Drive.com.au News Scraper

Drive.com.au News Scraper

Scrape Drive.com.au news articles by keyword, year, or latest feed, up to a million per run. Each article returns its headline, author, date, summary, and optional full body text with images. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Drive.com.au publishes Australian automotive news, reviews, and advice, but browsing the site manually or building a custom RSS parser takes time. This Actor reads the public news feed directly, filters by keyword or publication year, and returns each matching article in one consistent row. You can also fetch the full article content, including plain text and inline images, for deeper analysis.

Who uses it	What they scrape Drive.com.au for
Automotive market researchers	Track which car brands and models are getting press coverage this month.
Content aggregators	Build a feed of Australian automotive news for a website or newsletter.
PR and communications teams	Monitor media mentions of a specific vehicle, recall, or industry topic.
Data analysts	Collect a corpus of articles for sentiment analysis or trend detection.

What it does

This Actor collects Drive.com.au news articles by keyword, year, or latest feed, and returns each one as a flat row with headline, author, date, summary, and optional full content.

• 🔍 Keyword filtering: return only articles whose headline or summary contains your search term, like 'Toyota' or 'electric'.
• 📅 Year filter: restrict results to articles published in a specific year, from 2000 onward.
• 📄 Full content extraction: optionally fetch the complete article body as HTML, plain text, and a list of inline image URLs.
• ⚡ Parallel fetching: control request concurrency up to 10 to balance speed and politeness.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Drive.com.au data

📈 Monitor brand mentions.

A PR agency runs the Actor weekly with a keyword like 'Toyota recall' to catch every new article and report coverage volume to the client.

📰 Build a niche news feed.

A content aggregator scrapes the latest 50 articles each morning, filters for 'EV' or 'electric', and publishes a curated newsletter for Australian EV buyers.

📊 Analyze media trends.

A data analyst collects a full year of articles with full content enabled, then runs sentiment analysis to see how SUV coverage has shifted over time.

🔎 Research a specific topic.

A researcher searches for 'hydrogen fuel' across all years, grabs the full text, and builds a reference library of Australian hydrogen vehicle reporting.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No API key needed	Reads the public news feed directly, no registration or OAuth.
Fixed output schema	Every article lands as the same flat row, ready for a database or spreadsheet.
Full text option	Toggle full article content on when you need the body, off for lightweight headline scans.
Australian source	Covers local automotive news, reviews, and advice from Drive.com.au.

How it compares

No other Store actor targets Drive.com.au the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	Drive.com.au News Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When Drive.com.au changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor with a keyword search, a publication year, or both, and set a maximum article count. Filters run as each article is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "search": "Tesla"
}

A larger pull:

{
  "maxItems": 200,
  "search": "Tesla"
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.01599 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$1.60
1,000 results	$15.99
10,000 results	$159.90

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Drive.com.au News Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Drive.com.au through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/drive-com-au-news-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

First, try removing the keyword and year filters to confirm the feed is reachable. If that returns articles, your original keyword may be too specific or misspelled. Also check that the year filter is not set to a year with no coverage.

The run is very slow.

Increase maxConcurrency up to 10 to fetch more articles in parallel. If you have full content enabled, expect slower runs because each article requires an extra request.

Full content is not appearing in the output.

Make sure 'Include Full Article Content' is set to true in the input. When it is false, only the summary is returned. Re-run with the setting enabled.

I am hitting the maxItems limit but want more.

Set maxItems higher, up to 1,000,000. If you still need more, run the Actor multiple times with different year or keyword filters to partition the data.

Some articles are missing images.

Not every article contains inline images. The Actor returns whatever images are present in the article body. The lead image is always included when available.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Can I scrape all articles without a keyword?	Yes. Leave the keyword field empty and the Actor will return the latest articles up to your maxItems limit. You can still filter by year if you want.
How do I get the full text of each article?	Set 'Include Full Article Content' to true in the input. The output will then include the full HTML, plain text, and an array of inline image URLs for each article.
What does the keyword filter search?	It matches against the article headline and summary text. It does not search the full body unless you enable full content extraction, and even then the filter runs on the headline and summary only.
Is there a rate limit?	The Actor respects the site by controlling concurrency. You can set maxConcurrency between 1 and 10. Lower values are slower but gentler on the server.
Can I filter by author or category?	The current input schema supports keyword and year filters. Author and category are returned in the output so you can filter them in your own post-processing.
How many articles can I get in one run?	You can set maxItems up to 1,000,000. The actual number returned depends on how many articles match your filters on the site.
What format is the date in?	The published date is returned as an ISO string, which you can parse easily in any language or open directly in Excel.
Does this include images?	When full content is enabled, the output includes an array of inline image URLs found in the article body. The lead image URL is always included.
Can I schedule this to run daily?	Yes. Use Apify's scheduler to run the Actor on a cron schedule, and connect it to a webhook or email notification to receive new results automatically.
What if I get no results?	Check your keyword spelling and try a broader term. Also verify the year filter is not excluding all articles. The troubleshooting section below has more tips.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Drive.com.au. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.