# Finviz scraper - financial news and data (`vmscrapers/finviz-scraper`) Actor Finviz scraper will enable you to scrape both news and ticker data from finviz.com efficiently. - **URL**: https://apify.com/vmscrapers/finviz-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [VM Scrapers](https://apify.com/vmscrapers) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, News - **Stats:** 48 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $15.00/month + usage To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period. You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#rental-actors ## 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 ### What does Finviz scraper - financial news and data do? Finviz scraper - financial news and data will enable you to scrape both news and ticker data from [Finviz website](https://finviz.com/) efficiently. Finviz scraper - financial news and data can scrape: - News articles - Ticker data ### Why scrape Finviz? Finviz is a popular financial website with a wide range of users and is a great source of data for investors, traders, and anyone interested in the financial markets. Here are just some of the ways you could use the data scraped from Finviz: - Track market trends - Analyze stock performance - Monitor news affecting financial markets - Research investment opportunities If you would like more inspiration on how scraping Finviz could help your financial analysis or market research, check out our [financial industry pages](https://apify.com/industries). ### How to scrape Finviz It's easy to scrape [Finviz](https://finviz.com/) with Finviz scraper - financial news and data. Just follow these few steps and you'll get your data in a few minutes. 1. Click on Try for free. 2. Enter either ticker URLs or news URLs. 3. Click on Run. 4. When Finviz scraper has finished, preview or download your data from the Dataset tab. The scraper supports two types of URLs: - Ticker URLs, for example: `https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AAPL` - News pages: for example: https://finviz.com/news.ashx, https://finviz.com/news.ashx?v=3 ### How much will it cost to scrape Finviz? Apify gives you $5 free usage credits every month on the [Apify Free plan](https://apify.com/pricing). You can get a certain number of results per month from Finviz scraper for that, so those results will be completely free! ### Output dates All the output dates are in the ISO 8601 format in the UTC timezone. Data on the website are in NYC timezone. News articles dates can be defined relatively to the current date, for example: '2 hours', therefore the date in the output dataset can be inaccurate. ### Is it legal to scrape Finviz? Note that personal data is protected by various regulations around the world, including GDPR in the European Union. Always ensure that you have a legitimate reason to scrape data and comply with relevant laws and regulations. If in doubt, consult legal advice before scraping data from any website. Check out our blog post on [is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/) for more information. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Ticker/News URLs to scrape ## `debugOptions` (type: `object`): No description ## `proxy` (type: `object`): No description ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AAPL" } ], "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AAPL" } ], "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("vmscrapers/finviz-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AAPL" }], "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("vmscrapers/finviz-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://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AAPL" } ], "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call vmscrapers/finviz-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vmscrapers/finviz-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 ` 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/Z0eNyKKcIaVnXMeaO/builds/98s6KFmt5eXxTmYVn/openapi.json