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BBC News scraper API: search results and articles as JSON

Send any BBC News page URL with recipe=bbc and get title, url, image and 4 more fields as JSON. No selectors to write, no proxies to pick.

  • 2 page types
  • 7 fields
  • 5 credits a page · $0.50 per 1,000
  • Working · 100% in 7 days
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recipe=bbc/listing
curl -G 'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape' \
  -H "ApiKey: $UJEEBU_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology' \
  --data-urlencode 'recipe=bbc/listing'
200 OK · JSON
{
    "result": {
        "title": "Celebrity Traitors' Joe Lycett's tribute to v...",
        "summary": "Anne Hughes found fame after being hoisted in...",
        "published": "3 hrs ago"
    },
    "success": true
}

What you get from BBC News

The fields of each page type and a real sample from our last validation, shortened.

Search and listing pages recipe=bbc/listing 5 credits a page

FieldTypeExample
articleslist of 3+ items
articles[].urlURLhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckreyqvqe3gyo
articles[].titletextCouncillor sanctioned over offensive Facebook posts
articles[].imageimage URLhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/749e/live/4b2e5830-c6fd...
articles[].summarytextSub-committee members recommend that Carl Miller be removed from al...
articles[].publishedtext36 mins ago

Sample answer, validated 2026-10-28

{
    "articles": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6x2qggrdxqeo",
            "title": "Celebrity Traitors' Joe Lycett's tribute to viral TikTok nan",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/ff04/live/cfcbb040-d208-11f1-b3b6-c1e79e957e40.png.webp",
            "summary": "Anne Hughes found fame after being hoisted into the air after getting caught in shop shutters.",
            "published": "3 hrs ago"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmy56qy0ddexo",
            "title": "Jo Malone donates £100k for cancer-detecting 'nose'",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/ad75/live/3c5e1260-d20a-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg.webp",
            "summary": "Scientists say the device could help the NHS identify cancer in patients earlier.",
            "published": "3 hrs ago"
        }
    ]
}

One call

Send the page URL and the recipe name to the Scrape API. The recipe brings the extract rules and the settings that work on BBC News (JavaScript rendering).

curl -G 'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape' \
  -H "ApiKey: $UJEEBU_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology' \
  --data-urlencode 'recipe=bbc/listing'

The answer is {"result": {...}} with the headers Ujb-Recipe and Ujb-Credits. Other page types: recipe=bbc/detail, or recipe=bbc and the API picks the page type from the URL. Your own parameters always win over the recipe.

What people build with BBC News data

  • Media monitoring

    Track the articles published on the topics and companies you follow.

    Learn more

  • Content for AI and RAG

    Collect headlines, dates and summaries as structured input for search and LLM pipelines.

    Learn more

  • Publishing timeline

    Measure when and how often a site publishes, by section.

Price

Same price as the page call, no fee for the recipe. Only successful responses are billed; blocked, timed-out and failed requests are free.

Page typeCredits a pagePer 1,000, StarterPer 1,000, Pro
Search results, Article5$0.82$0.50

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FAQ

What does the BBC News recipe return?

JSON with 7 fields from search results (recipe=bbc/listing) and article (recipe=bbc/detail), for example title, url, image, summary, published. The answer is {"result": {...}} with the fields shown on this page.

How much does it cost to scrape BBC News?

5 credits a page ($0.50 per 1,000 on Pro, $0.82 on Starter). Same price as the page call, no fee for the recipe. Only successful responses are billed; blocked, timed-out and failed requests are free.

Do I need proxies or a headless browser?

No. The recipe brings the settings that work on BBC News: JavaScript rendering. Send only the URL and recipe=bbc/listing.

What happens when BBC News changes its pages?

We check BBC News every day and re-validate the recipe on real pages every week, then fix it when the site changes. Until a fix is live, the API answers 404 "the recipe has no working version" instead of empty data, and that call is free.

Can I change the fields?

Yes. Send your own extract_rules or any setting (js, proxy_type, wait_for) and it wins over the recipe. The developer guide shows the recipe rules to start from.

Developer guide: settings, pagination, troubleshootingHow to scrape BBC News: live status, URL patterns, the recipe rules and runnable code.

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