Google News Lite API
Pricing
from $0.01 / 1,000 results
Scrape Google News headlines and snippets as structured JSON. Search many terms at once and filter by time range, country, and language. One row per article, de-duplicated. Pay per article with no setup fee. MCP-ready for Claude and AI agents.
Result Type
result_type
Optional
One of 'news_article' (a returned article), 'no_results' (a search term that returned nothing), or 'error' (a validation or fetch error row).
Search Term
searchTerm
Optional
The search term this row corresponds to.
Position
position
Optional
Rank of the article within the results for its search term (1 = first).
Title
title
Optional
Headline of the news article.
URL
link
Optional
Direct URL to the news article.
Source
source
Optional
Publisher or source name (for example BBC, Reuters, TechCrunch).
Snippet
snippet
Optional
Short excerpt or summary shown with the article.
Date
date
Optional
Relative publication date as shown by Google News (for example '2 hours ago', '1 day ago').
Image URL
imageUrl
Optional
Thumbnail image URL for the article, when one is available.
Country Code
country
Optional
Country code used for the search.
Language Code
language
Optional
Language code used for the search.
Time Range
timeRange
Optional
Time range used for the search (hour, day, week, month, year, or any).
Fetched At
fetchedAt
Optional
ISO 8601 timestamp of when this row was produced.
Note
note
Optional
Human-readable note, present on 'no_results' rows to explain that nothing was returned.
Error Message
error_message
Optional
Human-readable error description. Only present on rows with result_type='error'.
Error Type
error_type
Optional
Machine-readable error category (for example 'MissingRequiredParameter', 'MissingApiKey', 'NewsSearchError').
