# Find OnionTree News Sites in TorTaxi

**Use case:** 

Find onion news directory entries across OnionTree, dark.fail, and tor.taxi. Researchers and news monitors can review each entry’s name, onion URL, description, categories, and source provenance. Change the categories input to explore other neutral OnionTree categories.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "directories",
  "source": "all",
  "categories": [
    "news"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 3,
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "verifyLiveness": false,
  "livenessTimeoutSecs": 8,
  "includeUnreachable": true,
  "extractEmails": false,
  "extractPhones": false,
  "extractSocialHandles": false,
  "extractPgpContacts": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "onionUrl": {
    "label": "Onion URL",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "categories": {
    "label": "Categories",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Measured status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Tor Hidden Service Crawler & Contact Extractor Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find OnionTree News Sites in TorTaxi". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/SQgHJjrhoxipNPD88) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find OnionTree News Sites in TorTaxi" task

The Tor Hidden Service Crawler & Contact Extractor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like mode, directory source, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find OnionTree News Sites in TorTaxi" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as name, onion url, categories, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Find OnionTree News Sites in TorTaxi" task via API](https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/tor-hidden-service-crawler-and-contact-extractor.md).

## FAQ

### What does a Tor hidden service news sites directory include?

The onion news directory task returns public directory entries with each site's name, onion URL, categories, source, status, and description. Status is measured only when liveness checks are enabled.

### How many onion news sites can one run return?

The onion news directory task is capped at 20 results for this run. The task's maximum is 5,000 records, and the run's result cap is controlled by its input.

### Can I check whether onion news sites are online?

The onion news directory task has liveness checks turned off in this run, so it does not measure site status. Enable liveness checks in the task input to fetch each unique onion domain once through Tor.

### How do I find other OnionTree categories?

For the onion news directory task, change the selected categories to other neutral OnionTree categories. The category filter applies to OnionTree entries; dark.fail and tor.taxi do not provide category tags.

### How much does it cost to collect 20 onion news directory results?

For the onion news directory task, up to 20 results cost at most $0.02 in result charges on the Free plan. Actor start charges and Apify compute usage also apply.

### Can I run the onion news directory task on a schedule or through an API?

You can run the onion news directory task on an Apify Schedule, through the Apify API, or with integrations such as Zapier, Make, and n8n.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Tor Hidden Service Crawler & Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/tor-hidden-service-crawler-and-contact-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/tor-hidden-service-crawler-and-contact-extractor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/tor-hidden-service-crawler-and-contact-extractor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).