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How to scrape Forbes

Forbes is a news and finance site where you can access public articles and content. Developers typically collect news articles, financial data, and structured information from detail pages and collection pages.

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Working 5 credits a page, about $0.50 per 1,000 on Pro

29 of 33 of our checks passed in the last 7 days (87.9%).

Last check 2026-11-04 01:05 UTC · last pass 2026-11-03 19:34 UTC · checked with our own requests, never customer data.

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Recipe one call

Use the Forbes recipe: send the URL, get JSON

5 credits (JS) a page
curl -G 'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape' \
  -H "ApiKey: $UJEEBU_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.forbes.com/money/' \
  --data-urlencode 'recipe=forbes'

The answer is {"result": {...}} with the fields of the recipe. Billed like any /scrape call: successful responses cost credits; blocked, timed-out and failed requests are free.

Run the code on this page with your own key: 5,000 free credits for 7 days, no card. Get a free API key →

Recipe

Call the recipe by name with the recipe parameter: the Scrape API applies its extract rules and the settings that work on Forbes. Each recipe was run on two real Forbes pages and keeps only the fields that came back on both; it is checked again every week, and hidden if it stops working.

Search and listing pages

Validated 2026-10-28

One call: recipe=forbes 5 credits (JS) a page

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

The answer is {"result": {...}} with the fields below; the Ujb-Recipe header names the version (for example forbes/listing@v1) and Ujb-Credits the cost.

What this recipe extracts

FieldTypeExample
articleslist of 3+ items
articles[].urlURLhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2026/10/20/profit-slid...
articles[].titletextProfit Slides At Chinese Billionaire’s Fuyao Glass On Currency Loss
articles[].imageimage URLhttps://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6ad80257ec3fb...
articles[].summarytextFounder's son Tso Fai attended a dinner with U.S. President Trump i...

Examples from www.forbes.com/money/ on 2026-10-28, shortened.

Sample output (real, trimmed)

{
    "articles": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2026/10/28/private-equitys-significant-debt-problem-has-been-building-for-years/",
            "title": "Private Equity’s Significant Debt Problem Has Been Building For Years",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6ae226bfb770acb576a6ea63/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=440",
            "summary": "From the first interest-rate warnings in 2022 to today’s $300 billion maturity wall, regulators, researchers, analysts and journalists have repeatedly flagge..."
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewgraham/2026/10/28/why-falling-treasury-yields-could-send-ai-and-technology-stocks-higher/",
            "title": "Why Falling Treasury Yields Could Send AI And Technology Stocks Higher",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6ae221bb88353f9da5640894/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=440",
            "summary": "Falling Treasury yields, strong earnings and easing AI financing pressures could help fuel a rebound in technology stocks despite recent market volatility."
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/moniqueositelu/2026/10/28/what-the-creator-economy-needs-to-sustain-its-rapid-growth/",
            "title": "What The Creator Economy Needs To Sustain Its Rapid Growth",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6adf1dfb784ede12ae8607f7/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=440",
            "summary": "The creator economy is booming, but payment delays and financial infrastructure gaps are creating new challenges for creators and businesses."
        }
    ]
}
extract_rules (1 rule): the rules behind the recipe

The API applies these rules and the settings js=true for you when you send recipe=forbes. To change what comes back, send your own extract_rules (they replace the recipe's) or any setting (yours always win). Sites without a recipe work the same way with extract rules.

{
    "articles": {
        "selector": "div[data-testid=\"Card Stream\"]",
        "type": "obj",
        "multiple": true,
        "children": {
            "url": {
                "selector": "a[data-testid=\"imageLink\"]",
                "type": "link"
            },
            "title": {
                "selector": "h3",
                "type": "text"
            },
            "image": {
                "selector": "img.tBA7tnId",
                "type": "image"
            },
            "summary": {
                "selector": "p._5v7prWgS span.Ccg9Ib-7",
                "type": "text"
            }
        }
    }
}

Code

Complete scripts: set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable and run them as they are. Each one calls the recipe by name (the Go SDK has no recipe field, so the Go script sends the recipe's rules and settings itself), prints the extracted JSON, and prints the credits the request cost (the Ujb-Credits response header) on stderr. A non-200 answer stops the script with the API's error message.

