🚀 Google News FREE - Unlimited News Scraping

🎉 100% FREE - While Competitors Charge $39-49/month

This is a completely free, open-source Google News scraper for the Apify platform. No subscription fees, no per-article charges, no limits - just free news scraping for everyone!

✨ KEY FEATURES

• ✅ 100% Free - No charges whatsoever
• ✅ Open Source - Contribute and improve the code
• ✅ Unlimited Articles - Scrape as much as you need
• ✅ No Rate Limits - Use as frequently as needed
• ✅ Full Content Extraction - Always included
• ✅ Country Filtering - Target specific countries or worldwide
• ✅ Multi-language Support - Search in any language

💰 COMPARISON WITH PAID ALTERNATIVES

Feature	Our FREE Actor	Competitor A	Competitor B
Monthly Cost	$0	$39/month	$49/month
Article Limit	Unlimited	1,000/month	5,000/month
Overage Charges	None	$0.05/article	$0.03/article
Country Filtering	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	❌ No
Full Content	✅ Always	Extra cost	Premium only
Open Source	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No
Community Support	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No

🌍 COUNTRY-SPECIFIC NEWS

• Worldwide coverage - Get news from any country or globally
• Country filtering - Target specific countries (BR, FR, US, GB, etc.)
• Multi-language support - Search in any language
• Local news sources - Access region-specific publications

📊 Use Cases

• Market Research: Track industry trends across different countries
• Brand Monitoring: Monitor your brand globally or in specific regions
• Content Curation: Aggregate news for newsletters or websites
• Sentiment Analysis: Analyze public opinion on topics by country
• Academic Research: Collect news data for comparative studies
• Trading Signals: Track market-moving news worldwide
• Competitive Intelligence: Monitor competitors in different markets
• Personal Projects: Build your own news aggregator

🔧 Features

• Multi-language Support: 10+ languages (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, RU, JA, ZH, AR)
• Country-Specific Filtering: Target any country or search worldwide
• Time Filtering: Last hour to last year
• Smart Deduplication: AI-powered duplicate removal
• Full Content Extraction: Always extracts complete article content
• Multiple Formats: JSON, CSV, XML export
• Proxy Support: Built-in Apify proxy configuration
• URL Decoding: Access original article sources
• Topic Categories: World, Business, Tech, Sports, etc.

💡 Quick Start

Basic Search (Worldwide)

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxArticles": 100
}

Country-Specific Search (Brazil)

{
  "query": "futebol",
  "language": "pt",
  "country": "BR",
  "maxArticles": 50
}

French News Search

{
  "query": "technologie",
  "language": "fr",
  "country": "FR",
  "timeRange": "7d"
}

UK Music News

{
  "query": "music festivals",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "GB",
  "timeRange": "30d"
}

🛠️ Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default	Example
query	string	Search keywords or topic (required)	-	"Taylor Swift"
language	string	Language code	"en"	"pt", "fr", "es"
country	string	Country code (optional - leave empty for worldwide)	null	"BR", "FR", "US", "GB"
maxArticles	number	Maximum articles to scrape	100	50
timeRange	string	Time filter	"7d"	"1h", "1d", "30d", "1y"
sortBy	string	Sort by relevance or date	"relevance"	"date"
deduplication	boolean	Remove duplicates	true	false

Country Codes Examples

• BR - Brazil
• FR - France
• US - United States
• GB - United Kingdom
• DE - Germany
• ES - Spain
• IT - Italy
• JP - Japan
• AU - Australia
• CA - Canada
• MX - Mexico
• AR - Argentina
• IN - India
• CN - China
• KR - South Korea
• Leave empty for worldwide search

📊 Output Format

{
  "title": "Article Title",
  "link": "https://original-article-url.com",
  "source": "News Source",
  "publishedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "description": "Article description...",
  "imageUrl": "https://image-url.com",
  "fullContent": "Full article text (always included)",
  "contentExtracted": true,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "query": "your search query",
  "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T11:00:00Z"
}

🌍 Example Use Cases

Monitor Brazilian Football News

{
  "query": "futebol OR Flamengo OR Copa do Brasil",
  "language": "pt",
  "country": "BR",
  "timeRange": "1d"
}

Track French Technology Startups

{
  "query": "startup technologie IA",
  "language": "fr",
  "country": "FR",
  "maxArticles": 200
}

Global Climate Change Coverage

{
  "query": "climate change",
  "language": "en",
  "timeRange": "7d"
}

UK Music Industry News

{
  "query": "music industry OR concerts OR festivals",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "GB",
  "sortBy": "date"
}

Spanish Sports News

{
  "query": "La Liga OR Real Madrid OR Barcelona",
  "language": "es",
  "country": "ES",
  "timeRange": "1d"
}

🎯 Pro Tips

1. Country Filtering: Use country codes for local news or leave empty for global coverage
2. Language Matching: Match language with country for best results (e.g., pt + BR, fr + FR)
3. Time Filters: Use appropriate timeframes - "1h" for breaking news, "30d" for trends
4. Boolean Operators: Use OR for multiple keywords (e.g., "Tesla OR SpaceX")
5. Deduplication: Always enabled by default to ensure unique content

🤝 Contributing

This is an open-source project! Contributions are welcome:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/lafraia/apify-actor-google-news.git

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Test locally
npm start

📝 License

This project is open source and available under the LICENSE.

🐛 Issues & Support

Found a bug or need help?

• Create an issue on GitHub
• Check the actor logs for debugging information
• Contribute fixes via Pull Requests

🌟 Why Use This Actor?

• Completely Free - While competitors charge $39-49/month
• Open Source - Transparent code you can trust and modify
• No Usage Limits - Competitors limit you to 1000-5000 articles/month
• Community Driven - Built by developers, for developers
• Country Specific - Target any market or go global
• Full Featured - Everything competitors offer, but FREE

🙏 Acknowledgments

Built with ❤️ for the Apify community. If this free actor helps you, please:

• ⭐ Star the repository on GitHub
• 🍴 Fork and contribute improvements
• 📢 Share with others who might benefit
• ✍️ Leave a review on Apify Store

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100% Free. 100% Open Source. No strings attached.

Happy scraping! 🎉