# BILD Scraper (`zucchini_gopher_m2v/bild-scraper`) Actor

Extract article metadata and headlines from bild.de, Germany's largest tabloid -- no account or API key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zucchini\_gopher\_m2v/bild-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Faisal Ahdan naufal](https://apify.com/zucchini_gopher_m2v) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## BILD Scraper

Extract full article details or the newest headlines from BILD, Germany's largest tabloid — no account or subscription needed.

### Why use this actor

- No account or login required
- Rich article detail: headline, description, byline with author job title, publish/update dates, topic keywords, and lead image
- Full article text where publicly available, plus a clear flag on articles behind BILD's paid tier
- Also fetches the newest headlines across all sections without visiting each article individually
- Stable JSON output suitable for pipelines, spreadsheets, or databases
- Automatic retries on temporary network hiccups

**Note on paid articles:** A subset of BILD articles ("BILDplus") are limited to subscribers. This actor returns everything that's publicly visible — headline, description, author, dates, keywords, and the free preview text — and flags such records with `_paywalled: true`.

### How it works

1. Give the actor one or more article URLs, or switch to `"latest"` mode.
2. In article mode, the actor opens each URL and pulls out every publicly available detail about the story.
3. In latest mode, the actor reads the site-wide newest-articles feed and returns the freshest stories across all sections.
4. Results stream into your dataset, ready to download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You don't need to manage retries, rate limits, or figure out the site's internal data format — the actor handles all of that.

### Input

**Article mode** (default):

```json
{
  "mode": "article",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv-fernsehformate/steffen-henssler-diese-wette-kostet-ihn-den-bart-6a8ab2e40e5ea956d6e4f35d"
  ],
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

**Latest headlines mode:**

```json
{
  "mode": "latest",
  "limit": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string | `"article"` (default) — extract one or more article URLs. `"latest"` — fetch the newest headlines site-wide. |
| `url` | string | A single article URL. Used in article mode. |
| `urls` | array | Multiple article URLs to extract in one run. Used in article mode. |
| `limit` | integer | Max headlines returned in latest mode. Default 10, max 50. |
| `maxConcurrency` | integer | How many articles to fetch in parallel in article mode. Default 4. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify Proxy settings. Residential is on by default. |

### Output

**Article mode** — one record per URL (free article, truncated here for readability — the real record includes the full author image/link and complete article text):

```json
{
  "_input": "https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv-fernsehformate/steffen-henssler-diese-wette-kostet-ihn-den-bart-6a8ab2e40e5ea956d6e4f35d",
  "_source": "S1-jsonld",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-08-24T00:27:37Z",
  "_paywalled": false,
  "headline": "Steffen Henssler: Diese Wette kostet ihn den Bart | Unterhaltung",
  "description": "Steffen Henssler verliert bei „Grill den Henssler“ eine Bart-Wette. Erfahren Sie, warum der Koch im nächsten Sommer-Special nur mit Schnurrbart auftritt.",
  "url": "https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv-fernsehformate/steffen-henssler-diese-wette-kostet-ihn-den-bart-6a8ab2e40e5ea956d6e4f35d",
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T23:52:24.825Z",
  "dateModified": "2026-08-23T23:52:24.825Z",
  "author": [
    { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nora Henze", "jobTitle": "Freie Redakteurin", "sameAs": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/norahenze/"] }
  ],
  "keywords": "Henssler Steffen, Grill den Henssler, VOX, TV-Koch, Kochsendung, Team First",
  "isAccessibleForFree": true,
  "publisher": { "@type": "NewsMediaOrganization", "name": "BILD", "url": "https://www.bild.de/" },
  "articleBody": "Magdeburg (Sachsen-Anhalt) – Zum Auftakt der neuen „Grill den Henssler“-Sommer-Specials traten am Sonntag Dr. Carola „Doc Caro“ Holzner (44), Comedian Tony Bauer (30) und Tokio-Hotel-Drummer Gustav Sch...  /* full text, 3017 chars total */"
}
```

A paywalled ("BILDplus") article returns the same shape with `_paywalled: true` and a short `articleBody` (a few hundred characters instead of the full text):

```json
{
  "_input": "https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/sc-freiburg-schuster-spricht-ueber-atubolu-und-eintracht-6a8b4132c3692834ff6da623",
  "_source": "S1-jsonld",
  "_paywalled": true,
  "headline": "SC Freiburg: Schuster spricht über Atubolu und Eintracht | Sport",
  "isAccessibleForFree": false,
  "articleBody": "Nach dem 5:1-Pokalerfolg... /* teaser only, ~650 chars */"
}
```

**Latest headlines mode** — one record per headline:

```json
{
  "_input": "latest:bild.de",
  "_source": "S2-sitemap",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-08-24T00:26:51Z",
  "title": "Waldbrand in den USA: 90.000 Menschen in Nevada evakuiert",
  "link": "https://www.bild.de/news/ausland/waldbrand-in-den-usa-90-000-menschen-in-nevada-evakuiert-6a8b8875c3692834ff6da7b2",
  "publicationDate": "2026-08-24T02:21:51+02:00",
  "keywords": "Feuerwehr, Waldbrand, Brand, Polizei, Nevada, USA, Team First"
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `_input` | string | The URL you requested, or `"latest:bild.de"` in latest mode. |
| `_source` | string | Which strategy produced this record. |
| `_scrapedAt` | string | UTC timestamp of when the record was captured. |
| `_paywalled` | boolean | `true` if the article is behind BILD's paid tier (article mode only). |
| `headline` / `title` | string | Article headline. |
| `description` | string | Article summary/dek (article mode). |
| `author` | array | Byline(s), with job title and profile link where available. |
| `datePublished` / `dateModified` / `publicationDate` | string | Publication timestamps. |
| `keywords` | string | Comma-separated topic tags. |
| `articleBody` | string | Full article text, or a short teaser for paywalled articles. |
| `link` / `url` | string | The article URL. |

A record with `_error` instead of article fields means that URL could not be processed (for example, `"_error": "not_found"` for a removed article).

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

"article" extracts one or more article URLs. "latest" fetches the newest headlines from the site-wide news sitemap.

## `url` (type: `string`):

A single BILD article URL to extract. Used when mode is "article".

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Multiple BILD article URLs to extract in one run. Used when mode is "article".

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of headlines to return in "latest" mode.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many article pages to fetch in parallel in "article" mode.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy configuration. Residential is on by default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "article",
  "url": "https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv-fernsehformate/steffen-henssler-diese-wette-kostet-ihn-den-bart-6a8ab2e40e5ea956d6e4f35d",
  "limit": 10,
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped article / latest-headline records produced by this run.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "article",
    "url": "https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv-fernsehformate/steffen-henssler-diese-wette-kostet-ihn-den-bart-6a8ab2e40e5ea956d6e4f35d",
    "limit": 10,
    "maxConcurrency": 4,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zucchini_gopher_m2v/bild-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "article",
    "url": "https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv-fernsehformate/steffen-henssler-diese-wette-kostet-ihn-den-bart-6a8ab2e40e5ea956d6e4f35d",
    "limit": 10,
    "maxConcurrency": 4,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zucchini_gopher_m2v/bild-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "article",
  "url": "https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv-fernsehformate/steffen-henssler-diese-wette-kostet-ihn-den-bart-6a8ab2e40e5ea956d6e4f35d",
  "limit": 10,
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call zucchini_gopher_m2v/bild-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zucchini_gopher_m2v/bild-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/YcHKEKOeFf5hPVFK5/builds/SiV12bS3rg3E9r5QM/openapi.json