Search and listing pages

Runs the recipe on the two pages it was validated on, one after the other.

forbes_listing_sdk.py pip install ujeebu-python==0.1.5
# Scrape Forbes search and listing pages with the Ujeebu Scrape API.
# Calls the recipe forbes: the API applies its extract rules and validated settings (validated 2026-10-28). Send extract_rules or any setting to override them.
# Uses the official SDK ujeebu-python 0.1.5: pip install ujeebu-python==0.1.5
# Run: UJEEBU_API_KEY=your_key python3 forbes_listing_sdk.py

import json
import os
import sys
import time

import requests
from ujeebu_python import UjeebuClient

API_KEY = os.environ.get("UJEEBU_API_KEY")
URLS = [
    "https://www.forbes.com/money/",
    "https://www.forbes.com/business/",
]
RECIPE = "forbes"  # rules and settings come from the recipe; add your own to override them


def scrape(client, url):
    # a GET with recipe=: the API applies the recipe and answers {"result": {...}}
    try:
        response = client.scrape(url, params={"recipe": RECIPE})
    except requests.RequestException as error:
        sys.exit(f"Request failed for {url}: {error}")
    if response.status_code != 200:
        try:
            message = response.json().get("message", response.text)
        except ValueError:
            message = response.text
        sys.exit(f"HTTP {response.status_code} for {url}: {str(message)[:300]}")
    print(f"Ujb-Credits: {response.headers.get('Ujb-Credits')}, Ujb-Recipe: {response.headers.get('Ujb-Recipe')}", file=sys.stderr)
    return response.json()["result"]


if not API_KEY:
    sys.exit("Set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable.")

client = UjeebuClient(api_key=API_KEY)

for i, url in enumerate(URLS):
    if i:
        time.sleep(2)  # be polite: one page at a time
    print(json.dumps(scrape(client, url), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))

SDK tabs use the official Ujeebu SDKs (ujeebu-python 0.1.5, @ujeebu-org/ujeebu-sdk 0.1.2, github.com/ujeebu/ujeebu-go v0.1.8); there is no PHP SDK, so the PHP tab calls the API with curl. For agents and scripts, the same status and settings are at /scrape/forbes.json.

Try it yourself

Run this on Forbes with your own key

Get a free API key, set UJEEBU_API_KEY and run any script above as it is. 5,000 free credits for 7 days, no card.

URL patterns and pagination

What the URLs look like, read from the pages our checks fetched.

Search and listing pages

Search or listing URL
https://www.forbes.com/{query}/
Next pages
We did not see a next-page link on the pages we fetched. Results may load as you scroll: try scroll_down.
Validated on
https://www.forbes.com/money/https://www.forbes.com/business/

Settings that work today

From our health checks over the last 7 days: the cheapest settings that return the real page most of the time.

Endpoint/scrape
jstrue
Costup to 5 credits a request

Each public page is one request: change the path in the URL to fetch another one. Collect detail page URLs from listing pages first, then fetch each detail page. Our checks run with JavaScript rendering on (js=true): keep it on. Start with the default (rotating) proxy, the cheapest one that passed most of its attempts in our checks.

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Proxies we tried on Forbes (1), attempts and passes over 7 days
ProxyAttemptsPassed
Default (rotating)3326

Highlighted: the cheapest proxy that passes most of our checks of this site.

Troubleshooting

The failures our own checks of forbes.com ran into over the last 7 days, and what got the page in the same check.

What happenedTimesWhat fixed it
The site blocked the request (HTTP 403 or a block page) 7 None of the settings we tried got past it in 7 days.

What people build with Forbes data

  • Media monitoringTrack the articles published on the topics and companies you follow.More on this use case
  • Content for AI and RAGCollect headlines, dates and summaries as structured input for search and LLM pipelines.More on this use case

Limits and etiquette

  • Public pages only. Pages behind a login, and data shown only to signed-in users, are out of scope.
  • Keep the rate modest: fetch pages one after another or with low concurrency, and cache what you already have.
  • robots.txt of www.forbes.com (read 2026-11-04): public pages allowed for generic crawlers; no crawl delay set.
  • Read Forbes's terms of service before you collect data at scale, and do not collect personal data you have no basis to process. This guide is not legal advice.

Questions

Can you scrape Forbes with Ujeebu?

Yes. 29 of 33 checks of public Forbes pages passed in the last 7 days with the settings on this page.

Which settings work for Forbes?

Call /scrape with js=true. On the default (rotating) proxy, 26 of 33 attempts passed in the last 7 days.

How many credits does a Forbes request cost?

With these settings a request costs up to 5 credits. Only responses with HTTP 200 or 404 are billed: a blocked or timed-out request is free.

Which fields can I extract from Forbes?

With the extraction recipes on this page, validated on real Forbes pages through our API: search and listing pages: url, title, image, summary. Pass the recipe as extract_rules in a POST to /scrape and the API returns those fields as JSON.

Is it allowed to scrape Forbes?

Its robots.txt allows generic crawlers on the page types in this guide. Collect public pages only, read Forbes's terms of service, keep your request rate modest and do not collect personal data you have no basis to process. This is not legal advice.

How fresh is this page?

The status and settings come from our own health checks of forbes.com, which run around the clock. Last check: 2026-11-04 01:05:09 UTC; last pass: 2026-11-03 19:34:22 UTC.