# Bing News Scraper - Extract News Articles & Headlines (`vnx0/bing-news-scraper`) Actor Scrape Bing News with this Bing News API alternative. Extract headlines, URLs, sources, snippets, thumbnails & publisher logos. Filter by freshness, category & language. No API key needed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/vnx0/bing-news-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Vnx0](https://apify.com/vnx0) (community) - **Categories:** News, Lead generation, Integrations - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $1.00 / 1,000 article scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Bing News Scraper Scrape news articles and headlines from Bing News search results — the go-to **Bing News API alternative** after Microsoft deprecated the official Bing News Search API in August 2025. No API key required. Extract headlines, direct article links, publisher names, summaries, thumbnails, and logos in structured JSON. ### Why this actor? - **No API key needed** — no Azure subscription, no rate limits, no billing surprises - **Up to 500 results per query** — collect large datasets in a single run - **Multi-market support** — 13 countries and 13 languages - **Automatic deduplication** — no duplicate URLs across multiple queries - **Pay per result** — only pay for the articles you actually get ### Use cases - **Media monitoring** — track brand mentions and press coverage across news sources - **Sentiment analysis** — collect news articles for NLP and sentiment pipelines - **Market research** — monitor industry trends and competitor coverage - **Content curation** — build news aggregators and RSS feed alternatives - **SEO monitoring** — track backlinks and mentions from news publications - **Academic research** — collect structured news data for research datasets ### Features - **Category filtering** — Sports, Entertainment, Business, Technology, Science, Politics, World, U.S. - **Date range** — past 24 hours, past week, past month, or all time - **Sort by date** — get the newest articles first - **Publisher logos** — includes publisher logo images alongside thumbnails - **Structured timestamps** — consistent date formatting for all articles - **Automatic deduplication** — no duplicate URLs when running multiple queries ### Input | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | `queries` | array | required | News search queries (1–100) | | `category` | select | All categories | Filter by news category | | `freshness` | select | All time | Filter by date range | | `sortBy` | select | Date | Sort by relevance or date | | `country` | select | US | Country code for regional results | | `language` | select | English (US) | Language for search results | | `maxItems` | number | 50 | Max articles per query (0 = unlimited) | | `includeThumbnail` | boolean | true | Include thumbnail image URLs | | `includePublisherLogo` | boolean | true | Include publisher logo URLs | | `deduplicate` | boolean | true | Skip duplicate URLs across queries | ### Output Each result contains: ```json { "query": "artificial intelligence", "position": 1, "title": "OpenAI Announces GPT-5", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/article...", "source": "TechCrunch", "snippet": "OpenAI unveiled its latest language model...", "timeAgo": "2h", "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T12:00:00Z", "thumbnailUrl": "https://th.bing.com/th?id=...", "publisherLogoUrl": "https://th.bing.com/th?id=...", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-17T14:00:00Z" } ```` ### Run summary After each run, a summary is saved to the Key-Value Store under the key `RUN_SUMMARY` with total fetched, pushed, and filtered counts per query. ### Tips - Use multiple queries to cover a topic from different angles - Combine category + freshness filters for highly targeted results - For large runs (50+ queries), use Apify proxies to avoid rate limiting - Use the "Past 24 hours" freshness filter for breaking news monitoring ### Related actors Looking for more news sources? Check out [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/vnx0/google-news-scraper) — extract articles from Google News with similar filtering and export options. # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): News search queries to scrape. Each query runs as a separate search. ## `category` (type: `string`): Only show results from a specific news category. ## `freshness` (type: `string`): Only show articles from this time period. ## `sortBy` (type: `string`): How to sort search results. ## `country` (type: `string`): Country code for regional news results. ## `language` (type: `string`): Language code for results. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum articles to extract per search query. Set to 0 for unlimited. ## `includeThumbnail` (type: `boolean`): Include article thumbnail image URLs. ## `includePublisherLogo` (type: `boolean`): Include publisher logo image URLs. ## `deduplicate` (type: `boolean`): Skip duplicate URLs across all queries in this run. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Recommended for 50+ queries to avoid rate limiting. Free users can add custom proxy URLs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "artificial intelligence" ], "category": "", "freshness": "", "sortBy": "date", "country": "US", "language": "en-US", "maxItems": 50, "includeThumbnail": true, "includePublisherLogo": true, "deduplicate": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all extracted news articles ## `runSummary` (type: `string`): Summary of the scraping run with totals and statistics # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "artificial intelligence" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("vnx0/bing-news-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": ["artificial intelligence"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("vnx0/bing-news-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 '{ "queries": [ "artificial intelligence" ] }' | apify call vnx0/bing-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=vnx0/bing-news-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Bing News Scraper - Extract News Articles & Headlines", "description": "Scrape Bing News with this Bing News API alternative. Extract headlines, URLs, sources, snippets, thumbnails & publisher logos. Filter by freshness, category & language. No API key needed.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "JUpeEqAcrLZ1CYpOp" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/vnx0~bing-news-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-vnx0-bing-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/vnx0~bing-news-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-vnx0-bing-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/vnx0~bing-news-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-vnx0-bing-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "queries" ], "properties": { "queries": { "title": "Search queries", "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 100, "type": "array", "description": "News search queries to scrape. Each query runs as a separate search.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "category": { "title": "News category", "enum": [ "", "rt_Sports", "rt_Entertainment", "rt_Business", "rt_Technology", "rt_Science", "rt_Politics", "rt_World", "rt_US" ], "type": "string", "description": "Only show results from a specific news category.", "default": "" }, "freshness": { "title": "Date range", "enum": [ "", "7", "8", "31" ], "type": "string", "description": "Only show articles from this time period.", "default": "" }, "sortBy": { "title": "Sort by", "enum": [ "relevance", "date" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to sort search results.", "default": "date" }, "country": { "title": "Country", "enum": [ "US", "UK", "AU", "CA", "IN", "DE", "FR", "ES", "JP", "CN", "BR", "IT", "MX" ], "type": "string", "description": "Country code for regional news results.", "default": "US" }, "language": { "title": "Language", "enum": [ "en-US", "en-GB", "en-AU", "en-CA", "en-IN", "de-DE", "fr-FR", "es-ES", "ja-JP", "zh-CN", "pt-BR", "it-IT", "es-MX" ], "type": "string", "description": "Language code for results.", "default": "en-US" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items per query", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum articles to extract per search query. Set to 0 for unlimited.", "default": 50 }, "includeThumbnail": { "title": "Include thumbnails", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include article thumbnail image URLs.", "default": true }, "includePublisherLogo": { "title": "Include publisher logos", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include publisher logo image URLs.", "default": true }, "deduplicate": { "title": "Deduplicate results", "type": "boolean", "description": "Skip duplicate URLs across all queries in this run.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Recommended for 50+ queries to avoid rate limiting. Free users can add custom proxy URLs.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```