# Startpage News Scraper (`searchapi/startpage-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Startpage News for any query. Extracts the full canonical news-vertical schema: title, source, snippet, dates, thumbnail, category, language, region, authors, anonymous-view URL, and more.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/startpage-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 92.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 startpage news scraper results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## Startpage News Scraper

Scrapes Startpage News for any query. Extracts the full canonical news-vertical schema: title, source, snippet, dates, thumbnail, category, language, region, authors, anonymous-view URL, and more.

### What this Actor collects

The Actor converts news and article results into clean JSON records that can be downloaded, queried through the Apify API, or sent to downstream workflows.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 37-field dataset schema.
- Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

### Use cases

- News monitoring
- Publisher and topic research
- Article-feed enrichment

### Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied; source-specific alternatives and constraints are described in the field text.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | :---: | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | Yes | `"artificial intelligence"` | The news search query. |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `50` | Maximum number of news articles to scrape. |
| `language` | string | No | `"english"` | Language for results (e.g. 'english', 'deutsch', 'français'). |
| `region` | string | No | `""` | Region/country code for localized news (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'in'). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | `{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}` | Proxy settings. Residential proxies strongly recommended. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "world news",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "region": "us"
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per news article result. The following are the most useful fields; availability can vary by source response.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `position` | integer | Position |
| `title` | string | Title |
| `source` | string | Source |
| `sourceDomain` | string | Source Domain |
| `snippet` | string | Snippet |
| `date` | string | Date |
| `searchQuery` | string | Search Query |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped At |
| `type` | string | Type |
| `description` | string | Description |
| `url` | string | URL |
| `link` | string | Link |
| `query` | string | Query |
| `resultType` | string | Result Type |
| `page` | integer | Page |
| `titleHtml` | string | Title HTML |

<details>
<summary>All 37 declared dataset fields</summary>

`position`, `title`, `source`, `sourceDomain`, `snippet`, `date`, `searchQuery`, `scrapedAt`, `type`, `resultType`
`page`, `titleHtml`, `url`, `link`, `domain`, `host`, `favicon`, `sourceUrl`, `sourceLogo`, `snippetHtml`
`description`, `publishedAt`, `publishedAtRaw`, `relativeTime`, `thumbnail`, `imageUrl`, `images`, `category`, `tags`, `language`
`region`, `authors`, `anonymousViewUrl`, `searchUrl`, `searchMetadata`, `query`, `country`

</details>

#### Example dataset item

This compact example is taken from local Actor storage. Long text and nested collections are shortened for documentation only.

```json
{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "World | Latest News & Updates - BBC",
  "source": "BBC",
  "sourceDomain": "bbc.com",
  "searchQuery": "world news",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T12:27:46.447Z",
  "description": "2 hours ago ... World &middot; US signs landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia &middot; Houthis claim attack on oil tankers as US launches more strikes on Iran &middot; Canada's …",
  "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world",
  "language": "en",
  "region": "us"
}
```

### Related Actors

- [Startpage Anonymous View Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/startpage-anonymous-view-scraper)
- [Startpage Image Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/startpage-image-scraper)
- [Startpage Related Searches Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/startpage-related-searches-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The news search query.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of news articles to scrape.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language for results (e.g. 'english', 'deutsch', 'français').

## `region` (type: `string`):

Region/country code for localized news (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'in').

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

Proxy settings. Residential proxies strongly recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "english",
  "region": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Canonical v2 schema for Startpage News results.

## `debugHtml` (type: `string`):

HTML snapshot retained when Startpage News extraction needs diagnostic context.

# 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 = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "language": "english",
    "region": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/startpage-news-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 = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "language": "english",
    "region": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/startpage-news-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 '{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "english",
  "region": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/startpage-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=searchapi/startpage-news-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dHgi5k2pqFYbNlnoV/builds/EKtDoVxMYLpFzwjNX/openapi.json