# MarketWatch Scraper (`lexis-solutions/marketwatch-scraper`) Actor

Scrape MarketWatch articles with structured data — title, summary, authors, keywords, publish dates & full article body. Ideal for financial research, news monitoring & market sentiment analysis.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/marketwatch-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Lexis Solutions](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions) (community)
- **Categories:** News, AI, Agents
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 3 monthly users, 94.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $25.00 / 1,000 articles

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

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# README

## MarketWatch Scraper

![banner](https://i.imgur.com/1fCqPs7.png)

MarketWatch (marketwatch.com) is a US financial news and market media website. This actor collects structured article data from MarketWatch search pages and story detail pages.

### Introduction

The MarketWatch scraper starts from search or article URLs, collects article detail links from search results, continues through additional result pages when applicable, and extracts structured article data such as title, summary, authors, publication dates, keywords, article body, and paragraphs.

### Use Cases

- **News monitoring**: Track new MarketWatch coverage for specific keywords, topics, or sectors.
- **Financial research**: Build structured article datasets for market sentiment and editorial trend analysis.
- **Content intelligence**: Monitor article metadata, authors, categories, and update timestamps over time.
- **Analytics pipelines**: Feed downstream warehousing, BI tools, or NLP workflows with normalized article data.

### Input

Provide the following fields:

- `startUrls` (array, required): MarketWatch search URLs or story URLs.
- `maxItems` (integer, optional): Maximum number of article items to extract per original URL.
- `proxyConfiguration` (object, optional): Apify proxy settings.

Notes:

- If a `startUrl` is a search URL, the actor collects article links from the first page and additional result pages until `maxItems` is reached or no more results are found.
- If a `startUrl` is a story URL, the actor extracts that article directly.
- Crawling stops per source URL when `maxItems` is reached.
- It is highly recommended to use a US residential proxy for better stability and access consistency.
- Proxies are recommended for stability on larger runs.

### Input Examples

**1) Start URLs**

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/search?q=gold&ts=0&tab=All%20News"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/think-the-rally-is-safe-this-elite-market-timing-indicator-says-a-correction-is-overdue-8049c27f?mod=search_headline"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item contains fields like:

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/think-the-rally-is-safe-this-elite-market-timing-indicator-says-a-correction-is-overdue-8049c27f?mod=search_headline",
  "title": "Think the rally is safe? This elite market-timing indicator says a correction is overdue.",
  "headline": "Think the rally is safe? This elite market-timing indicator says a correction is overdue.",
  "summary": "The gold-platinum ratio suggests the stock market is living on borrowed time",
  "description": "The gold-platinum ratio suggests the stock market is living on borrowed time.",
  "section": "Investing",
  "authors": ["Mark Hulbert"],
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T12:05:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-18T00:48:00.000Z",
  "imageUrl": "https://images.mktw.net/im-31076220/social",
  "keywords": ["gold", "platinum", "stockmarket", "investing"],
  "articleBody": "The U.S. stock market’s prospects continue to deteriorate... ",
  "paragraphs": [
    "The U.S. stock market’s prospects continue to deteriorate, according to the gold-platinum ratio...",
    "I say “continue” because the ratio of gold..."
  ]
}
```

The scraper paginates through MarketWatch search results and stops when `maxItems` is reached per start URL or when no more article result items are found.

### Why use the MarketWatch Scraper?

- **Focused**: Built specifically for MarketWatch search and article flows.
- **Structured output**: Ready-to-use JSON article records for automation and analysis.
- **Per-URL limits**: `maxItems` is enforced per start URL.
- **Flexible input**: Supports both search URLs and direct story URLs.
- **Apify-native**: Works with Apify datasets, request queue, and proxy config.

### FAQ

- **How many articles can it extract?**\
  Controlled by `maxItems` per source URL.

- **Does it paginate search results?**\
  Yes. It collects the initial search page and continues through additional result pages until the limit is reached or no more results are returned.

- **Can I start from a direct article URL?**\
  Yes. Story URLs are supported and will be scraped directly.

- **Do I need proxies?**\
  Not always, but proxies are recommended for larger runs and better stability.

- **What if MarketWatch changes their website structure?**\
  The actor may require selector or extraction updates to remain stable.

### Need to scrape other news or finance platforms?

Check out our other scrapers:

- [Construction Dive Scraper](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/constructiondive-com-scraper) - Scrape news articles and press releases with structured metadata, authors, and article content.
- [Ynet.co.il Scraper](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/ynet) - Extract headlines, summaries, authors, and metadata from a major news publisher.
- [ElEspanol.com Scraper](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/elespanol) - Scrape article pages, headlines, authors, publish dates, and article body content from a major digital newspaper.

***

**Need help or want a custom solution?**

Lexis Solutions is a certified Apify Partner. We can help with custom data extraction projects.

Contact us over [Email](mailto:scraping@lexis.solutions) or [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lexis-solutions).

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### Image Credit

Image credit: marketwatch.com.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Search or story URLs to start with.

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

Maximum number of article detail items per original URL.

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

Your proxy configuration from Apify.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/search?q=gold&ts=0&tab=All%20News"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/search?q=gold&ts=0&tab=All%20News"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lexis-solutions/marketwatch-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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/search?q=gold&ts=0&tab=All%20News" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lexis-solutions/marketwatch-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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/search?q=gold&ts=0&tab=All%20News"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call lexis-solutions/marketwatch-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lexis-solutions/marketwatch-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/OYVSWWNzW5hb4CKD1/builds/qLZdqki2oTnsub1Kg/openapi.json