Bloomberg Article Scraper

Extract full Bloomberg news articles at scale - bypass paywall, No proxy, no browser automation, and no login required.

This actor is designed to retrieve complete article data directly from Bloomberg URLs using a lightweight HTTP-based approach. It delivers structured, high-quality data including full text content, metadata, images, and tags - even from premium articles where possible.

Built for performance and scalability, this scraper avoids expensive browser rendering and minimizes request overhead, making it ideal for large-scale data pipelines.

Key Features

• Bypass Paywall - extracts all data even from paywalled articles
• Zero proxy cost - works from Apify datacenter IPs
• Full article text - headline, body, authors, dates, images, topics
• Batch processing - pass multiple URLs in a single run
• Scale - suitable for large datasets and pipelines

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
urls	string[]	required	Bloomberg article URLs to scrape
maxRetries	integer	3	Max retry attempts per URL
delayBetweenRequests	integer	500	Delay between requests (ms)

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/china-ai-firm-discloses-92-million-of-banned-nvidia-chip-servers-to-beijing",
    "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/bitcoin-jumps-to-three-week-high-on-us-iran-ceasefire-plan"
  ],
  "maxRetries": 3,
  "delayBetweenRequests": 500
}

Output

Each successfully scraped article contains:

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Article headline
summary	string	Article summary / description
authors	string[]	Author names
byline	string	Byline text
bodyText	string	Full article body as plain text
published	string	Publication date (ISO 8601)
updatedAt	string	Last updated date
longURL	string	Canonical article URL
brand	string	Bloomberg section (markets, technology, etc.)
premium	boolean	Whether article is paywalled
wordCount	integer	Word count
topics	object[]	Related topics
contentTags	object[]	Content tags
ledeImage	object	Lead image: url, alt, caption, credit
extraction_method	string	Which strategy succeeded
content_length	integer	Body text character count

