# Google News Scraper - Articles, Topics & Publisher URLs (`kmscrape/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google News by keyword, topic or top stories in 47 country editions. Get title, source, date and the original publisher URL (decoded from Google links). Supports Google search operators and time ranges (1h, 1d, 7d). Media monitoring and AI/RAG news feeds.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kmscrape/google-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [kfir messika](https://apify.com/kmscrape) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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.

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.

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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

## Google News Scraper

Collect Google News RSS articles from search queries, top stories, and topic feeds. Google News returns headlines, publisher names, publication dates, descriptions, and Google article links. Optionally resolve the original publisher URL.

### Use cases

- Media monitoring and brand or executive mentions
- PR coverage tracking
- Finance news signals and market research
- Topic feeds for AI agents, MCP services, and RAG pipelines
- Search feeds using Google operators such as `site:`, quoted phrases, and `when:`

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["artificial intelligence", "site:reuters.com \"AI chips\""],
  "topics": ["TECHNOLOGY", "BUSINESS"],
  "country": "US",
  "timeRange": "1d",
  "decodeUrls": false,
  "maxItemsPerSource": 20
}
```

Choose one of 47 verified Google News editions (US, UK, India, Germany, France, Brazil, Japan, Israel, Australia, Canada, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, and more). The language follows the edition (for example Germany = German, Mexico = Spanish). `TOP` selects top stories; topic feeds also include WORLD, NATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, and HEALTH. Search queries accept Google operators as written. `timeRange` appends `when:1h`, `when:1d`, `when:7d`, or `when:30d` to each search query; `any` leaves it alone.

### Output

Each article is one charged `article-result` row. Summary and error rows are free. Duplicate Google links are removed across the run.

```json
{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Nvidia, Oracle, CoreWeave and other AI stocks sink on OpenAI revenue report",
  "source": "CNBC",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.cnbc.com",
  "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPOG8tazVEa2hVcWdlYU1pZk53QzNMLU1lVWk4c2U0NFRvMk5IMnJYMWdTZERsSHhkYWo1dkRlczFWcGdwRHJfbFJzQ09kUEo1elE4YVRQZWp0Z3lVbU1MUjJIVV9lbFFHbUxPUlJhUER6NzgwdjVFTHM4UVhGZ3pNd3pR0gGHAUFVX3lxTE9nLWxxNlZwaWJicm9JSVBTT3lHeElLRDJ2QklRT2FkelA0eXZSNDlyRWh6dWlhNFloNzZfOUtid3dmcEJsTGNNcTE5VnhEbURXWWo0UGktcmhXNV8tS1lHYndTellPVm00RmFpeFVLTnBqNENtUUtBdHV2NVdPU0Jnb1A1NnpzSQ?oc=5",
  "url": null,
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-08T18:14:54.000Z",
  "description": "Nvidia, Oracle, CoreWeave and other AI stocks sink on OpenAI revenue report CNBC",
  "query": "nvidia",
  "topic": null,
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

This is a trimmed row parsed from a real Google News RSS item. When `decodeUrls` is enabled, `url` contains the publisher URL if Google resolves it; otherwise it remains `null`.

### Price and limits

**Price: $1.00 per 1,000 articles.** An article row is one `article-result` event. Google News RSS generally returns about 100 items per query or feed; actual counts vary by query and edition. `maxItemsPerSource` defaults to 100 and is capped at 1,000. Search and topic results share a run-wide link dedupe. Decoding makes extra requests to Google and is slower; it runs with at most two requests concurrently and retries HTTP 429/5xx responses.

### FAQ

**How fresh are the results?** Google News RSS reflects Google's feed at scrape time. The feed's publication timestamps are supplied by publishers and can lag or be absent.

**How many articles are returned per query?** Google News usually returns around 100 RSS items. Set `maxItemsPerSource` to limit how many are kept; a smaller feed or duplicate links can produce fewer rows.

**What does URL decoding do?** Google article links are retained in `link`. With decoding enabled, the actor reads Google's article page signature and calls its batch endpoint to resolve the publisher URL into `url`. Google can rate-limit these requests, in which case `url` stays `null`.

**Can queries use Google search operators?** Yes. Use `site:`, quoted phrases, and other Google News search syntax directly. The selected time range adds a `when:` operator to the end.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Google News RSS search expressions. Google operators such as when:1d, site:example.com, and quoted phrases pass through unchanged.

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

Optional topic feeds: TOP (top stories), WORLD, NATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, HEALTH.

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

Google News edition (country). The language follows the edition, e.g. Germany = German, Mexico = Spanish, Japan = Japanese.

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

Append Google's when: operator to each search query; this does not affect topic feeds.

## `decodeUrls` (type: `boolean`):

Resolve Google News article links to publisher URLs using Google's batchexecute endpoint. Adds requests and can be slower.

## `maxItemsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Maximum RSS articles to keep from each search query or topic feed (Google typically returns about 100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "timeRange": "any",
  "decodeUrls": false,
  "maxItemsPerSource": 20
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerSource": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kmscrape/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 = {
    "searchQueries": ["artificial intelligence"],
    "maxItemsPerSource": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kmscrape/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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerSource": 20
}' |
apify call kmscrape/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kmscrape/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/XuJPWYLRb0DhZfivC/builds/1RYQTuCM6NUAzmgFQ/openapi.json