# Yahoo Finance Options Chain Scraper (`searchapi/yahoo-finance-options-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Yahoo Finance options chain data including calls and puts with strike prices, bid/ask, volume, open interest, and implied volatility.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/yahoo-finance-options-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Yahoo Finance Options Chain Scraper

Scrapes Yahoo Finance options chain data including calls and puts with strike prices, bid/ask, volume, open interest, and implied volatility.

### What this Actor collects

The Actor creates one record per option contract for each requested ticker, covering both calls and puts returned by Yahoo Finance.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 13-field dataset schema.
- Preserves source-formatted quote values while keeping `strike` numeric for analysis.

### Use cases

- Market and company research
- Price, fundamentals, earnings, or derivatives monitoring
- Structured inputs for financial analysis

### Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied; source-specific alternatives and constraints are described in the field text.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | :---: | --- | --- |
| `symbols` | array | Yes | `["AAPL"]` | Array of stock ticker symbols to scrape options for (e.g. AAPL, MSFT, SPY). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | — | Proxy settings. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "symbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "SPY"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per option contract. `optionType` identifies a call or put, and `expirationDate` identifies the chain expiry.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped At |
| `symbol` | string | Ticker Symbol |
| `optionType` | string | Option Type (Calls/Puts) |
| `strike` | number | Strike Price |
| `lastPrice` | string | Last Price |
| `change` | string | Change |
| `bid` | string | Bid |
| `ask` | string | Ask |
| `volume` | string | Volume |
| `openInterest` | string | Open Interest |
| `impliedVolatility` | string | Implied Volatility |
| `expirationDate` | string | Expiration Date |
| `contractName` | string | Contract Name |

<details>
<summary>All 13 declared dataset fields</summary>

`symbol`, `optionType`, `strike`, `lastPrice`, `change`, `bid`, `ask`, `volume`, `openInterest`, `impliedVolatility`
`expirationDate`, `contractName`, `scrapedAt`

</details>

#### Example dataset item

This compact example is a subset of one item in local Actor storage; every displayed value is unmodified.

```json
{
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T12:29:46.354Z",
  "symbol": "AAPL",
  "optionType": "call",
  "strike": 110,
  "lastPrice": "208.95",
  "change": "0.00",
  "bid": "0.00",
  "ask": "0.00",
  "volume": "1",
  "openInterest": "1",
  "impliedVolatility": "0.00%",
  "expirationDate": "2026-07-24"
}
```

### Related Actors

- [Yahoo Finance Earnings Calendar Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/yahoo-finance-earnings-scraper)
- [Yahoo Finance Stocks Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/yahoo-finance-stocks-scraper)
- [Yahoo Images Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/yahoo-images-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `symbols` (type: `array`):

Array of stock ticker symbols to scrape options for (e.g. AAPL, MSFT, SPY).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "symbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "SPY"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset schema for yahoo-finance-options-scraper

# 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 = {
    "symbols": [
        "AAPL",
        "SPY"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/yahoo-finance-options-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 = {
    "symbols": [
        "AAPL",
        "SPY",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/yahoo-finance-options-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "symbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "SPY"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/yahoo-finance-options-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=searchapi/yahoo-finance-options-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/NzSzm7dXNs1ksV9lZ/builds/vaKDw5U8vcKgP0JaB/openapi.json