# 📰 Toutiao Article Detail Scraper (`ethereal_wool/toutiao-article-detail`) Actor

Extract Toutiao article detail data — url, and more. Scrape by keyword, URL or ID. Export to JSON, CSV & Excel, use the API, schedule runs and integrate. No code required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ethereal\_wool/toutiao-article-detail.md
- **Developed by:** [Jackie Chen](https://apify.com/ethereal_wool) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Toutiao Article Detail Scraper (今日头条文章详情)

![toutiao-article-detail](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/48FFrfZnw5XqzUC1C/records/toutiao-article-detail__hero)

Scrape **Toutiao (今日头条)** article details by **article group ID** or **article URL**.
For each article it returns clean, structured data: title, source / author, read /
comment / digg / like / repost counts, author and media info, and — optionally — the
article's HTML content and images.

> **Unofficial.** This Actor is not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by Toutiao
> (今日头条) or ByteDance (字节跳动). It is an independent tool that retrieves publicly
> available data via a third-party API. Use it in compliance with Toutiao's terms and
> all applicable laws; you are responsible for how you use the retrieved data.

### What it does

Toutiao articles are addressed by a 19-digit **group ID** (the ByteDance content id).
Give the Actor one or more of these IDs — or full article URLs and it will parse the
ID out for you — and it fetches each article's detail:

- **Engagement & metadata** — read count, comment / digg / like / repost / bury counts,
  title, source, canonical URL, content hash.
- **Author / media info** — author name, user id, media id, fan count, avatar, verification.
- **Content & images (optional)** — when `includeContent` is on (default), the Actor also
  calls the web endpoint to add the article's HTML `content`, `titleImage`, and image list.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `groupIds` | string[] | `["7036185404340437511"]` | Article group IDs (19-digit) or article URLs (`toutiao.com/group/<id>/`, `toutiao.com/article/<id>/`). URLs are parsed to their id automatically. |
| `includeContent` | boolean | `true` | Also fetch the article HTML content + images via the web endpoint (one extra API call per article). |
| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Max total articles to scrape across all IDs. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "groupIds": [
    "7036185404340437511",
    "https://www.toutiao.com/group/7036185404340437511/"
  ],
  "includeContent": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}
````

### Output

One dataset item per article:

```json
{
  "groupId": "7036185404340437511",
  "title": "全家一起品尝麻辣海鲜汤，软嫩蟹肉搭配美味鱼饼，味道鲜美无比！",
  "url": "https://toutiao.com/group/7036185404340437511/",
  "displayUrl": "https://toutiao.com/group/7036185404340437511/",
  "shareUrl": "https://m.toutiaoimg.cn/i7036185404340437511/",
  "source": "兴森一家",
  "readCount": 1450943,
  "commentCount": 1010,
  "diggCount": 12049,
  "likeCount": 12049,
  "repinCount": 1226,
  "buryCount": 1,
  "contentHash": "3b08368c",
  "author": {
    "userId": "1398172224077304",
    "mediaId": "1655138971451403",
    "name": "兴森一家",
    "fansCount": 1501681,
    "avatarUrl": "https://...",
    "verified": "True",
    "description": "..."
  },
  "content": "<p>...</p>",
  "titleImage": "https://p11-sign.toutiaoimg.com/...",
  "imageUrls": ["https://..."],
  "source_endpoint": "app"
}
```

### Notes

- Data is sourced live; Toutiao occasionally rate-limits, so the Actor retries
  transient blocks with exponential backoff and a browser User-Agent.
- This Actor is ID/URL-driven — there is no keyword search. Collect the group IDs of the
  articles you want first (the long number in any Toutiao article link).
- Group IDs are de-duplicated within a run.

# Actor input Schema

## `groupIds` (type: `array`):

Toutiao article group IDs (the 19-digit ByteDance id) or full article URLs such as https://toutiao.com/group/7036185404340437511/ or https://www.toutiao.com/article/7036185404340437511/. URLs are parsed automatically to their group id.

## `includeContent` (type: `boolean`):

Also call the web endpoint to fetch the article's HTML content, title image and full image list. Adds one extra API call per article.

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

Maximum total number of articles to scrape across all group IDs.

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

Optional. Route the upstream API calls through an Apify Proxy to vary the source IP. Usually not needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "groupIds": [
    "7036185404340437511"
  ],
  "includeContent": true,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "groupIds": [
        "7036185404340437511"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ethereal_wool/toutiao-article-detail").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 = { "groupIds": ["7036185404340437511"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ethereal_wool/toutiao-article-detail").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "groupIds": [
    "7036185404340437511"
  ]
}' |
apify call ethereal_wool/toutiao-article-detail --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ethereal_wool/toutiao-article-detail",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "📰 Toutiao Article Detail Scraper",
        "description": "Extract Toutiao article detail data — url, and more. Scrape by keyword, URL or ID. Export to JSON, CSV & Excel, use the API, schedule runs and integrate. No code required.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "OJyQxHc7iLR3xQsxL"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/ethereal_wool~toutiao-article-detail/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ethereal_wool-toutiao-article-detail",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/ethereal_wool~toutiao-article-detail/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-ethereal_wool-toutiao-article-detail",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/ethereal_wool~toutiao-article-detail/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-ethereal_wool-toutiao-article-detail",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "groupIds": {
                        "title": "Article group IDs or URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Toutiao article group IDs (the 19-digit ByteDance id) or full article URLs such as https://toutiao.com/group/7036185404340437511/ or https://www.toutiao.com/article/7036185404340437511/. URLs are parsed automatically to their group id.",
                        "default": [
                            "7036185404340437511"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "includeContent": {
                        "title": "Include article content & images",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Also call the web endpoint to fetch the article's HTML content, title image and full image list. Adds one extra API call per article.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max articles",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 100000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum total number of articles to scrape across all group IDs.",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Optional. Route the upstream API calls through an Apify Proxy to vary the source IP. Usually not needed.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```