# Google News Search & Topics Scraper (`apt_marble/google-news-search-topics-scraper`) Actor

Collect headlines by keyword or topic, with publisher, publication date and Google News article link. Filter by country, language, publisher domain and time window. Monitor industries and breaking stories in structured exports.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/apt_marble/google-news-search-topics-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Hamza](https://apify.com/apt_marble) (community)
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## Pricing

from $0.40 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google News Search & Topics Scraper: headlines by keyword, site and timeframe

Collect Google News headlines for any keyword, phrase or topic section, with no login or cookies. Filter by publisher domain, time window, country edition and language. Each article comes with title, publisher, publication time and its Google News link. Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or pull them through the Apify API.

### What you can do with it

- Media and brand monitoring for a company, product or person
- News feeds for dashboards, newsletters and alerts
- Research by topic, region or language
- Track coverage from specific publishers
- Gather headline datasets for analysis

### Input

| Field | What it does | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Search queries (`queries`) | Keywords or phrases to search in Google News. Supports Google operators such as "exact phrase", OR, and -excluded. | none |
| Top-news topics (`topics`) | Optional headline sections to collect in addition to the queries. | none |
| Only from these sites (`sites`) | Restrict search queries to articles from these domains, for example reuters.com. Applies to queries. | none |
| Time frame (`timeframe`) | Only articles published within this window. Use values like 1h, 12h, 1d, 7d, 1m, 1y. Leave empty for no limit. Applies to queries. | none |
| Country (`country`) | Two-letter news edition country code (US, GB, DE, FR, IN ...). | US |
| Language (`language`) | Two-letter language code (en, de, fr, es ...). | en |
| Max articles per query (`maxItemsPerQuery`) | Maximum articles per query or topic. Google News returns up to about 100 per search. | 100 |

Topic sections available: World, Nation, Business, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Science, Health.

Example input:

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "\"electric vehicles\" OR EV -tesla"
  ],
  "sites": [
    "reuters.com"
  ],
  "timeframe": "7d",
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 100
}
```

### Output

Each article contains: `country`, `googleLink`, `language`, `publishedAt`, `query`, `scrapedAt`, `source`, `sourceUrl`, `title`, `topic`, `url`.

Search queries support Google operators: "exact phrase", OR and -excluded words. Use `sites` to restrict a query to chosen domains and `timeframe` for windows such as 1h, 12h, 1d, 7d, 1m or 1y.

### Pricing

You pay for what is returned.

### FAQ

**Does it return the full article text?**
No. It returns headlines, publisher, time and links, not article bodies.

**Is `url` the publisher's address?**
Results carry the Google News link. To turn Google News article links into publisher URLs use the Google News Publisher URL Decoder.

**How many articles per query?**
Google News returns up to about 100 per search. Topic and search feeds are not full archives.

**Can I search another country or language?**
Yes. Set the country edition and language, for example DE and de.

### Limits

Headline collection does not include full article text. Search and topic feeds have finite result limits and are not exhaustive archives. Requests can be rate-limited or refused by the source. A small test is not proof of sustained-volume performance. Use collected data lawfully and follow the source's terms.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords or phrases to search in Google News. Supports Google operators such as "exact phrase", OR, and -excluded.

## `topics` (type: `array`):

Optional headline sections to collect in addition to the queries.

## `sites` (type: `array`):

Restrict search queries to articles from these domains, for example reuters.com. Applies to queries.

## `timeframe` (type: `string`):

Only articles published within this window. Use values like 1h, 12h, 1d, 7d, 1m, 1y. Leave empty for no limit. Applies to queries.

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

Two-letter news edition country code (US, GB, DE, FR, IN ...).

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

Two-letter language code (en, de, fr, es ...).

## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Maximum articles per query or topic. Google News returns up to about 100 per search.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "topics": [],
  "sites": [],
  "timeframe": "",
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Download the run dataset as JSON; dataset export formats are also available.

# 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("apt_marble/google-news-search-topics-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("apt_marble/google-news-search-topics-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 apt_marble/google-news-search-topics-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,apt_marble/google-news-search-topics-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/Pwh2zUFrrhGtvPHPu/builds/OMHMHpJhbgzzh0air/openapi.json