Reuters News Scraper

Reuters News Scraper

Easily extract news articles from Reuters category pages. The Reuters News Scraper gathers structured article data with automatic pagination support via "Load More" button handling.

Features

• Comprehensive Article Data: Retrieve article titles, descriptions, URLs, publication dates, and thumbnail images.
• Multi-Category Support: Provide multiple Reuters category page URLs to scrape in a single run.
• Automatic Pagination: Handles "Load More" buttons to collect articles beyond the initial page load.
• Configurable Limits: Set a maximum number of articles to scrape per category.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
categoryUrls	array of strings	Yes	–	Reuters category page URLs to scrape (e.g. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/).
maxItems	integer	No	100	Maximum number of articles to scrape per category. Minimum value is 1.

How It Works

1. Enter Category URLs – Provide one or more Reuters category page URLs (e.g. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/).
2. Set Max Items – Optionally configure the maximum number of articles to collect per category (default: 100).
3. Run the Scraper – The Actor navigates each category page, extracts articles, and clicks "Load More" until the limit is reached.

Sample Output Data

The scraper provides structured JSON output with key article details. Example:

[
    {
        "title": "OpenAI launches new reasoning model amid fierce AI competition",
        "description": "OpenAI released its latest reasoning model on Thursday, stepping up competition...",
        "url": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-launches-new-reasoning-model-2025-01-30/",
        "date": "2025-01-30T14:22:00Z",
        "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.reuters.com/resizer/v2/abc123.jpg",
        "categoryUrl": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/"
    },
    {
        "title": "EU agrees on landmark AI regulation framework",
        "description": "European Union lawmakers reached a deal on comprehensive artificial intelligence rules...",
        "url": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/eu-agrees-landmark-ai-regulation-2025-01-29/",
        "date": "2025-01-29T10:15:00Z",
        "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.reuters.com/resizer/v2/def456.jpg",
        "categoryUrl": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/"
    }
]

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