# Bloomberg Search Scraper (`romy/bloomberg-search-scraper`) Actor

Get unified search across securities and news from Bloomberg. Talks directly to Bloomberg's own mobile app API, no login needed. Split from the mature, published bloomberg-all-in-one-api for a focused, single-purpose workflow.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/romy/bloomberg-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Romy](https://apify.com/romy) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 search result chargeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### What does Bloomberg Search Scraper do?

**Bloomberg Search Scraper** runs one or more queries through Bloomberg's unified search bar — the same lookup the app itself uses when you type into its search box — and returns matching securities (tickers, company names) and news stories in one call per query, pushed to the dataset as one row per query.

It talks directly to the same internal API the official [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/) Android app uses (`cdn-mobapi.bloomberg.com`), reverse-engineered via live device capture (Frida, bypassing dual TLS pinning and root detection) and independently re-confirmed by calling the API directly with no device involved. No Bloomberg account, no API key, no scraping setup. This is the search slice of [Bloomberg All-in-One API](https://apify.com/romy/bloomberg-all-in-one-api), split out as its own focused Actor.

### Why use Bloomberg Search Scraper?

- **One call, two result types** — matches both securities (ticker + company name substring match) and news headlines for the same query
- **Batch queries** — pass an array of search strings, get one dataset row per query
- **No account needed** — every read request works fully anonymously, confirmed with no auth, no session cookies at all
- **Use cases:** ticker lookup, company-to-symbol resolution, financial news monitoring, market research

### Input

| Field           | Type     | Description                                                                                                 |
| --------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `queries`       | string\[] | Required. One or more search strings, e.g. `["microsoft", "apple"]`. Each becomes one dataset row.          |
| `filter`        | string   | `ALL` | `EQUITY` | `INDEX` | `COMMODITY` | `CURRENCY` | `FUND`. Default `ALL`.                         |
| `securityLimit` | integer  | Max security matches per query. Real confirmed server-side cap is **25** — higher is ignored. Default `25`. |
| `storyLimit`    | integer  | Max news matches per query. Real confirmed server-side cap is **25** — higher is ignored. Default `25`.     |
| `country`       | string   | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Default `US`.                                                              |

Example:

```json
{
    "queries": ["microsoft", "apple"],
    "filter": "ALL",
    "securityLimit": 25,
    "storyLimit": 25,
    "country": "US"
}
```

### Output

One dataset row per query: the query string spread together with Bloomberg's own raw `search` response shape (`success`, `quote`, `news`).

```json
{
    "query": "microsoft",
    "success": true,
    "quote": [
        {
            "symbol": "MSFT",
            "ticker": "msft:us",
            "tickerName": "MSFT:US",
            "name": "Microsoft Corp",
            "resourceId": "MSFT:US"
        }
    ],
    "news": [{ "title": "...", "published": 1787680000 }]
}
```

### Known limitations

- `securityLimit` and `storyLimit` are real, confirmed server-side caps at **25** each — no offset/page param exists beyond that, so a query can't be paginated further through this endpoint.
- Full security detail, financials, key stats, charts, per-security news, article bodies, home feed, and media are separate spin-off Actors — this one is search-only.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.0020 per `search-result` result (FREE plan; BRONZE/SILVER/GOLD/PLATINUM/DIAMOND get automatic discounts based on your Apify plan). Billed per query processed (one dataset row = one query).

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One or more search strings, e.g. \["microsoft", "apple"]. Each query becomes one dataset row.

## `filter` (type: `string`):

Restrict security matches to one asset type. ALL matches every type.

## `securityLimit` (type: `integer`):

Max number of security matches per query. Real confirmed server-side cap is 25 — higher values are silently ignored.

## `storyLimit` (type: `integer`):

Max number of news matches per query. Real confirmed server-side cap is 25 — higher values are silently ignored.

## `country` (type: `string`):

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "microsoft"
  ],
  "filter": "ALL",
  "securityLimit": 25,
  "storyLimit": 25,
  "country": "US"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {
    "queries": [
        "microsoft"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("romy/bloomberg-search-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 = { "queries": ["microsoft"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("romy/bloomberg-search-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "microsoft"
  ]
}' |
apify call romy/bloomberg-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,romy/bloomberg-search-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/rHO7iJwchXASmZiLw/builds/E6OrReHYwhhE4quC8/openapi.json