# Barron's Article Scraper (`xtracto/barrons-scraper`) Actor Extract Barron's articles (barrons.com) - title, body, authors and metadata. Fast, HTTP-only and no cookies required. Mode `latest` scrapes the homepage for the newest article URLs. - **URL**: https://apify.com/xtracto/barrons-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Xtractoo](https://apify.com/xtracto) (community) - **Categories:** News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $20.00 / 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 ## Barron's Article Scraper Extract Barron's articles (**barrons.com**) — title, snippet body, authors, lead image, dates, and section. Barron's is the financial weekly published by Dow Jones / News Corp, focused on investing, markets, and corporate finance. ### Why Use This Actor? - **US markets coverage** — Barron's is a primary venue for buy-side commentary and "next week's market" pieces. - **Same CMS as WSJ** — Barron's runs on the Dow Jones platform, so the article shape is identical to wsj.com (good for normalised cross-DJ pipelines). - **DataDome bypass** — actor clears DataDome anti-bot via primp (Rust `rquest` TLS stack) with a rotating profile pool. ### How It Works Barron's has two layers of protection identical to WSJ: 1. **DataDome** returns 401 + `datadome` cookie unless TLS fingerprint matches a real browser. This actor uses **only HTTP requests** — no browser, no Selenium, no Playwright to bypass this. 2. **Subscriber paywall** — Content is supplemented with the auto-generated bullet summary and SEO summary. subscribers get the full body in `articleData.flattenedBody`. #### Proxy requirements **A US residential proxy is required** — DataDome blocks both datacenter IPs and non-US residential pools. The actor reads `proxyConfiguration` from input and uses it for every fetch: ```json { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } ```` This is set as the default in the input schema. ### Input ```json { "url": "https://www.barrons.com/articles/example-article-daf7f9aa", "urls": [ "https://www.barrons.com/articles/article-one" ], "mode": "article", "limit": 10 } ``` ### Output ```json { "url": "https://www.barrons.com/articles/prediction-markets-conference-las-vegas-casino-daf7f9aa", "source": "Barron's", "title": "Casino Cancels Prediction Markets Conference. Not Everything Can Stay in Vegas.", "description": "Nevada's gambling regulator has taken a strong stance against prediction markets.", "content": "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas—or so the slogan goes. But it seems prediction markets can't stay at all.\n\nKey points:\n- The Predict 2026 conference in Las Vegas was canceled by Aria casino due to concerns over its gambling license.\n- Nevada regulators have taken a strong stance against prediction markets.\n- Prediction markets claim federal regulation, but some states view them as illegal gambling.\n\nThe Aria Resort and Casino canceled an upcoming predictions market conference. Nevada's gambling regulator has taken a strong stance against prediction markets.", "image": "https://images.barrons.com/im-12787006", "language": "en_US", "word_count": 89, "full_word_count": 636, "full_paragraph_count": 13, "published_date": "2026-05-14T19:06:00Z", "modified_date": "2026-05-15T00:36:00Z", "authors": ["Nick Devor"], "categories": "Daily", "tags": "", "warning": "Barron's paywall - only snippet extracted; full body is subscriber-only" } ``` ### Fetch Latest News Set `mode` to `"latest"` to fetch the newest article URLs from Barron's homepage. The official RSS endpoint (`feeds.a.dj.com/rss/BarronsFront.xml`) returns 403, so we scrape barrons.com's homepage HTML and collect URLs matching the article pattern. **Input:** ```json { "mode": "latest", "limit": 10 } ``` **Output** — array of objects: ```json [ { "url": "https://www.barrons.com/articles/example-newest-article-664c6761", "title": "Treasury Yields Slip as Fed Rate Cut Bets Grow", "source": "Barron's" } ] ``` Source: `https://www.barrons.com/` (homepage scraping via primp — no public RSS). ### 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 snippet 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 * * *` | # 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 Barron's homepage. ## `limit` (type: `integer`): Number of latest articles to return when mode is 'latest'. Default: 10. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Use Apify Proxy. RESIDENTIAL group is strongly recommended — Barron's sits behind DataDome and datacenter IPs are usually blocked. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "article", "limit": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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/barrons-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/barrons-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/barrons-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=xtracto/barrons-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Barron's Article Scraper", "description": "Extract Barron's articles (barrons.com) - title, body, authors and metadata. Fast, HTTP-only and no cookies required. Mode `latest` scrapes the homepage for the newest article URLs.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "gzfxKR8fg87io6UUt" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/xtracto~barrons-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-xtracto-barrons-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/xtracto~barrons-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-xtracto-barrons-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/xtracto~barrons-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-xtracto-barrons-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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 Barron's homepage.", "default": "article" }, "limit": { "title": "Limit", "type": "integer", "description": "Number of latest articles to return when mode is 'latest'. Default: 10.", "default": 10 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Use Apify Proxy. RESIDENTIAL group is strongly recommended — Barron's sits behind DataDome and datacenter IPs are usually blocked.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```