# Aljazeera Article Scraper (`xtracto/aljazeera-scraper`) Actor Extract full Al Jazeera English articles with metadata. JSON-LD structured data. Supports `mode: latest` via Al Jazeera RSS feed. Free content, http only - ideal for international news monitoring. - **URL**: https://apify.com/xtracto/aljazeera-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Farhan Febrian Nauval](https://apify.com/xtracto) (community) - **Categories:** News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. 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 ## Al Jazeera Article Scraper Extract full article text, headline, description, and metadata from any **aljazeera.com** and **aljazeera.net** article URL. Al Jazeera offers independent international news coverage with a strong focus on the Middle East, Africa, and the Global South - perspectives often underrepresented in Western outlets. ### Why Use This Actor? - **Geopolitical research** - Al Jazeera provides unique perspectives on MENA, Africa, and Asia Pacific stories not found in Western outlets. - **Comparative media analysis** - benchmark Al Jazeera framing against Western outlets on the same events. - **Conflict coverage** - one of the most detailed English-language sources for Middle East and humanitarian crises. - **Diverse training data** - covers topics and regions underrepresented in most English-language corpora. ### How It Works This actor uses **only HTTP requests** - no browser, no Selenium, no Playwright. Articles are extracted in seconds with RAM usage well under 256 MB. ### Input ```json { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/13/example-article", "urls": [ "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/13/article-one", "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/12/article-two" ] , "mode": "article", "limit": 10 } ```` ### Output ```json { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/uae-to-accelerate-oil-pipeline-project-to-bypass-hormuz?traffic_source=rss", "source": "Al Jazeera", "title": "UAE to accelerate oil pipeline project to bypass Strait of Hormuz", "description": "The Crown Prince of the UAE says the project would help 'meet global demands'.", "content": "The United Arab Emirates is fast-tracking the construction of a new pipeline which will double the export capacity through Fujairah, a port city in the country’s east, as Gulf nations seek to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed announced the acceleration of the West-East Pipeline project to “meet global demands”, at an executive meeting held by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on Friday....", "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-04-14T061611Z_70360149_RC2ROKA26L1X_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-EMIRATES-1778857051.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440", "language": "en", "word_count": 452, "published_date": "", "modified_date": "", "authors": [], "categories": "", "tags": "" } ``` ### Fetch Latest News Set `mode` to `"latest"` to fetch the newest article URLs and titles from Al Jazeera instead of extracting a single article. **Input:** ```json { "mode": "latest", "limit": 10 } ``` **Output** - array of objects: ```json [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/20/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-52-of-the-us-israeli-conflict?traffic_source=rss", "title": "Iran war: What is happening on day 52 of US-Israeli attacks?", "published_date": "Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:21:14 +0000", "source": "Al Jazeera" } //... ] ``` Source: `https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml` (RSS feed) ### Cron Schedule: Auto-Fetch Newest Articles Combine `mode: "latest"` and `mode: "article"` to keep a fresh feed running on autopilot: 1. **Schedule** a recurring run of this Actor with `{"mode": "latest", "limit": 20}` via Apify Schedules (UI ▸ Schedules ▸ Create new). A cron expression like `*/30 * * * *` runs it every 30 minutes. 2. **Webhook** the dataset of the latest run into another Actor run with `mode: "article"` and the new URLs as input — Apify integrations let you chain runs via the "Actor finished" webhook without any glue code. 3. The article-mode run extracts the full body, image, authors, and metadata for each URL and appends to your master dataset. Common cron expressions: | Frequency | Cron | |---|---| | Every 15 minutes | `*/15 * * * *` | | Hourly | `0 * * * *` | | Every 6 hours | `0 */6 * * *` | | Daily at 06:00 UTC | `0 6 * * *` | ### Notes - RSS feed links (with `?traffic_source=rss`) are supported - the actor strips the query parameter automatically - Al Jazeera Arabic (`aljazeera.net`) is a separate site and supported by this actor ### Other News Actors Need a different news source? All actors in this collection: | Actor | Source | |---|---| | [`aljazeera-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/aljazeera-scraper) | Al Jazeera | | [`apnews-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/apnews-scraper) | AP News | | [`bbc-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/bbc-scraper) | BBC News | | [`cnbc-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/cnbc-scraper) | CNBC | | [`forbes-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/forbes-scraper) | Forbes | | [`fortune-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/fortune-scraper) | Fortune | | [`ft-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/ft-scraper) | Financial Times | | [`guardian-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/guardian-scraper) | The Guardian | | [`msn-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/msn-scraper) | MSN News | | [`nytimes-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/nytimes-scraper) | New York Times | | [`reuters-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/reuters-scraper) | Reuters | | [`scmp-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/scmp-scraper) | South China Morning Post | | [`techcrunch-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/techcrunch-scraper) | TechCrunch | | [`upi-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/upi-scraper) | UPI | | [`yahoo-finance-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/yahoo-finance-scraper) | Yahoo Finance | | [`smart-news-loader`](https://apify.com/xtracto/smart-news-loader) | Any URL - adaptive HTTP loader | | [`bloomberg-scraper`](https://apify.com/xtracto/bloomberg-news-article-scraper) | Bloomberg | All actors support `mode: "latest"` for fetching newest article URLs from each source. # Actor input Schema ## `url` (type: `string`): Single article URL to extract. ## `urls` (type: `array`): List of article URLs to extract. ## `mode` (type: `string`): Operation mode: 'article' to extract a single article (default), 'latest' to fetch newest headlines from the source's RSS feed. ## `limit` (type: `integer`): Number of latest articles to return when mode is 'latest'. Default: 10. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "article", "limit": 10 } ``` # 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 = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("xtracto/aljazeera-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 = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("xtracto/aljazeera-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 '{}' | apify call xtracto/aljazeera-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=xtracto/aljazeera-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Aljazeera Article Scraper", "description": "Extract full Al Jazeera English articles with metadata. JSON-LD structured data. Supports `mode: latest` via Al Jazeera RSS feed. Free content, http only - ideal for international news monitoring.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "EmIyxdNbIDFDMOUpb" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/xtracto~aljazeera-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-xtracto-aljazeera-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/xtracto~aljazeera-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-xtracto-aljazeera-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/xtracto~aljazeera-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-xtracto-aljazeera-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "url": { "title": "Article URL", "type": "string", "description": "Single article URL to extract." }, "urls": { "title": "Article URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of article URLs to extract.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "article", "latest" ], "type": "string", "description": "Operation mode: 'article' to extract a single article (default), 'latest' to fetch newest headlines from the source's RSS feed.", "default": "article" }, "limit": { "title": "Limit", "type": "integer", "description": "Number of latest articles to return when mode is 'latest'. Default: 10.", "default": 10 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```