The Straits Times Article Scraper

Extract full article text, author, publication date, section, and description from any straitstimes.com article URL. The Straits Times is Singapore's newspaper of record with in-depth coverage of Southeast Asian politics, finance, and society.

Why Use This Actor?

• Southeast Asia research - authoritative English-language source for Singapore and regional news.
• Policy and governance analysis - detailed reporting on Singapore government policy, law, and finance.
• Media monitoring - track how regional events are covered by Singapore's leading publication.
• No subscription required - full article text accessible via HTTP.

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

{
  "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/police-tighten-rules-for-massage-establishments-amid-increase-in-vice-activities",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/article-one",
    "https://www.straitstimes.com/business/article-two"
  ],
  "mode": "article",
  "limit": 10
}

Output

{
  "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/vep-applications-renewal-for-foreign-registered-vehicles-with-unpaid-fines-will-be-denied-lta-mha",
  "source": "The Straits Times",
  "title": "VEP applications, renewal for foreign-registered vehicles with unpaid fines will be denied: LTA, MHA",
  "description": "Drivers of vehicles with unpaid fines must settle them before applying for or renewing the permit. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
  "content": "All foreign-registered vehicles must have a valid VEP for entry into Singapore. SINGAPORE - Drivers of foreign-registered vehicles with outstanding fines will not be able to apply for or renew their Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) to enter Singapore fromNov 2. Those driving vehicles with unpaid fines for traffic, parking or vehicular emissions offences committed in Singapore must settle their fines before applying for or renewing a VEP, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Ministry of Home...",
  "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/c3e1cebac85ea20f7419697cc8e499f4cbbdaff509166ef9baeb72391084ce4f",
  "language": "en_SG",
  "word_count": 288,
  "published_date": "2026-05-15T21:07:00+08:00",
  "modified_date": "2026-05-15T23:05:11+08:00",
  "authors": [
    "Sherlyn Sim"
  ],
  "categories": "",
  "tags": ""
}

Fetch Latest News

Set mode to "latest" to fetch the newest article URLs and titles from The Straits Times instead of extracting a single article.

Input:

{
  "mode": "latest",
  "limit": 10
}

Output - array of objects:

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sq-flight-to-frankfurt-delayed-after-catering-truck-made-contact-with-planes-engine",
    "title": "SQ flight to Frankfurt delayed after catering truck 'made contact with' plane's engine",
    "published_date": "Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:48:12 +0800",
    "source": "The Straits Times"
  }
]

Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/rss.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 * * *

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