Axios Scraper

Extract full article details or the newest headlines from Axios — no account or subscription needed.

Why use this actor

• No account or login required
• Rich article detail: headline, summary, section, publish/update dates, and lead image
• Also fetches the newest headlines site-wide, including full article body text and co-bylines, without visiting each article individually
• Stable JSON output suitable for pipelines, spreadsheets, or databases
• Automatic retries on temporary network hiccups

How it works

1. Give the actor one or more article URLs, or switch to "latest" mode to get the newest stories automatically.
2. In article mode, the actor opens each URL and pulls out every publicly available detail about the story.
3. In latest mode, the actor reads the site-wide headline feed and returns the newest stories, including full text and bylines.
4. Results stream into your dataset, ready to download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You don't need to manage retries, rate limits, or figure out the site's internal data format — the actor handles all of that.

Input

Article mode (default):

{
  "mode": "article",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/greg-abbott-texas-data-centers-ai-backlash"
  ],
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}

Latest headlines mode:

{
  "mode": "latest",
  "limit": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	"article" (default) — extract one or more article URLs. "latest" — fetch the newest headlines site-wide.
url	string	A single article URL. Used in article mode.
urls	array	Multiple article URLs to extract in one run. Used in article mode.
limit	integer	Max headlines returned in latest mode. Default 10, max 30.
maxConcurrency	integer	How many articles to fetch in parallel in article mode. Default 4.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy settings. Residential is on by default.

Output

Article mode — one record per URL (truncated here for readability; the real record includes the full breadcrumb trail):

{
  "_input": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/greg-abbott-texas-data-centers-ai-backlash",
  "_source": "S1-jsonld",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-08-23T19:14:12Z",
  "@type": "NewsArticle",
  "articleSection": "Energy & Climate",
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T16:24:43.527523Z",
  "description": "The backlash has become a political threat.",
  "headline": "Data centers \"dug their own grave,\" says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott",
  "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "contentUrl": "https://images.axios.com/p50GH8bp0KMNSoEqZnJ0i38fbPk=/2026/08/23/1787494410129.jpeg" },
  "dateModified": "2026-08-23T16:24:43.527523Z"
  /* ... mainEntityOfPage / breadcrumb trail */
}

Latest headlines mode — one record per headline:

{
  "_input": "latest",
  "_source": "S2-rss",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-08-23T19:13:46Z",
  "title": "Texas welcomed the AI boom. Now Abbott says data centers \"dug their own grave\"",
  "link": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/greg-abbott-texas-data-centers-ai-backlash",
  "guid": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/greg-abbott-texas-data-centers-ai-backlash",
  "pubDate": "Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:38:19 +0000",
  "description": "<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet ...",
  "content": "<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet ... (full article body)",
  "creators": ["Andrew Pantazi", "Ben Geman"],
  "categories": ["top"]
}

Field	Type	Description
_input	string	The URL you requested, or "latest", for traceability.
_source	string	Which strategy produced this record.
_scrapedAt	string	UTC timestamp of when the record was captured.
headline / title	string	Article headline (headline in article mode, title in latest mode).
description	string	Article summary/dek.
articleSection	string	Section/vertical name (article mode only).
datePublished / dateModified	string	Publication timestamps (article mode).
pubDate	string	Publication timestamp (latest mode).
content	string	Full HTML article body (latest mode only).
creators	array	Byline authors (latest mode; can be empty).
link	string	The article URL (latest mode).

A record with _error instead of article fields means that URL could not be processed (for example, "_error": "not_found" for a removed article).