Bbc News Article Scraper
Pricing
from $10.00 / 1,000 results
Bbc News Article Scraper
Scrape BBC News articles by topic. Get headlines, summaries, authors, and full article content.
What Does BBC News Article Scraper Do?
The BBC News Article Scraper is an Apify actor that extracts news articles from BBC News (bbc.com/news). It retrieves article titles, summaries, authors, dates, and topic categories in structured format. You can filter by topic to get articles from specific BBC News sections.
Why Scrape BBC News?
BBC News is one of the world's most respected and comprehensive news organizations, covering global events, technology, science, business, and more. This scraper enables automated news monitoring, media analysis, content aggregation, and research workflows.
How to Use This BBC News Scraper
- Optionally set a topic to filter articles (e.g. "technology", "science").
- Set the maximum number of articles to extract.
- Run the actor to get structured article data.
The scraper starts from the BBC News listing page, discovers article links, then visits each article page to extract content and metadata.
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
topic | string | BBC News topic to filter by | none (all topics) |
maxArticles | integer | Maximum articles to scrape | 20 |
Output Data
Each article in the dataset includes:
- title - Article headline
- url - Full URL to the article
- summary - Article summary or first paragraphs
- author - Article author
- date - Publication date
- topic - Article topic or category
- scrapedAt - Timestamp of the scrape
Cost of Usage
- Per result: $0.01
- Per 1,000 results: $10
- Actor start cost: $0.005
Tips and Best Practices
- Use the topic parameter to focus on specific sections like technology, science, or business.
- Schedule daily runs to build a comprehensive BBC news archive.
- Combine with NLP tools for sentiment analysis or trend detection.