Sample Output

{
  "id": "TDIGZBKK3NY800",
  "title": "Xi Vows Closer Coordination with Russia as Iran War Drags On",
  "summary": "Chinese President Xi Jinping touted the stability of ties with Moscow and pledged deeper bilateral coordination when he met with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday, as the conflict in the Middle East extends into its seventh week.",
  "secondaryBrands": [
    "politics",
    "economics"
  ],
  "internalID": "",
  "byline": "Bloomberg News",
  "authors": [
    "Bloomberg News"
  ],
  "longURL": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-15/china-s-xi-meets-russia-s-foreign-minister-lavrov-in-beijing",
  "shortURL": "",
  "primarySite": "",
  "brand": "politics",
  "published": "2026-04-15T02:48:45.814Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-15T06:11:14.951Z",
  "resourceType": "Story",
  "wordCount": 0,
  "premium": false,
  "type": "article",
  "bodyText": "Chinese President Xi Jinping touted the stability of ties with Moscow and pledged deeper bilateral coordination when he met with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday, as the conflict in the Middle East extends into its seventh week.\n\n“In the face of turbulence in the international situation, the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations are particularly valuable,” Xi told Lavrov during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, according to state broadcaster CCTV.\n\nThe two nations should “pursue closer strategic coordination, firmly safeguard the legitimate interests of both countries, and uphold unity among Global South countries,” Xi said. Speaking after the talks, Lavrov was cited as saying by Interfax that Russia and China support efforts to negotiate a settlement to the war in Iran.\n\nChina and Russia, two of Tehran’s most important backers, are offering a public display of unity, as the US and Iran look to arrange a second round of peace talks in the coming days.\n\nLast week, Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have encouraged countries to coordinate defensive efforts on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Beijing argued the “unbalanced” proposal failed to address the root cause of the problem and only made accusations against Iran.\n\nResource-rich Russia could emerge as an even more valuable partner for China if the conflict persists or escalates further. The war, which began on Feb. 28 when the US and Israel attacked Iran, resulted in the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and upended energy flows.\n\nChina’s imports of oil and natural gas already declined in March as the supply crunch in the Gulf began to affect shipments. Saudi Arabia’s crude sales to China are set to halve next month.\n\nLavrov told a press conference in Beijing that Russia could make up for any energy shortages afflicting China and other countries, according to news service Interfax. “Russia can, without a doubt, compensate for the shortfall in resources that has arisen,” he said.\n\nXi told Lavrov that China and Russia should take advantage of their “economic complementarity, deepen all-round cooperation, and enhance the resilience of their respective development.”\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin will likely travel to China in May, according to a Russian business daily, Vedomosti, for what would be his first trip abroad this year. The Russian president is also planning to make another visit to China for the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November, it said.\n\nXi and Putin declared a “no limits” partnership just before Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, seeing each other as critical partners in their broader struggle to challenge the US-led world order.\n\n- Xi Says World Order ‘Crumbling Into Disarray’ as War Takes Toll\n  - US, Iran Seek More Ceasefire Talks Amid Hormuz Blockade\n  - China’s Exports Stumble, Imports Soar in First Month of Iran War\n  - Xi’s Petroyuan Dream Gets New Life From Trump’s War in IranThe US-Israel war against Iran has had a limited impact on China’s economy so far, thanks in part to Beijing’s moves in past years to strengthen energy security. Still, many consumer-facing Chinese factories are seeing their profits squeezed, as higher costs push producer prices higher after years of deflation.\n\nChina has criticized the US’s military action against Iran, warning it risks plunging the Middle East into a state of deeper instability. Xi has framed his country as a stabilizing force in a world thrown into turmoil by Donald Trump’s erratic approach to trade and foreign policy.\n\nXi’s latest high-level meeting follows a succession of visits by world leaders to China at a time when peace negotiations between Iran and the US appear to be making little progress.\n\nDuring a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday, the Chinese leader lamented that the international order is “crumbling into disarray.” Xi also met with Abu Dhabi’s crown prince and Vietnam’s party chief and its newly appointed president, To Lam.\n\nMozambique’s President Daniel Francisco Chapo is set for a visit in the coming days. China is preparing to host a summit with Trump next month.",
  "topics": [],
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      "derivedScore": 8.241971401781527,
      "name": "Russia",
      "type": "Country"
    },
    {
      "id": "IR",
      "derivedScore": 7.629336615096109,
      "name": "Iran",
      "type": "Country"
    },
    {
      "id": "CN",
      "derivedScore": 7.328410689170183,
      "name": "China",
      "type": "Country"
    },
    {
      "id": "war",
      "derivedScore": 5.656118143459915,
      "name": "War",
      "type": "Topic"
    },
    {
      "id": "moscow",
      "derivedScore": 3.619114199829017,
      "name": "Moscow",
      "type": "City"
    },
    {
      "id": "beijing",
      "derivedScore": 3.102203469292077,
      "name": "Beijing",
      "type": "City"
    },
    {
      "id": "foreign-policy",
      "derivedScore": 2.390182289512148,
      "name": "Foreign Policy",
      "type": "Topic"
    },
    {
      "id": "Middleeast",
      "derivedScore": 7.8044146381679695,
      "name": "Middle East",
      "type": "Region"
    },
    {
      "id": "imports",
      "derivedScore": 0.9020159399906236,
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      "type": "Topic"
    },
    {
      "id": "tehran",
      "derivedScore": 0.8005157055789968,
      "name": "Tehran",
      "type": "City"
    },
    {
      "id": "security-council",
      "derivedScore": 0.7519924988279418,
      "name": "Security Council",
      "type": "Topic"
    },
    {
      "id": "IL",
      "derivedScore": 0.6286919831223629,
      "name": "Israel",
      "type": "Country"
    },
    {
      "id": "SA",
      "derivedScore": 0.5747773089545242,
      "name": "Saudi Arabia",
      "type": "Country"
    },
    {
      "id": "travel",
      "derivedScore": 0.44585091420534456,
      "name": "Travel",
      "type": "Topic"
    },
    {
      "id": "shenzhen",
      "derivedScore": 0.3954524144397562,
      "name": "Shenzhen",
      "type": "City"
    },
    {
      "id": "UA",
      "derivedScore": 0.36755743084857007,
      "name": "Ukraine",
      "type": "Country"
    },
    {
      "id": "exports",
      "derivedScore": 0.3035630567276137,
      "name": "Exports",
      "type": "Topic"
    },
    {
      "id": "energy-security",
      "derivedScore": 0.24308485700890764,
      "name": "Energy Security",
      "type": "Topic"
    },
    {
      "id": "military",
      "derivedScore": 0.19714017815283638,
      "name": "Military",
      "type": "Topic"
    },
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      "id": "abu-dhabi",
      "derivedScore": 0.05532114392873887,
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    {
      "id": "VN",
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      "id": "MZ",
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      "name": "Mozambique",
      "type": "Country"
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    {
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    {
      "id": "greener-living",
      "derivedScore": 6,
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    {
      "id": "energy-industry",
      "derivedScore": 6,
      "name": "Energy Industry",
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      "id": "megacity",
      "derivedScore": 4.469887712863025,
      "name": "Megacity",
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      "id": "futures-markets",
      "derivedScore": 0.8975650515174074,
      "name": "Futures Markets",
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      "name": "Commodity Futures",
      "type": "Topic"
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      "id": "global-trade",
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      "name": "Global Trade",
      "type": "Topic"
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    {
      "id": "markets",
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      "type": "Classification"
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      "type": "Classification"
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      "type": "Topic"
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    {
      "id": "government",
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      "type": "Topic"
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      "name": "Emerging Markets",
      "type": "Topic"
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    {
      "id": "Asia",
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    {
      "id": "commodities-markets",
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      "id": "Africa",
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      "name": "Africa",
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    },
    {
      "id": "US",
      "derivedScore": 0.7555086732301922,
      "name": "Americas",
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    },
    {
      "id": "brics",
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      "type": "Topic"
    },
    {
      "id": "emerging-markets-economics",
      "derivedScore": 0.9530962620361355,
      "name": "Emerging Markets Economics",
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    }
  ],
  "ledeImage": {
    "url": "https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuauU5b0Xnmo/v0/-1x-1.webp",
    "alt": "Xi Jinping with Sergei Lavrov in Beijing on April 15.",
    "caption": "Xi Jinping with Sergei Lavrov in Beijing on April 15.",
    "credit": "Photographer: Iori Sagisawa/Pool/Getty Images"
  },
  "collections": {
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    "recordId": null,
    "weekend": null,
    "weekendId": null,
    "newsletterEntitlements": null,
    "__typename": "Collections"
  },
  "securityIDs": [],
  "extraction_timestamp": "2026-04-15T07:35:42.642864+00:00",
  "content_length": 4224
}

Cost

• No proxy needed - runs on free Apify datacenter IPs
• Compute: ~2-5 seconds per article

Pair With

• Bloomberg News Feed - collect article URLs from RSS feeds
• Bloomberg News Search - discover articles by category, edition, and keyword
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