LINE TODAY Taiwan News Scraper

Extract news articles from LINE TODAY Taiwan - one of Taiwan's most popular news platforms. Access the latest news across multiple categories with structured, ready-to-use data.

Features

• 13 News Categories - Focus, domestic, global, finance, entertainment, sports, health, life, movie, food, video, anime, and breaking news
• Full Article Content - Complete article text automatically extracted
• High-Quality Images - Multiple resolution options (580px, 644px, 1200px)
• Structured JSON Output - Clean, consistent data format for easy integration
• Automatic Deduplication - No duplicate articles across categories

Use Cases

• News Monitoring - Track breaking news and trends across categories
• Content Research - Gather articles for analysis and insights
• Market Intelligence - Monitor industry-specific news and developments
• Data Analysis - Extract structured news data for trend analysis
• Media Monitoring - Track news coverage on specific topics

Quick Start

1. Open this Actor on Apify
2. Select your news categories
3. Click "Start" to collect articles

Input Configuration

Select one or more news categories:

Category	Description
Focus	Featured top stories (焦點)
Domestic	Taiwan local news (國內)
Global	International news (國際)
Finance	Business and economy (財經)
Entertainment	Celebrity and entertainment (娛樂)
Sports	Sports news and events (運動)
Health	Health and wellness (健康)
Life	Lifestyle and culture (生活)
Movie	Film and cinema (電影)
Food	Food and travel (美食)
Video	Video content (影音)
Anime	Anime and manga (動漫)
Breaking	Latest breaking news (即時)

Example Input:

{
  "categories": ["domestic", "finance", "sports"]
}

Output Format

Each article includes:

Field	Description
id	Unique article identifier
title	Article headline
url	Direct link to article
urlHash	Article URL identifier
publisher	News publisher name
publisherId	Publisher identifier
publishTimeUnix	Publication timestamp (13-digit milliseconds)
category	News category
contentType	Article type (GENERAL, TOPIC, POLL)
thumbnail	High-quality image URL (1200px)
thumbnail_w580	Medium image (580px)
thumbnail_w644	Medium image (644px)
thumbnail_w1200	High-quality image (1200px)
shortDescription	Article summary
bodyText	Full article content (plain text)
collectedAt	Data collection timestamp (ISO 8601)

Example Output

{
  "id": "276124443",
  "title": "醫美負責人遭開槍 曾1億債務慘遭黑道吞千萬",
  "url": "https://today.line.me/tw/v3/article/zN22xKj",
  "urlHash": "zN22xKj",
  "publisher": "鏡報",
  "publisherId": "107676",
  "publishTimeUnix": 1771672440000,
  "category": "domestic",
  "contentType": "GENERAL",
  "thumbnail": "https://today-obs.line-scdn.net/0heutWuObiOlpJLiWk0JBFDXF4Nit6SCBTa0EhPmoqY2pjAnsPIEFpOTkoYXZsFi4OaUlwaGktZWhsF31fcg/w1200",
  "thumbnail_w580": "https://today-obs.line-scdn.net/.../w580",
  "thumbnail_w644": "https://today-obs.line-scdn.net/.../w644",
  "thumbnail_w1200": "https://today-obs.line-scdn.net/.../w1200",
  "shortDescription": "醫美診所初五團拜遭槍擊，警方清查發現負責人過去曾與人發生債務糾紛...",
  "bodyText": "醫美診所初五團拜遭槍擊，警方清查發現負責人過去曾與人發生債務糾紛...",
  "collectedAt": "2026-02-21T13:11:47.454Z"
}

Performance

• Collects all available articles per category
• 4 categories typically complete in under 30 seconds
• Automatic deduplication across categories

Data Quality

• Verified Source - Official LINE TODAY content
• Real-Time - Latest published articles
• Structured - Clean, consistent JSON format
• Deduplicated - Automatic removal of duplicate articles across categories
• Complete - Full article text and metadata

Best Practices

1. Start with 1-2 categories to understand the data structure
2. Select relevant categories for your specific needs
3. Schedule regular runs to monitor new articles
4. Use the category filter for targeted news tracking

Limitations

• Taiwan region only
• Public news content only
• Special article types (TOPIC, POLL) may have limited metadata
• Promotional/partner content (EXTERNAL) is automatically filtered out