# TechCrunch Article Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/techcrunch-article-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes the latest news articles from TechCrunch by keyword or category, capturing headlines, URLs, authors, publication dates, summaries, categories, tags, images, and optional full article content with word counts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/techcrunch-article-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TechCrunch Article Scraper

Collects news articles from TechCrunch, newest first. Search by keyword, optionally narrow to a single TechCrunch category, and get one flat record per article with the headline, link, author, publication date, summary, category and tag names, hero image and — when you want it — the complete article text.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `search` | *(empty)* | Keyword or phrase to search for, e.g. `raises`, `seed round`, `OpenAI`. Empty returns the newest articles on any topic. |
| `category` | *(empty)* | Restrict results to one category, e.g. `startups`, `artificial-intelligence`, `venture`, `fintech`. Plain names like `Artificial Intelligence` work too. Empty covers all categories. |
| `max_results` | `20` | Maximum number of articles to return (1–1000), newest first. |
| `include_content` | `true` | Include the full article body as plain text plus a word count. Turn off for a lighter, headline-only dataset. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Optional | Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results. |

### Output

Each result is one TechCrunch article:

```json
{
    "post_id": 3155673,
    "title": "How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/how-ai-accounting-startup-rillet-raised-100m-and-became-a-unicorn-in-48-hours/",
    "slug": "how-ai-accounting-startup-rillet-raised-100m-and-became-a-unicorn-in-48-hours",
    "published_at": "2026-08-21T22:10:01",
    "modified_at": "2026-08-22T00:51:55",
    "author": "Dominic-Madori Davis",
    "summary": "Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others.",
    "categories": ["Startups", "Venture"],
    "tags": ["ERP"],
    "image_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Rillet.jpg",
    "reading_time": "5 minutes",
    "word_count": 1035,
    "content": "Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicolas Kopp seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise...",
    "searched_keyword": null,
    "searched_category": "Startups",
    "raw": { ... }
}
```

### Notes

- Runs with empty input — it returns the 20 most recent TechCrunch articles.
- Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results.
- Article text is copyrighted by TechCrunch; intended for research and analysis. Please respect TechCrunch's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `search` (type: `string`):

Keyword or phrase to search TechCrunch for, e.g. 'raises', 'seed round', 'OpenAI', 'robotics'. Leave empty to collect the newest articles regardless of topic.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Optional TechCrunch category to restrict results to, e.g. 'startups', 'artificial-intelligence', 'venture', 'fintech', 'security', 'transportation'. Plain names such as 'Artificial Intelligence' also work. Leave empty for all categories.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of articles to return, newest first. Articles are collected 20 per page.

## `include_content` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, each record carries the complete article body as plain text plus a word count. Turn off for a lighter, headline-only dataset.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the run. Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results, especially for sites that limit non-US or datacenter traffic. Optional — leave off to run directly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "search": "raises",
  "category": "startups",
  "max_results": 20,
  "include_content": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "search": "raises",
    "category": "startups",
    "max_results": 20,
    "include_content": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/techcrunch-article-scraper").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "search": "raises",
    "category": "startups",
    "max_results": 20,
    "include_content": True,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/techcrunch-article-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "search": "raises",
  "category": "startups",
  "max_results": 20,
  "include_content": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/techcrunch-article-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/techcrunch-article-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/2COoVkI5EfoH4blDB/builds/FKcPERVHeh2nvgrkj/openapi.json