📰 TradingView News Scraper - Actually Works Edition

Stop paying for broken news scrapers. This one always returns results or tells you exactly why it failed.

🎯 What This Does

Scrapes financial news from TradingView with guaranteed reliability:

• Stocks, Crypto, Forex, Futures, Bonds - All categories supported
• Always returns data - Or throws a clear, actionable error
• No silent failures - Every issue is logged and reported
• Retry built-in - Automatic retry with exponential backoff

⚡ Why This Is Different

Other Scrapers	This Scraper
Silent failures	Clear error messages
Hanging runs	Timeout guards on everything
Random empty results	Guaranteed output or error
No retry logic	3 retries with backoff

📥 Input

{
  "category": "stocks",
  "maxArticles": 50,
  "includeContent": false
}

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
category	string	"all"	News category: all, stocks, crypto, forex, futures, bonds
maxArticles	number	50	Max articles to scrape (1-500)
includeContent	boolean	false	Extract full article content (slower)

📤 Output

{
  "title": "Bitcoin Surges Past $100K as Institutional Demand Grows",
  "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/news/...",
  "source": "TradingView",
  "category": "crypto",
  "publishedAt": "2024-12-25T10:30:00Z",
  "summary": "Bitcoin reached a new all-time high...",
  "imageUrl": "https://...",
  "scrapedAt": "2024-12-25T11:00:00Z"
}

💰 Pricing

Tier	Price	Limit
Free Trial	$0	3 days
Starter	$5/month	500 articles/month
Pro	$15/month	Unlimited

🚫 Who This Is NOT For

• If you need real-time streaming news (use TradingView API directly)
• If you need news older than what's on the page (this scrapes current listings)
• If you want to scrape 10,000+ articles per run (use pagination with multiple runs)

🔄 Migrating from Other Scrapers

This is a drop-in replacement for most TradingView scrapers. The output format is compatible - just change your actor ID.

// Before
const run = await client.actor('broken-scraper/tradingview').call(input);

// After
const run = await client.actor('your-username/tradingview-news-reliable').call(input);

❓ FAQ

Q: What if TradingView changes their site?
A: The scraper will throw a clear error explaining the issue. We monitor for changes and update quickly.

Q: Can I scrape faster?
A: Enable proxy configuration for faster, more reliable scraping.

Q: Why did my run return fewer articles than requested?
A: Some categories have fewer articles available. The scraper returns all available up to your limit.

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Built for reliability. No excuses.