# Media Monitoring: Google News Full Text & Real URLs (`data-done-right/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Media monitoring and news monitoring with Google News: articles for any keyword, topic or site with the real publisher URL (not a news.google.com redirect), full article text, author and publish date. Any country and language, only-new mode. A Google News API with full text.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/data-done-right/google-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Data Done Right](https://apify.com/data-done-right) (community)
- **Categories:** News, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.56 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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

## Media Monitoring: Google News Full Text & Real URLs

This Google News scraper searches any keyword, topic or site and returns **the real article URL** and **the full article text**. Most Google News scrapers stop at a `news.google.com/...` redirect link and a headline. This one also gives you author, publish date, site name and lead image, ready for AI summaries, RAG, sentiment analysis and media monitoring.

### What data can you scrape from Google News

- **Any query with Google News operators:** `site:`, `intitle:`, `-exclude`, `"exact phrase"`.
- **Real publisher URLs.** Google's redirect links are decoded.
- **Full text extraction** of the clean article body, with menus, ads and comments removed.
- **Time ranges** from the past hour to the past 30 days. Any country edition and language.
- **Only new since last run**, for scheduled monitoring.
- **Fair billing:** you pay for full text only when it was actually extracted.

### Input example

```json
{
  "queries": ["home assistant", "site:theverge.com apple"],
  "timeRange": "1d",
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 50,
  "fullText": true,
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en-US"
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "title": "Apple HomeView finally offers a simpler alternative to Home Assistant",
  "source": "ZDNET", "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T15:02:00Z",
  "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/apple-homeview-...",
  "fullTextStatus": "ok", "wordCount": 1244, "author": "...", "siteName": "ZDNET",
  "fullText": "Apple's new HomeView ...", "query": "home assistant"
}
```

`fullTextStatus` is `ok`, `blocked_by_site` (the publisher refuses automated access), `blocked_or_empty` (paywall or script-only page), or an HTTP code. Every article keeps its headline, source, date and real URL.

### Google News API with full text

Google has no official Google News API, and its RSS feeds give only headlines and redirect links. Call this Actor from the Apify API, Python, JavaScript, Make, Zapier or n8n and get articles with real URLs and full text as JSON, or export them to CSV, Excel or Google Sheets. No API key needed.

### Use it in Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor

Connect Apify's MCP server (mcp.apify.com) and your AI assistant can read the news itself. For example: "summarize today's news about Nvidia from the top outlets, with links." The only required input is `queries`.

### Use cases

- **Media monitoring and PR:** every mention of your brand, with the text.
- **AI pipelines:** daily news corpora for summaries, newsletters and RAG.
- **Research:** sentiment and topic tracking across outlets.

### How much does it cost

Pay per event: **$0.0032 per article** (`article`) plus **$0.001 per article with full text extracted** (`full-text`, charged only when extraction succeeds). Example: 100 articles with full text cost about $0.42. Apify Silver plans get 10% off, Gold and higher 20%.

### FAQ

#### Is there a Google News API?

Not an official one: Google retired its Google News Search API, and the RSS feeds return only headlines with news.google.com redirect links. This Actor works as a Google News API: send a query, get articles with real URLs, full text, author and date.

#### How do I scrape Google News articles with the full text?

Enter a keyword, topic or search with operators, choose a country and time range, and run. Each result comes with the real publisher URL and the extracted article body in `fullText`.

#### Why do I get news.google.com links from other scrapers?

Google News shows its own redirect links. This Actor decodes them to the publisher's real URL.

#### Why is the full text empty for some articles?

Some publishers block automated access or sit behind a paywall. The `fullTextStatus` field says why (`blocked_by_site`, `blocked_or_empty` or an HTTP code), and you are not charged the full-text fee for those articles.

#### Can I get only new articles on each run?

Yes. Turn on the "only new since last run" option and schedule it for media monitoring.

#### Does it work for other countries and languages?

Yes. Choose any Google News country edition and language.

#### Is it legal to scrape Google News?

It reads public search results and public article pages, with no login. Respect each publisher's copyright and terms when you reuse the text.

### Related tools

- **Google Trends Rising Searches + the News Behind Them** shows which searches are breaking out and the headlines behind them.
- **[Google Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/data-done-right/google-trends-scraper)** gives interest over time and related queries for a keyword.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords or Google News operators: "home assistant", "site:theverge.com apple", "intitle:layoffs", "tesla -elon".

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

Only articles from this recent window.

## `maxArticlesPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Google News returns up to 100 per query.

## `fullText` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each article and extract the clean text, author, date, site name and image.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Great for scheduled news monitoring and alerts.

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

Interface language, e.g. en-US, en-GB, de, fr, es.

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

2-letter country edition, e.g. US, GB, DE, IN.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Articles processed at the same time.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Used for Google News requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "home assistant"
  ],
  "timeRange": "",
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 10,
  "fullText": true,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US",
  "maxConcurrency": 6,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All result items of this run (the default dataset), as JSON, CSV, Excel and more.

## `records` (type: `string`):

Key-value store records: the run summary, notes on any problems, and any files.

# 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": [
        "home assistant"
    ],
    "maxArticlesPerQuery": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("data-done-right/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": ["home assistant"],
    "maxArticlesPerQuery": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("data-done-right/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": [
    "home assistant"
  ],
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 10
}' |
apify call data-done-right/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,data-done-right/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/PbO8b1Oh5V4Wfu1UI/builds/hf85WjDCw4VyDsEJk/openapi.json