Cnbc Video Stream Scraper

What does CNBC Video Stream Scraper do?

CNBC Video Stream Scraper takes one or more CNBC video ids (vcpID) and pushes full video detail — headline, duration, section — for each, one dataset row per video.

It talks directly to the same internal API the official CNBC Android app uses (webql.cnbcfm.com), reverse-engineered by live MITM capture against a real device — a real Apollo-style GraphQL persisted query the app itself sends (exact query hash captured live, never guessed). No CNBC account, no API key, no scraping setup. This is the /video slice of CNBC All-in-One API, split out as its own focused Actor.

Why use CNBC Video Stream Scraper?

Its standout feature: every result includes a direct, unauthenticated Akamai HLS playbackURL — a real .m3u8 master playlist URL you can hand straight to any HLS player (hls.js, ffmpeg, VLC, a <video> element with an HLS-capable browser). No token, no signature, no expiry baked into the URL — confirmed playable as-is. No need to scrape or render CNBC's video player page to get a working stream link.

• Real stream URLs, not just metadata — most video-metadata scrapers stop at a thumbnail and a title; this one hands back the actual playable stream
• No account needed — the request works fully anonymously, confirmed by inspecting real captured request headers (no Authorization header, no cookie, no session token)
• Batch-friendly — pass any number of vcpIDs in one run, get one dataset row per video
• Use cases: building a video player around CNBC content, archiving/monitoring specific segments, feeding a downstream HLS transcoder, media pipelines that need a real stream link rather than a webpage to scrape

How it connects to the parent

This Actor is a narrow spin-off of CNBC All-in-One API, which exposes CNBC's full reverse-engineered API surface (news, quotes, articles, TV schedule, and more) as an always-on Standby REST API. /video was pulled out into its own Actor because it's the parent's standout endpoint — the only one that hands back a directly playable stream link instead of just metadata — for users who only need video, not the whole surface.

Input

Field	Type	Description
vcpIds	integer[]	Required. One or more CNBC video vcpID values (from a CNBC video page URL or the parent CNBC All-in-One API).

Example:

{
    "vcpIds": [7000422401]
}

Output

One dataset row per vcpId:

{
    "vcpId": 7000422401,
    "video": {
        "headline": "Watch CNBC's full interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent",
        "duration": 1148,
        "playbackURL": "//cnbcawsmpvod.akamaized.net/out/v1/6629fb.../master.m3u8",
        "section": { "shortestHeadline": "Squawk on the Street" }
    }
}

Known limitations

• Video-only. News, quotes, articles, and every other CNBC surface live in the parent CNBC All-in-One API — use that Actor if you need more than video.
• This is an unofficial, reverse-engineered integration, not affiliated with or endorsed by CNBC or NBCUniversal. Behavior may change if CNBC changes its API.
• playbackURL is CNBC/Akamai's own link — its lifetime and availability are controlled entirely by CNBC, not by this Actor.

Pricing

Pay per event. Charged video ($0.01 on the FREE plan) once per video id successfully fetched (includes the direct playable HLS playbackURL). See the Actor's Pricing tab for current rates.

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