# Universal News Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-62`) Actor Universal News Scraper Scrapes BBC, CNN, Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, and NYT using RSS feeds + web scraping. No API keys or login needed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/my-actor-62.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, News, SEO tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 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 ## Universal News Scraper — Apify Actor Scrapes **BBC, CNN, Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, and NYT** using RSS feeds + web scraping. No API keys or login needed. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `sources` | array | all 6 sources | Which news sources to scrape | | `method` | string | `auto` | `auto` (RSS + scrape fallback), `rss`, or `scrape` | | `maxArticlesPerSource` | integer | 20 | Max articles per source | | `searchKeyword` | string | `""` | Filter by keyword (optional) | #### Example input ```json { "sources": ["bbc", "cnn", "guardian"], "method": "auto", "maxArticlesPerSource": 15, "searchKeyword": "war" } ```` ### Output Each article in the dataset has: ```json { "source": "BBC News", "sourceKey": "bbc", "title": "Article headline here", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/...", "summary": "Brief description of the article...", "publishedAt": "Tue, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-01T14:30:00+00:00", "method": "auto" } ``` ### How it works 1. **RSS feeds (primary)** — Fast, structured, returns title + link + summary + date 2. **Web scraping (fallback)** — Hits homepages with CSS selectors when RSS fails 3. **Reuters** uses a Google News RSS workaround (direct scraping returns 401) ### Run locally ```bash apify run --input '{"sources": ["bbc", "cnn"], "maxArticlesPerSource": 5}' ``` ### Deploy to Apify ```bash apify login apify push ``` # Actor input Schema ## `sources` (type: `array`): Select which news sources to scrape. ## `method` (type: `string`): auto = RSS first with scrape fallback, rss = RSS only, scrape = web scraping only. ## `maxArticlesPerSource` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of articles to return per news source. ## `searchKeyword` (type: `string`): Filter articles by keyword in title or summary. Leave empty for all articles. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sources": [ "bbc", "cnn", "reuters", "aljazeera", "guardian", "nyt" ], "method": "auto", "maxArticlesPerSource": 20, "searchKeyword": "" } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sources": [ "bbc", "cnn", "reuters", "aljazeera", "guardian", "nyt" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-62").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sources": [ "bbc", "cnn", "reuters", "aljazeera", "guardian", "nyt", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-62").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 '{ "sources": [ "bbc", "cnn", "reuters", "aljazeera", "guardian", "nyt" ] }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-62 --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/my-actor-62", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Universal News Scraper", "description": "Universal News Scraper \nScrapes BBC, CNN, Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, and NYT using RSS feeds + web scraping. No API keys or login needed.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "h7ypFuffPayH6NVRL" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~my-actor-62/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-my-actor-62", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~my-actor-62/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-my-actor-62", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~my-actor-62/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-my-actor-62", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "required": [ "sources" ], "properties": { "sources": { "title": "News Sources", "type": "array", "description": "Select which news sources to scrape.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "bbc", "cnn", "reuters", "aljazeera", "guardian", "nyt" ] }, "default": [ "bbc", "cnn", "reuters", "aljazeera", "guardian", "nyt" ] }, "method": { "title": "Scraping Method", "enum": [ "auto", "rss", "scrape" ], "type": "string", "description": "auto = RSS first with scrape fallback, rss = RSS only, scrape = web scraping only.", "default": "auto" }, "maxArticlesPerSource": { "title": "Max Articles Per Source", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of articles to return per news source.", "default": 20 }, "searchKeyword": { "title": "Search Keyword (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Filter articles by keyword in title or summary. Leave empty for all articles.", "default": "" } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```