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

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

$echo '{
<  "mode": "article",
<  "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/09/trump-picks-longtime-aide-will-scharf-new-top-white-house-lawyer/",
<  "section": "politics",
<  "limit": 10,
<  "maxConcurrency": 4,
<  "proxyConfiguration": {
<    "useApifyProxy": true,
<    "apifyProxyGroups": [
<      "RESIDENTIAL"
<    ]
<  }
<}' |
<apify call fanndev/washingtonpost-scraper --silent --output-dataset

Washington Post Scraper API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Washington Post Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

Washington Post Scraper API in Python

Washington Post Scraper API in JavaScript

Washington Post Scraper OpenAPI definition

Washington Post Scraper API

New York Post Scraper

fanndev/nypost-scraper

Extract full article text or the newest headlines from the New York Post -- no account or API key needed.

Faisal Ahdan naufal

Economic Times Scraper

fanndev/economictimes-scraper

Extract article metadata and headlines from The Economic Times (India) -- no account or API key needed.

Faisal Ahdan naufal

Business Today Scraper

fanndev/businesstoday-scraper

Extract full article text or the newest headlines from Business Today (India) -- no account or API key needed.

Faisal Ahdan naufal

Washington Post Article Scraper

kibaale/wapo-scraper

Full Washington Post articles as clean structured records — complete body text, headline, authors, section, timestamps, summary, tags and word count. One article URL in, one tidy record out.

kibalee

Washington Post News Scraper

xtracto/washingtonpost-scraper

Extract Washington Post articles: headline, byline, authors, date, section, tags and the article text as served to anonymous visitors. HTTP-only - no browser, no login, no credentials.