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The Daily Beast Scraper

The Daily Beast Scraper

david.lukac/the-daily-beast-scraper
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Scrape news data from thedailybeast.com with this unofficial API. Extract articles, monitor their popularity and performance and automate the fight against fake news. Filter the results by authors, topics, categories, or publication dates. Preview or download the results in your preferred format.

You can access the The Daily Beast Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

1# Set API token
2API_TOKEN=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>
3
4# Prepare Actor input
5cat > input.json << 'EOF'
6{
7  "startUrls": [
8    {
9      "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/"
10    }
11  ],
12  "maxArticlesPerCrawl": 100
13}
14EOF
15
16# Run the Actor using an HTTP API
17# See the full API reference at https://docs.apify.com/api/v2
18curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/david.lukac~the-daily-beast-scraper/runs?token=$API_TOKEN" \
19  -X POST \
20  -d @input.json \
21  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

The Daily Beast Scraper API

Below, you can find a list of relevant HTTP API endpoints for calling the The Daily Beast Scraper Actor. For this, you’ll need an Apify account. Replace <YOUR_API_TOKEN> in the URLs with your Apify API token, which you can find under Integrations in Apify Console. For details, see the API reference .

Run Actor

POST
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/david.lukac~the-daily-beast-scraper/runs?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>

Note: By adding the method=POST query parameter, this API endpoint can be called using a GET request and thus used in third-party webhooks. Please refer to our Run Actor API documentation .

Run Actor synchronously and get dataset items

POST
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/david.lukac~the-daily-beast-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>

Note: This endpoint supports both POST and GET request methods. However, only the POST method allows you to pass input data. For more information, please refer to our Run Actor synchronously and get dataset items API documentation .

Get Actor

GET
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/david.lukac~the-daily-beast-scraper?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>

For more information, please refer to our Get Actor API documentation .

Actors can be used to scrape web pages, extract data, or automate browser tasks. Use the The Daily Beast Scraper API programmatically via the Apify API.

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You can start The Daily Beast Scraper with the Apify API by sending an HTTP POST request to the Run Actor endpoint. An Actor’s input and its content type can be passed as a payload of the POST request, and additional options can be specified using URL query parameters. The The Daily Beast Scraper is identified within the API by its ID, which is the creator’s username and the name of the Actor.

When the The Daily Beast Scraper run finishes you can list the data from its default dataset (storage) via the API or you can preview the data directly on Apify Console .

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  • 1 monthly user
  • 1 star
  • 100.0% runs succeeded
  • Created in May 2022
  • Modified about 2 years ago
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