# Google News Search Scraper (`googleapi/google-news-search-scraper`) Actor

Collect structured news-story cards from public Google News search pages, including source-backed headlines, publisher labels, visible date text, bylines, snippets, and card media.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/googleapi/google-news-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Google API](https://apify.com/googleapi) (community)
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## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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,
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.

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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

Collect structured story information from public Google News search results. Each dataset record represents a story card, with its headline, displayed publisher information, date, summary, and media when available.

Story links are kept as Google News provides them. The Actor does not open publisher pages or collect full publisher articles.

### How to use

1. Enter one or more search phrases, or provide Google News search URLs in `startUrls`.
2. Choose the language and edition of Google News.
3. Set the maximum stories and result batches to collect.
4. Run the Actor and view or export the story records in the dataset.

Example:

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "locale": "en-US",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "maxPages": 3
}
```

### Input

| Input | Description | Default |
|---|---|---:|
| `query` / `queries` | One or more Google News searches (up to 10). | — |
| `startUrls` | Google News search URLs containing a query. RSS, story, and publisher URLs are not accepted. | — |
| `locale` | Google News language and region. | `en-US` |
| `countryCode` | Two-letter Google News edition code. Defaults to the region in `locale`. | — |
| `maxItems` | Maximum unique story records across all searches. | 25 |
| `page` | Fixed at 1; the search feed has no supported numbered page offset. | 1 |
| `maxPages` | Maximum result batches to collect per search, including the initial results. | 3 |
| `transport` | Use rendered browser results (`browser`) or initial page HTML (`http`). HTTP mode requires `maxPages` set to 1. | `browser` |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Optional Apify Proxy configuration. | — |

### Output

Each dataset item requires `storyId`, `headline`, and `articleUrl`. Other fields can include:

- **Story and publisher:** Google News story link, displayed publisher name and links, and the publisher favicon when shown.
- **Publication:** date wording and exact date/time values only when supplied by the page.
- **Content:** visible byline, author names, story-card summary, and its text metrics.
- **Media and labels:** visible images, image descriptions, image variants, and explicit opinion or video indicators.

Relative date labels such as “6 hours ago” stay as text; they are not converted into fabricated timestamps. Summary text is what appears on the Google News card, not the publisher’s full article.

Example dataset item:

```json
{
  "storyId": "example-story-id",
  "headline": "Researchers publish a new computing study",
  "articleUrl": "https://news.google.com/read/example-story-id",
  "publisherName": "Example Daily",
  "publishedAtText": "2 hours ago",
  "publishedAtPrecision": "hour",
  "bylineText": "By Alex Example",
  "authors": ["Alex Example"],
  "summaryText": "A short story summary shown on the Google News card.",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://news.google.com/api/attachments/example-image"
}
```

The Output tab shows the available result fields. Run summary information is available with the run output in Apify.

### Limits and responsible use

Google News may vary story cards by query, edition, and time, so some stories may not appear. The Actor does not sign in or bypass access checks.

Use story information according to Google News and publisher terms, and follow applicable laws. This Actor is not affiliated with Google.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

One Google News search phrase (up to 200 characters).

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

Up to 10 additional search phrases. Results are combined in one dataset.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional https://news.google.com/search URLs containing a non-empty q parameter. RSS feeds, story URLs, and publisher URLs are not accepted.

## `locale` (type: `string`):

Google News interface locale used to form hl and ceid parameters.

## `countryCode` (type: `string`):

Two-letter Google News edition country code; defaults to the region in locale.

## `page` (type: `integer`):

Google News uses a dynamic feed rather than a verified numeric page offset. Only the first result feed is supported; use maxPages to bound scrolling batches.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum unique story records saved across all supplied searches.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of rendered result batches collected per search, including the initially loaded cards. This is a scroll bound, not a Google News page number.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum time for each Google News navigation and its initial result-card wait.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Pause after scrolling before checking whether Google News loaded another batch.

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

Optional Apify Proxy configuration for public Google News page requests.

## `transport` (type: `string`):

Standard browser rendering is the default. HTTP reads only story cards in the initial HTML of the same Google News search page; it does not run scripts, call RSS, follow redirects or retry an access challenge. HTTP requires maxPages 1.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "locale": "en-US",
  "page": 1,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "requestDelayMs": 1000,
  "transport": "browser"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runHealth` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("googleapi/google-news-search-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("googleapi/google-news-search-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 '{}' |
apify call googleapi/google-news-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,googleapi/google-news-search-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/aaYwkCfenM2i2LDqZ/builds/h47fgN8cgjUhzs5xZ/openapi.json