LINE TODAY Taiwan News Scraper

This Actor extracts structured news data from LINE TODAY Taiwan, a major news platform. It provides clean JSON output containing full article text, metadata, and images across multiple categories.

Key Features

• Multiple Categories: Scrape from 13 categories including Focus, Domestic, Global, Finance, Entertainment, Sports, Health, Life, Movie, Food, Video, Anime, and Breaking news.
• Complete Content: Retrieves the full article body text (bodyText) and a short summary (shortDescription).
• Image Assets: Provides thumbnail URLs in multiple resolutions (580px, 644px, 1200px).
• Structured Output: Returns consistent, deduplicated JSON data ready for integration.
• Performance: Optimized to collect all articles per category quickly (typically 10-60 seconds) with built-in retry logic.

How to Use

On the Apify Platform

1. Create a free account at apify.com.
2. Navigate to the "LINE TODAY Taiwan News Scraper" Actor.
3. Configure your input (select categories).
4. Click "Start" to run the scraper and retrieve your data.

Input Configuration

The main input is the categories array. Select one or more from the list below.

Example Input:

{
  "categories": ["domestic", "finance", "sports"]
}

Output Format

The Actor outputs an array of article objects. Each article includes the following fields:

Example Output Item:

{
  "id": "268713515",
  "title": "台灣經濟成長超乎預期",
  "url": "https://today.line.me/tw/v3/article/...",
  "publisher": "經濟日報",
  "publishTimeUnix": 1728288000000,
  "category": "finance",
  "contentType": "GENERAL",
  "thumbnail": "https://today-obs.line-scdn.net/.../w1200",
  "thumbnail_w580": "https://today-obs.line-scdn.net/.../w580",
  "thumbnail_w644": "https://today-obs.line-scdn.net/.../w644",
  "thumbnail_w1200": "https://today-obs.line-scdn.net/.../w1200",
  "shortDescription": "最新經濟數據顯示...",
  "bodyText": "根據最新公布的經濟數據...",
  "collectedAt": "2025-10-07T03:49:07.123Z"
}

Best Practices

• Start by running 1-2 categories to evaluate the data structure and volume.
• Select only the categories relevant to your project to improve efficiency.
• For ongoing monitoring, use Apify's scheduling features to run the Actor at regular intervals.