# Baidu News Scraper (`searchapi/baidu-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape news search results from Baidu (China's #1 search engine). Extracts article titles, snippets, sources, authors, publication dates, and thumbnails. Supports pagination, source filters, and Chinese date parsing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/baidu-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 search 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?

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

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# README

## Baidu News Scraper

Scrape news search results from Baidu (China's #1 search engine). Extracts article titles, snippets, sources, authors, publication dates, and thumbnails. Supports pagination, source filters, and Chinese date parsing.

### What this Actor collects

Each dataset item represents one Baidu News result, with its article URL, publisher, publication time, snippet, thumbnail, and search context when exposed.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 50-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 | — | News search query (Chinese queries recommended) |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `50` | Maximum number of articles to scrape |
| `maxPages` | integer | No | `5` | Maximum number of pagination pages to follow |
| `resultsPerPage` | integer | No | `20` | Number of results requested from Baidu on each page. |
| `resolveRedirects` | boolean | No | `true` | Follow Baidu /link?url=... redirects to get the real article URL |
| `market` | string | No | `"zh-CN"` | Locale tag for the search (e.g. zh-CN) |
| `maxRequestRetries` | integer | No | `3` | Retry temporary browser, network, proxy, and rate-limit failures. |
| `navigationTimeoutSecs` | integer | No | `60` | Maximum time allowed for each page navigation. |
| `requestHandlerTimeoutSecs` | integer | No | `120` | Maximum time allowed for extraction and redirect resolution. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | — | Proxy configuration for the scraper |
| `debug` | boolean | No | `false` | Enable additional sanitized diagnostics without logging response bodies or credentials. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "人工智能",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "countryCode": "CN"
  },
  "resultsPerPage": 20,
  "resolveRedirects": true,
  "market": "zh-CN",
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "navigationTimeoutSecs": 60,
  "requestHandlerTimeoutSecs": 120
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per news article result. The following are the most useful fields; availability varies with the result card.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `position` | integer | Position |
| `title` | string | Title |
| `source` | string | Source |
| `publishedAt` | string | Published At |
| `snippet` | string | Snippet |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped At |
| `type` | string | Type |
| `description` | string | Description |
| `url` | string | URL |
| `link` | string | Link |
| `query` | string | Query |
| `searchQuery` | string | Search Query |
| `sourceUrl` | string | Source URL |
| `sourceDomain` | string | Source Domain |
| `sourceLogoUrl` | string | Source Logo URL |
| `resultType` | string | Result Type |

<details>
<summary>All 50 declared dataset fields</summary>

`position`, `title`, `source`, `sourceUrl`, `sourceDomain`, `sourceLogoUrl`, `publishedAt`, `snippet`, `scrapedAt`, `type`
`resultType`, `page`, `titleHtml`, `emphasis`, `snippetHtml`, `description`, `link`, `url`, `displayUrl`, `domain`
`favicon`, `thumbnail`, `thumbnailUrl`, `imageUrl`, `images`, `thumbnailWidth`, `thumbnailHeight`, `imageAlt`, `author`, `authorUrl`
`date`, `publishedAtRaw`, `relativeTime`, `category`, `tags`, `isAd`, `isSponsored`, `isBreaking`, `isVideo`, `commentCount`
`shareCount`, `engineId`, `engineData`, `searchQuery`, `query`, `searchUrl`, `market`, `country`, `language`, `searchMetadata`

</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": "12分钟下线一台工业机器人 成都打造人工智能产业高地",
  "source": "证券时报网",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-26T04:58:44.350Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-26T06:58:44.350Z",
  "type": "news",
  "url": "https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/4041633.html",
  "link": "https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/4041633.html",
  "query": "人工智能",
  "searchQuery": "人工智能",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/4041633.html",
  "sourceDomain": "stcn.com"
}
```

### Related Actors

- [Baidu Baike Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/baidu-baike-scraper)
- [Baidu Images Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/baidu-images-scraper)
- [Baidu Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/baidu-maps-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

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

News search query (Chinese queries recommended)

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

Maximum number of articles to scrape

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pagination pages to follow

## `resultsPerPage` (type: `integer`):

Number of results requested from Baidu on each page.

## `resolveRedirects` (type: `boolean`):

Follow Baidu /link?url=... redirects to get the real article URL

## `market` (type: `string`):

Locale tag for the search (e.g. zh-CN)

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retry temporary browser, network, proxy, and rate-limit failures.

## `navigationTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum time allowed for each page navigation.

## `requestHandlerTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum time allowed for extraction and redirect resolution.

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

Proxy configuration for the scraper

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

Enable additional sanitized diagnostics without logging response bodies or credentials.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "人工智能",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "resultsPerPage": 20,
  "resolveRedirects": true,
  "market": "zh-CN",
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "navigationTimeoutSecs": 60,
  "requestHandlerTimeoutSecs": 120,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "debug": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Canonical dataset schema for baidu-news-scraper

# 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": "人工智能",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "maxPages": 5,
    "resolveRedirects": true,
    "market": "zh-CN",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/baidu-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": "人工智能",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "maxPages": 5,
    "resolveRedirects": True,
    "market": "zh-CN",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/baidu-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": "人工智能",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "resolveRedirects": true,
  "market": "zh-CN",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/baidu-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mEzx80rKuppyoDadz/builds/NLfelT8HzmpX2j7AN/openapi.json