on the Actor page. Set maxItems and maxPages to control the maximum results and pages collected.

Input

• query (required string, 2–200 characters).
• maxItems (integer 1–100, default 10).
• maxPages (integer 1–10, form default 3). When omitted in a raw API input, the existing runtime default is min(10, ceil(maxItems / 8) + 1), which is 3 for maxItems 10. Use the input tab for the complete list of options.

Simple run

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 2
}

Output

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Normal record

{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "AI research group publishes a new public benchmark",
  "url": "https://news.example.com/ai-research",
  "source": "Example News",
  "sourceDomain": "news.example.com",
  "snippet": "Researchers describe a reproducible benchmark for comparing useful artificial intelligence systems.",
  "publishedText": "2 hours ago",
  "publishedDateTimeRaw": null,
  "publishedAt": null,
  "imageUrl": null,
  "imageAlt": null,
  "sourceMode": "live",
  "searchQuery": "artificial intelligence",
  "pageNumber": 1,
  "sourcePageUrl": "https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=artificial+intelligence&cat=news",
  "extractionMethod": "public-startpage-news-dom",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-09-09T00:00:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Tips

Relative publication labels are preserved as shown on Startpage; absolute dates are included only when the result card provides a valid machine timestamp. Some result details may be unavailable.

FAQ, support, and responsible use

This Actor is not affiliated with Startpage or the publishers it indexes. Respect Startpage and publisher terms, robots guidance, rate limits, privacy obligations, and applicable law.