Google News Scraper

Extract Google News articles by keyword, topic, or custom RSS feed. Resolves Google News redirect URLs to the publisher's real article URL. Optional full article text extraction. Pure RSS, no browser, no proxy.

What does Google News Scraper do?

Scrape Google News in three modes:

• Search — keyword queries against Google News's search feed. Supports date range filtering and any country/language combination.
• Topics — pull Google News's curated topic feeds: WORLD, NATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, HEALTH.
• Custom RSS URLs — paste any Google News RSS URL directly.

For every article you get: title, snippet, source/publisher, publish date, Google News URL, resolved publisher URL, and optional full article text.

Google News exposes public RSS feeds at news.google.com/rss — the actor fetches them directly via HTTP. No browser, no proxies, no CAPTCHA. Google is the aggregator; the RSS feed itself is unblocked.

Output fields

Field	Description
title	Article headline
snippet	Short description from the feed
source	Publisher name
sourceUrl	Publisher homepage
publishedAt	ISO 8601 publication date
pubDateRaw	Original RSS pubDate string
googleNewsUrl	Google News redirect URL
publisherUrl	Resolved publisher article URL (when resolvePublisherUrls is on)
fullText	Full article body (when includeFullText is on)
query	The search query, topic, or RSS URL that produced this article
language	Language code of the run
country	Country code of the run

Who is it for?

• Brand and PR monitoring teams tracking media mentions across thousands of outlets
• Financial analysts building real-time news feeds for event-driven trading signals
• AI and RAG developers sourcing fresh, dated news corpora for training and grounding
• Content teams tracking competitor coverage and industry announcements
• Journalists monitoring beat keywords across Google News's entire publisher network
• Market researchers measuring coverage volume by topic, region, or outlet

Pricing

$0.90 per 1,000 results. No subscription.

Results	Cost
100	$0.09
1,000	$0.90
10,000	$9.00

How to use it

1. Enter one or more Search Queries, or pick Topics, or paste Custom RSS URLs.
2. Set Language and Country (defaults: en-US / US).
3. Enable Resolve Publisher URLs to get the real article URL instead of Google's redirect.
4. Optionally enable Extract Full Article Text (slower, may hit paywalls).
5. Click Start.

Output example

{
  "recordType": "article",
  "query": "OpenAI",
  "title": "OpenAI launches new reasoning model for enterprise customers",
  "snippet": "The company said the model is available starting today to API customers...",
  "source": "The Verge",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.theverge.com",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-21T09:42:00.000Z",
  "pubDateRaw": "Sun, 21 Sep 2026 09:42:00 GMT",
  "googleNewsUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi...",
  "publisherUrl": "https://www.theverge.com/2026/9/21/openai-reasoning-model-enterprise",
  "fullText": "",
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-21T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Technical details

• Built on Google News's public RSS feeds (news.google.com/rss) — no scraping, no anti-bot
• No proxy needed by default. Google News RSS is reachable from Apify datacenter IPs, confirmed by multiple competitor actors.
• Publisher URL resolution follows Google News redirects and reads the canonical link as a fallback — a feature most competitors do not offer
• Full-text extraction pulls articleBody from JSON-LD and falls back to common article-body containers
• Supports any language/country combination via hl, gl, and ceid query parameters
• Date-range filtering on publish timestamps

Known limits

• Google News RSS caps ~100 items per feed. For deeper coverage, split queries by day or sub-keyword.
• Publisher URL resolution requires a redirect round-trip. Slower but produces usable URLs. Disable it if you only need the Google News redirect.
• Full-text extraction is best-effort. Paywalled publishers (WSJ, NYT, FT) may return a partial preview.
• Google may apply per-IP rate limits on RSS bursts. The actor backs off on 429 and retries.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. Google News RSS is public.

Do I need a proxy? No. Google News RSS accepts datacenter IPs.

What's the difference between googleNewsUrl and publisherUrl? googleNewsUrl is Google's redirect (opaque encoded link). publisherUrl is the real article URL at the outlet — what you want for downstream processing.

Why is fullText empty? Either includeFullText is disabled, or the publisher blocked the fetch (paywall/bot protection). Most free outlets work; paywalled ones may not.

How do I get historical news? Google News RSS returns recent items (~100 max). For historical archives, pair this actor with publisher-specific scrapers or news archive APIs.

How do I export data? After a run, go to Storage → Export as JSON, CSV, Excel.

Support

Open an issue on the Actor's page for bugs or feature requests.