Google News Scraper — Press Mentions, Topics, Real Article URLs

Track press mentions and news coverage by keyword, topic or publication: headline, publisher, publication date and — the part most scrapers miss — the real article URL behind Google's redirect. Any language and country, no API key and no login.

Why this Actor

• Real publisher URLs, decoded from Google's redirect links — not news.google.com addresses
• Search with Google's operators (when:7d, site:, quotes), plus sections and top stories for 100+ country and language editions
• Related coverage per story: which other outlets wrote about it
• Deduplicated across every query and topic of a run
• Checked every day by an automated run; fixed within 24 hours when Google changes its feeds

Sample output

One item of the dataset (long values shortened):

{
  "feed": "topStories",
  "query": null,
  "title": "Katie Zacharia leaving White House role less than five days into job",
  "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE9IMTR3VHR5Vm9QUlJyLUxPa3o2SHVEdUV3RkdwSzljMXJ1amZNUXljR0ktTkxWV0c1T0otZFBrYmdwQ3E3Xy1Y…",
  "urlResolved": false,
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
  },
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-17T05:20:40.000Z",
  "related": [
    {
      "title": "Katie Zacharia Is Ousted After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary",
      "googleUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxNSDJRMDM4WGZSS3JvN0NLZG9IcE9VZTFqcm56LUp6ZXlhVWd4bm5QLWxWcko2c29PQkVQS050SzhfOVNKVXF5…",
      "source": "The New York Times"
    },
    {
      "title": "White House’s Katie Zacharia sitting down for ‘interview with Wall Street Journal when fired by Trump’",
      "googleUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNcjdlZTg1UDYyYlgyWk93eG85UkoyLTNKS0llRjVDM0d0SWE1MnpDSTh6cWVKLXoyOGNFZncyNkJZZFhyeDVZ…",
      "source": "The Independent"
    },
    {
      "title": "Capehart and Continetti on the White House press secretary's quick exit",
      "googleUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNZ0pHX0ZJLXRSUzY5cUJKYU9BaUxfcXdiLS10VTdwNU81WlM2ajBYRVJxd2JxbVdBdmpTM29zRlhTSmwwQzY1…",
      "source": "PBS"
    },
    "…"
  ]
}

What you get

Field	Description
feed, query, topic, language, country	Where the article came from
title	Headline without Google's " - Source" suffix
url, urlResolved	The publisher's article URL; urlResolved is false when Google refused to decode a link (the item then keeps googleUrl)
googleUrl, id	Google News link and article ID
source	{ name, url } of the outlet
publishedAt	ISO 8601 UTC
related	Other outlets' articles Google groups with this one (sections and top stories)

Articles are deduplicated across all queries and topics of a run. A per-feed summary (counts, duplicates, unresolved links, errors) is saved to the key-value store as SUMMARY.

Input

• Search queries — one per line; Google's operators work: "exact phrase", site:reuters.com, -word, when:7d (last 7 days), when:1h. Up to ~100 articles per query.
• Topics — World, Nation, Business, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Science, Health (~70 articles each). Top stories — the front page (~40).
• Language / Country — any Google News edition: en/US, de/DE, pt-BR/BR, hi/IN…
• Only articles published after — ISO date; for rolling windows prefer when:1d in the query so Google fills the page with recent items.
• Resolve real article URLs — on by default; two extra requests per article.

Limits and notes

• Google caps each feed at ~100 results; split broad topics into several queries (by outlet, by sub-topic, by when: window) to get more.
• Article text is not included — pair this Actor with any article-extractor Actor if you need full content.
• Google occasionally throttles URL decoding for busy IPs; such items are still delivered with the Google link and urlResolved: false. Turning on the proxy option fixes it for large runs.
• Public data only; the Actor stores nothing beyond the dataset of your run.

Input example

{
  "queries": [
    "\"artificial intelligence\" when:1d"
  ],
  "topStories": false,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "maxArticlesPerFeed": 25,
  "resolveUrls": true
}

How much does it cost?

Pay per article — no subscription, no minimum, no charge for platform usage.

Volume	Price
1,000 articles	$2.00
10,000 articles	$20.00
100,000 articles	$200.00

The Apify free plan includes $5 of usage every month — about 2,500 articles with this Actor, no card needed. Nothing else is charged: platform usage is included in the price, and Apify Bronze, Silver and Gold subscribers get 10%, 20% and 30% off these prices.

Use it from code, n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent

Run the Actor and download the dataset in one call (JSON by default; add &format=csv or xlsx):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/chorelet~google-news-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries": ["\"artificial intelligence\" when:1d"], "topStories": false, "language": "en", "country": "US", "maxArticlesPerFeed": 25, "resolveUrls": true}'

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("chorelet/google-news-scraper").call(run_input={"queries": ["\"artificial intelligence\" when:1d"], "topStories": false, "language": "en", "country": "US", "maxArticlesPerFeed": 25, "resolveUrls": true})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

• n8n, Make, Zapier — use the Apify node/module: run the Actor, then "get dataset items".
• Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks — add an integration on the run's Integrations tab.
• AI agents — the Actor is available as a tool through the Apify MCP server; the dataset schema describes every field for the model.
• Schedules — run it hourly, daily or weekly from the Schedules tab.

FAQ

How many articles can one query return?

Google caps a search feed at about 100 articles, sections at ~70 and top stories at ~40. Split broad topics into several queries — by outlet with site:, by sub-topic, or by when: window.

Are the links real publisher URLs?

Yes. Each Google redirect link is decoded to the publisher's URL; if Google refuses a decode, the item keeps the Google link and urlResolved is false.

Can I get the article text?

Not from this Actor — it returns headlines, sources, dates and URLs. Feed the URLs into any article-extractor Actor for full text.

Which countries and languages are supported?

Every Google News edition: pass language (en, de, pt-BR…) and country (US, DE, BR…).

What does a run cost?

$2 per 1,000 articles. The free plan's $5 a month covers about 2,500 articles.

Support

Questions, missing fields or a source that changed? Open an issue on the Issues tab or write to support@chorelet.app — problems are usually fixed within a day, and the Actor is checked every morning by an automated test run. If the Actor saved you time, a short review on its Store page helps other people find it.