# Google News Scraper (Real Article URLs) (`ahmad_mahameed/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google News by keyword in any country and language. Get title, source, publish date and the real article URL (not the Google redirect). Date ranges past the 100-result limit. Fast, no proxy, $2 per 1,000 articles.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/google-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ahmad Mahameed](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed) (community)
- **Categories:** News, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 articles

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### What does Google News Scraper do?

It searches [Google News](https://news.google.com/) for your keywords and returns every article with its **title, source, publish date and the real article URL**: the publisher's own link, not the `news.google.com` redirect.

- 🌍 Any country and language (for example `en`/`US`, `de`/`DE`, `ar`/`AE`, `pt-BR`/`BR`)
- 📅 **Get past Google's 100-result limit** with a date range: the Actor searches day by day
- 🔗 **Real article URLs**, cleaned of tracking parameters, ready to open or scrape
- ⚡ Fast and reliable: no browser, no proxy, about 100 articles in 10 seconds
- 💲 **$2 per 1,000 articles**

### Use cases

- Media monitoring and brand mentions
- Market, competitor and investor news tracking
- Feeding news into AI agents, RAG pipelines, Slack or Google Sheets alerts
- Research datasets: every article about a topic over a period

### Input

| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Search queries | `tesla`, `"openai" OR "anthropic"`, `site:reuters.com ai` | Google News search operators work |
| Time range | Past 24 hours | 1h, 1d, 7d, 30d, 1y or any time |
| Date from / Date to | 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-15 | searches day by day, for many more results |
| Language / Country | `en` / `US` | |
| Get real article URLs | on | turn off for maximum speed |
| Max articles | 100 | caps the cost of a run |

```json
{
  "queries": ["bitcoin", "ethereum"],
  "dateFrom": "2026-10-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-10-07",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "title": "Free AI workshop to help Coast businesses tackle challenges",
  "source": "WLOX",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.wlox.com",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-17T14:58:00+00:00",
  "articleUrl": "https://www.wlox.com/2026/10/17/free-ai-workshop-help-coast-businesses-tackle-challenges/",
  "googleNewsUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOQ2d4...",
  "query": "artificial intelligence"
}
```

Export as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read through the Apify API. Schedule it hourly or daily for alerts.

### Pricing

You pay **$0.002 per article** saved, which is $2 per 1,000. Platform usage is included. Set **Max articles** to control the cost of each run.

### Tips

- Google returns at most about 100 articles per search. For more, set **Date from / Date to**, or split your topic into several queries.
- Articles that match several of your queries are saved only once.
- If a link can't be resolved, `articleUrl` is empty and `googleNewsUrl` still works.

### More tools from this developer

- [Google Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/google-trends-scraper): interest over time, regions, rising queries
- [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-transcript-scraper): transcripts and subtitles in bulk, $2 per 1,000
- [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-scraper): videos, Shorts, channels and search with views, likes and dates
- [Website Contact Finder](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/website-contact-finder): emails, phones and socials from any website list

### Feedback

Need another field or filter? Open an issue on the Issues tab and it will be fixed quickly.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Google News. Google operators work too, for example "tesla" OR "rivian", site:reuters.com, intitle:ai.

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Only news from this recent period. Ignored when 'Date from' is set.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional. Search day by day from this date to get far more than Google's 100 results per search.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Optional end date for the day-by-day search. Default is today.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language code, for example en, de, fr, es, ar, pt-BR.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code, for example US, GB, DE, IN, AE.

## `decodeUrls` (type: `boolean`):

Resolve Google News redirect links to the publisher's original article URL.

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

Stop after this many articles in total.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "decodeUrls": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ahmad_mahameed/google-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 = { "queries": ["artificial intelligence"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ahmad_mahameed/google-news-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ]
}' |
apify call ahmad_mahameed/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ahmad_mahameed/google-news-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/e0szQcp1RD6NGstsg/builds/xnsiGRtqJ1PrrK1EH/openapi.json