# Changelog of Ultimate News API (`glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/glitch\_404/ultimate-news-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/glitch\_404/ultimate-news-scraper.md

### change log for [The Ultimate News Scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) v3.0

- **this [scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) is still in Alpha mode, so you might find some bugs or issues please don't hesitate to report them though opening an issue here is my** [GitHub](https://github.com/G-Glitch404/) **if you need to contact me**

#### new features added

- [Telegram Group For Support and Answering Questions](https://t.me/Glitch404_Apify_actors)
- search and filter articles based on keywords
- allow specific agencies or even 1 agency for the [scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) to scrape from them (if found)
- new Date Range feature it's way more accurate now
- some speed improvements still working on making it faster
- API Mode is faster, you can use it to extract html on you own instead of the [scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) ( it will lower your costs a lot )
- better logging system for bugs and errors detection **Please report any if found**
- better and more accurate data collection

#### how to use v3.0 new features

- Keywords filter
  - search and filter articles based on keywords
  - separate keywords by a comma (e.g. 'apple, google, amazon')
  - very case-sensitive and still under testing (not fully functional)
- Date Range filter
  - you can choose from today, 3 days, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year or all
- Maximum articles amount
  - you set the amount to maximize the [scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) output, but it scrapes around that number not the exact number so the [scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) might find less than the value you set
- API mode
  - you can lower the [scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) costs by scraping the news in HTML instead of letting it extract the text, and then you can extract the text manually
- Exclude specific agencies
  - set this to exclude any agency from scraping it separate agencies like this `bbc, fox`
- only Allow specific agencies
  - same as exclude but works in reverse you can allow 1 or 2 or way more specific news agencies to be scraped for example
  - `bbc, fox news` this will allow only bbc and fox to be scraped (not case-sensitive)
- Proxies
  - with this option you can set your own proxies from whatever provided, or you can use **[Apify](https://apify.com/proxy)** proxies
  - it is very optional to use proxies this scraper doesn't need any proxies but if you face an issue with no articles being scraped then allow this actor to use some proxies as a test otherwise contact me here is my [GitHub](https://github.com/G-Glitch404/)

#### more info

- [Telegram Group](https://t.me/Glitch404_Apify_actors) for easier communications with the developer
- this project took me over **60 hours** of pure coding to finish please if you find any bugs or errors report to me and I will fix them all
- if you have **ANY** suggestions or questions please contact me here is my **[GitHub](https://github.com/G-Glitch404/)** or open an issue on the [scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) I will be very happy to maintain this [scraper](https://apify.com/glitch_404/ultimate-news-scraper) as long as I can
- thank you for using my project