Aljazeera Scraper

Al Jazeera Scraper

Extract news articles from Al Jazeera with structured data. Get article metadata from section pages, or full enriched content including body text, tags, geographic regions, and related articles.

Features

• Two output modes: Lean listings (metadata only, ultra-fast) or enriched articles (full body text, tags, regions, related articles)
• Section page scraping: Provide any Al Jazeera section URL to get 20-60 articles per page
• Direct article URLs: Skip discovery and scrape specific articles directly
• Rich structured data: Authors, tags, categories, geographic regions, audio URLs, image credits
• No browser needed: Pure HTTP/Cheerio-based, making it fast and cost-efficient

How it works

1. Provide section URLs (e.g. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/) and/or direct article URLs
2. The scraper extracts article data from Al Jazeera's server-rendered Apollo GraphQL cache
3. With Enrich articles enabled, each article page is visited for full body text, tags, and regions
4. With Enrich articles disabled, only metadata from the section page is returned (no extra requests)

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
sectionUrls	string[]	—	Al Jazeera section URLs to scrape (e.g. /middle-east/, /news/, /opinion/)
articleUrls	string[]	—	Specific article URLs to scrape directly
enrichArticles	boolean	true	Visit each article page for full body text, tags, and regions
maxArticles	integer	100	Maximum total articles to process
proxyConfiguration	object	No proxy	Optional proxy settings (datacenter proxies are sufficient)

Sample output

Enriched article (enrichArticles: true)

{
    "type": "article",
    "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/7/hezbollah-israeli-troops-clash-on-the-ground",
    "title": "Hezbollah, Israeli troops clash on the ground in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa",
    "excerpt": "Lebanese Health Ministry says at least 16 people killed, 35 wounded...",
    "subheading": "Lebanese Health Ministry says at least 16 people killed...",
    "date": "2026-03-07T07:35:45",
    "modifiedDate": "2026-03-07T07:51:36",
    "articleType": "post",
    "author": [
        {
            "name": "Al Jazeera Staff",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff",
            "avatarUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/...",
            "jobTitle": ""
        }
    ],
    "source": ["Al Jazeera"],
    "tags": ["Israel attacks Lebanon"],
    "categories": ["News"],
    "where": ["Iran", "Israel", "Lebanon", "Middle East"],
    "shortUrl": "https://aje.news/cd9pbr",
    "featuredImageUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/...",
    "featuredImageCaption": "Lebanese civil defence inspect the destruction...",
    "featuredImageCredit": "AFP",
    "bodyHtml": "<p>Clashes have erupted as Israeli forces attempted...</p>",
    "bodyText": "Clashes have erupted as Israeli forces attempted...",
    "wordCount": 1247,
    "audioPlaybackUrl": "https://tts.aljazeera.net/aje/2026/03/...",
    "audioDuration": "237.505306",
    "relatedArticles": [
        {
            "title": "Why has Hezbollah joined Middle East war?",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/3/5/..."
        }
    ],
    "videoId": "",
    "isBreaking": false,
    "isLive": false,
    "isDeveloping": false
}

Lean listing (enrichArticles: false)

{
    "type": "listing",
    "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/7/hezbollah-israeli-troops-clash-on-the-ground",
    "title": "Hezbollah, Israeli troops clash on the ground in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa",
    "excerpt": "Lebanese Health Ministry says at least 16 people killed...",
    "date": "2026-03-07T07:35:45",
    "articleType": "post",
    "author": ["Al Jazeera Staff"],
    "source": ["Al Jazeera"],
    "shortUrl": "https://aje.news/cd9pbr",
    "featuredImageUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/...",
    "audioPlaybackUrl": "https://tts.aljazeera.net/aje/2026/03/...",
    "discoverySource": "section",
    "sectionUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/middle-east/"
}

Available sections

Use any of these as sectionUrls:

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/middle-east/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/opinion/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/sport/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/science-and-technology/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/features/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/africa/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/explained/

Pricing

This Actor uses a Pay Per Event pricing model.

Event	Price	Per 1,000	What you get
Lean listing	$0.001	$1.00/1K	Title, excerpt, URL, date, author, type, image, short URL
Enriched article	$0.004	$4.00/1K	Full body text, tags, categories, geographic regions, related articles, image credits, audio URL
Actor start	$0.00005/GB	—	One-time charge per run based on memory allocation

Cost examples

Scenario	Requests	Est. cost
1 section, lean only	1	~$0.03
1 section, enriched	~30	~$0.12
3 sections, enriched	~83	~$0.32
10 direct articles, enriched	10	~$0.04