# Google News Scraper - Articles, Real URLs, Date Range (`geese_chief/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google News by keyword or topic: headline, publisher, date and the real article URL. Any country and language, date ranges beyond the 100-result limit, pay only per article.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/geese_chief/google-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ponytail Data](https://apify.com/geese_chief) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.75 / 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,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google News Scraper - Articles, Real URLs, Date Range

Scrape **Google News** by keyword or topic and get every article's headline, publisher, publish date and **the real article URL** (not the Google redirect). Export to CSV, Excel or JSON, or feed it to your AI pipeline.

- **Search any keyword**, with Google's search operators: `"exact phrase"`, `OR`, `-exclude`, `site:reuters.com`, `intitle:`.
- **Real publisher URLs**: Google News links are decoded to the original article URL, ready for scraping or summarizing.
- **Date ranges beyond the 100-result limit**: a Google News feed stops at ~100 articles, so a date range is searched day by day and you get the full coverage.
- **Top headlines by topic**: Top stories, World, Business, Technology, Sports, Science, Health and more.
- **Any country and language**: `language: de`, `country: DE` gives you German Google News.
- **No duplicates**, no login, no API key.

### Input example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["tesla", "\"artificial intelligence\" site:reuters.com"],
  "dateFrom": "2026-10-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-10-31",
  "topics": ["BUSINESS"],
  "maxArticles": 500,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US"
}
```

For recent news only, skip the dates and use `"postedWithin": "1d"` (also `1h`, `7d`, `30d`, `1y`).

### Output example

```json
{
  "title": "Ferrari CEO hails Tesla Roadster redesign as the bold innovation the industry needs",
  "source": "Reuters",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.reuters.com",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-20T07:00:00+00:00",
  "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ferrari-ceo-hails-tesla-roadster-redesign-bold-innovation-industry-needs-2026-10-20/",
  "googleNewsUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxQ...?oc=5",
  "guid": "CBMi1AFBVV95cUxQ...",
  "query": "tesla",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US"
}
```

`query` is the search term or topic that found the article. Set `resolveUrls` to `false` if you only need headlines; `url` is then empty and the run is faster.

### Use cases

- **Media monitoring**: track your brand, competitors or executives every day with a schedule and `postedWithin: 1d`.
- **Market and investment research**: all coverage of a company or sector over a period.
- **AI and RAG pipelines**: real article URLs to fetch and summarize.
- **PR reporting**: count mentions per publisher and per day.

### Pricing

**$2.50 per 1,000 articles** ($0.0025 per article), real URL included. No extra charge per resolved URL. You pay only for articles saved.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Google News. Google operators work too: "exact phrase", OR, -exclude, site:reuters.com, intitle:.

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

Current headlines from Google News sections.

## `postedWithin` (type: `string`):

Recent articles only. Ignored when you set a date range.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Start of a date range (YYYY-MM-DD). The range is searched day by day, so you get far more than Google's usual ~100 results.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

End of the date range (default: today).

## `maxArticles` (type: `integer`):

You pay only for articles saved.

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

Language code, e.g. en, de, fr, es, pt, ja.

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

Country code, e.g. US, GB, DE, FR, IN, BR.

## `resolveUrls` (type: `boolean`):

Turn Google News redirect links into the publisher's real article URL.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy keeps Google from rate-limiting URL resolution.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "maxArticles": 100,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "resolveUrls": true,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("geese_chief/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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["artificial intelligence"],
    "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("geese_chief/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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call geese_chief/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,geese_chief/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/8THMHt4zddVBO8f79/builds/CdHzmxsjTBWeS53XI/openapi.json