📰 News Source Crawler - Professional Web Scraper

Extract structured data from entire news websites with advanced filtering, keyword search, and AI-powered content analysis. Perfect for media monitoring, competitor research, and content aggregation.

🎯 What This Does

Transform any news website into structured, searchable data in minutes. Our crawler intelligently extracts articles, filters by keywords, and provides AI-generated summaries—all without writing a single line of code.

⚡ Quick Example

Input: https://www.cnn.com + keyword: "climate change"
Output: 150 structured articles about climate change with titles, content, authors, dates, and AI summaries
Time: ~5 minutes

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🚀 Key Features

🔍 Smart Content Discovery

• Full Website Crawling: Automatically discovers all articles on a news site
• Advanced Keyword Search: Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) with parentheses support
• Content Filtering: Set minimum word counts, search in titles/content separately
• 35+ Languages: Auto-detects or specify any of 35 supported languages

🧠 AI-Powered Analysis

• Automatic Summaries: AI-generated article summaries using advanced NLP
• Keyword Extraction: Identifies key topics and tags automatically
• Sentiment Ready: Structured data perfect for sentiment analysis tools
• Content Quality: Filters out low-quality or duplicate content

⚙️ Enterprise Features

• Anti-Detection: Built-in protection prevents IP blocks
• Rate Limiting: Smart throttling optimized for each website
• Error Recovery: Automatic retries and graceful failure handling
• Real-time Results: See data as it's being extracted

📊 Professional Output

• Multiple Views: Overview, detailed, and filtered result views
• Export Formats: JSON, CSV, Excel, XML - your choice
• Data Validation: Guaranteed data quality with built-in validation

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🛠️ How to Use

1️⃣ Basic Setup (30 seconds)

1. Enter news website URL (e.g., https://techcrunch.com)
2. Choose language (35+ options available)
3. Set max articles (optional)
4. Click "Start"

2️⃣ Advanced Filtering (Optional)

🔍 Keyword Search: "AI AND (machine learning OR deep learning) NOT cryptocurrency"
📊 Min Word Count: 500 (skip short articles)
🌍 Language: Auto-detect or specify
⚡ Concurrency: 1-20 parallel requests

3️⃣ Get Results

• Real-time preview in the Apify Console
• Download in your preferred format
• API access for programmatic use

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📊 Sample Output

📰 Overview View

📰 Title	🔗 URL	✍️ Authors	📅 Published	📊 Words	✅ Success
"AI Revolution in Healthcare"	Link	Dr. Jane Smith	2024-01-15	1,250	✅
"Climate Tech Breakthroughs"	Link	Mike Johnson	2024-01-14	890	✅

📋 Detailed Data Structure

{
  "articleURL": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/ai-healthcare-breakthrough",
  "articleTitle": "AI Revolution in Healthcare: New Breakthrough Announced",
  "articleText": "A groundbreaking development in artificial intelligence...",
  "articleAuthors": "Dr. Jane Smith, Mike Johnson",
  "articlePublishDate": "2024-01-15T14:30:00Z",
  "articleLanguage": "en",
  "articleWordCount": 1250,
  "articleKeywords": "artificial intelligence, healthcare, breakthrough, medical AI",
  "articleSummary": "Researchers announce major AI breakthrough in medical diagnosis...",
  "articleTopImage": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ai-medical.jpg",
  "meetsSearchCriteria": true,
  "scrapeSuccess": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T15:45:23Z"
}

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🎯 Use Cases & Industries

📈 Marketing & SEO

• Competitor Monitoring: Track competitor content strategies
• Content Research: Find trending topics in your industry
• SEO Analysis: Analyze keyword usage across entire sites
• Brand Monitoring: Monitor mentions and coverage

📊 Research & Analytics

• Academic Research: Large-scale content analysis for papers
• Market Intelligence: Track industry trends and developments
• Sentiment Analysis: Gather data for sentiment tracking tools
• Media Monitoring: Professional media monitoring at scale

🤖 AI & Machine Learning

• Training Data: High-quality text data for model training
• Content Classification: Structured data for ML pipelines
• Trend Prediction: Historical data for forecasting models
• Research: Clean, structured text corpora

🏢 Business Intelligence

• Investment Research: Track news for investment decisions
• Risk Monitoring: Monitor negative coverage or trends
• PR Analytics: Measure media coverage impact
• Crisis Management: Real-time monitoring during events

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🔧 Advanced Configuration

🎛️ Performance Options

• Concurrency: 1-20 parallel requests for optimal speed
• Timeout Settings: Customizable timeouts per article
• Quality Filters: Skip articles under specified word counts
• AI Processing: Enable/disable advanced summaries and keyword extraction

🔍 Search Examples

Basic: "climate change"
Boolean: "AI AND (machine learning OR deep learning)"
Complex: "(startup OR entrepreneur) AND funding NOT cryptocurrency"
Negative: "technology NOT bitcoin NOT crypto"

🌐 Language Support

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Hebrew, Turkish, Hungarian, Greek, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Swahili, Persian, Hindi, Croatian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Macedonian, Belarusian, Slovenian, Serbian, Romanian

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

Q: How fast is the crawler?
A: Typically 10-50 articles per minute, depending on site complexity and your settings.

Q: Will I get blocked by websites?
A: No. We use advanced anti-detection including smart rate limiting and browser simulation.

Q: What's the data quality like?
A: Enterprise-grade. Built-in validation ensures clean, structured output every time.

Technical Questions

Q: Can I crawl password-protected sites?
A: Not directly, but you can provide session cookies via our advanced configuration.

Q: How do I handle large sites like CNN or BBC?
A: Set a maxArticles limit and use keyword filtering to get exactly what you need.

Q: Can I get data in real-time?
A: Yes! The crawler provides real-time results as articles are processed.

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🎯 Getting Started Checklist

• Step 1: Enter your target news website URL
• Step 2: Configure filters (optional but recommended)
• Step 3: Run your first crawl (starts immediately)
• Step 4: Download results or access via API
• Step 5: Schedule regular runs (optional)

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