Ynet.co.il Scraper

Overview

The Ynet Scraper is an Apify actor that extracts news articles from Ynet.co.il, a leading Israeli news website. It crawls the site's homepage to fetch current articles and structures the data for programmatic use.

Key Features

• Data Extraction: Scrapes multiple fields from news articles:
• URL
• Headline
• Subtitle
• Author name
• Image URL
• Timestamp (in milliseconds)
• Coverage: Captures all articles from the homepage, including top stories, section articles, and opinions—typically several dozen per crawl.
• Maintenance: Regularly updated by the Lexis Solutions team to ensure compatibility.
• Output Formats: Results available in JSON, XML, or CSV via dataset or API.

How to Use

1. Run the Actor:
2. Create a free Apify account
3. Open the Ynet Scraper

4. Click Start (no input required for basic operation)

5. Configuration (optional):

6. Adjust proxy settings if needed: use default proxies, Apify's residential proxy, or a custom proxy URL.

7. Get Results:

8. Wait for the run to complete
9. Download data directly or connect via API to your backend

Input

No mandatory parameters. Optional proxy configuration available.

Output

Each item in the dataset represents one news article with the following structure:

{
  "url": "https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/example-article",
  "headLine": "Example headline of a news article",
  "subTitle": "Subtitle providing additional context",
  "authorName": "John Doe",
  "imageUrl": "https://ynet.co.il/images/example-image.jpg",
  "timeStamp": 1684667520000
}

Use Cases

• Media monitoring and tracking coverage of specific topics
• Content aggregation for apps, newsletters, or digests
• Market intelligence and event detection
• Sentiment analysis and research
• SEO trend identification
• Competitive intelligence

Notes

• Legality: The actor scrapes only publicly available data. Review Ynet's Terms of Service before use.
• Cost: Pricing is displayed on the Apify Store page.
• Alternatives: For other sites, see related actors:
• Instagram Scraper
• Twitter Scraper
• Meta Threads Scraper
• TikTok Trending Videos Scraper