# Google News Scraper: Articles, Real URLs & Monitoring (`kuezi/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google News search results, top stories and topics with the real publisher URL, source, date and related coverage. Go past the 100-result cap with day-by-day search, and monitor new articles. $1 per 1,000 articles.

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

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 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?

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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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: articles, real publisher URLs and monitoring

Scrape **Google News** search results, top stories and topic sections. Every article includes:

- the **real publisher URL**, resolved from the `news.google.com` redirect;
- title, source, publication date, and the Google News link;
- **related coverage** of the same story from other outlets, for top stories.

**Why this one:**

- **$1 per 1,000 articles**, publisher URLs included. No start fee, no monthly rent.
- **Past the 100-result cap.** A Google News search returns at most 100 articles. Set a date range and the Actor searches one day at a time. In a test, "bitcoin" over 6 days returned 400 unique articles in 15 seconds.
- **Monitoring mode** (`onlyNewArticles`): schedule it, and each run returns only articles you haven't seen yet.
- **Any edition:** any language and country, e.g. `en`/`US`, `fr`/`FR`, `en`/`KE`, `pt-BR`/`BR`.
- **Google News operators work:** `"exact phrase"`, `OR`, `-exclude`, `site:reuters.com`, `intitle:`.
- **No browser, no login.** Runs on Apify's datacenter proxy.

### Use cases

- **Brand and competitor monitoring:** a daily feed of every article that mentions you or a competitor, pushed to Slack, Sheets or a webhook.
- **PR and media lists:** which outlets cover a topic, and how often.
- **Finance and crypto news signals:** timestamped headlines for a ticker or coin, ready for sentiment models.
- **Research and datasets:** news coverage over time for any topic, in any country edition.
- **AI and RAG pipelines:** fresh article URLs to fetch and summarize. AI agents calling this Actor through the Apify MCP server get a one-line summary in the status message.

### Ready-made tasks (one click to run)

- [Monitor new news articles about a brand (daily)](https://apify.com/kuezi/google-news-scraper/examples/brand-news-mentions-monitor)
- [Crypto news from the last 24 hours (Bitcoin, Ethereum)](https://apify.com/kuezi/google-news-scraper/examples/crypto-news-last-24-hours)
- [Top news stories and business news by country](https://apify.com/kuezi/google-news-scraper/examples/top-stories-by-country)

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `queries` | Search terms, with Google News operators. |
| `topics` | Optional sections: `TOP_STORIES`, `WORLD`, `NATION`, `BUSINESS`, `TECHNOLOGY`, `ENTERTAINMENT`, `SPORTS`, `SCIENCE`, `HEALTH`. |
| `language`, `country` | Edition, e.g. `en` + `US`. |
| `timeRange` | `any`, `1h`, `1d`, `7d`, `30d`, `1y` (search queries). |
| `dateFrom`, `dateTo` | Optional `YYYY-MM-DD`. Searches day by day to go past 100 results. |
| `maxArticlesPerQuery` | Default 100. |
| `decodeUrls` | Resolve real publisher URLs (default on, no extra charge). |
| `onlyNewArticles` | Monitoring: skip articles from earlier runs. |

```json
{
  "queries": ["electric vehicles", "site:reuters.com central bank"],
  "topics": ["TECHNOLOGY"],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 100
}
```

### Output

One row per article (a real result from a test run on 2026-10-02):

```json
{
  "topic": "TECHNOLOGY",
  "position": 23,
  "title": "Only one browser has this really helpful search tool",
  "publisher": "The Washington Post",
  "publisherHomepage": "https://www.washingtonpost.com",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-02T21:00:00.000Z",
  "articleUrl": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/02/search-without-ai-or-your-browser-history-with-mozilla-firefox/",
  "googleNewsUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitwFBVV95cUxO…?oc=5",
  "googleNewsId": "CBMitwFBVV95cUxO…",
  "relatedArticles": [],
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-02T21:41:05.724Z"
}
```

Top stories carry `relatedArticles`: the same story from other outlets, each with `title`, `publisher` and `googleNewsUrl`.

The `SUMMARY` record lists, for each query or topic, the articles saved, the date span, the top 5 sources and the newest headline. The run's status message says the same in one line:

```
Saved 170 articles from 2 search(es). "electric vehicles": 100 articles (2026-09-24 to 2026-10-02);
top sources Electrek 9, Yahoo Finance 9, autos.yahoo.com 4; newest "Here's How Ford Stock Performed …" (Ford Authority). …
```

### Pricing (pay per event)

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Article saved (`article`) | **$0.001** ($1 per 1,000), publisher URL included |

Failed feeds are never charged. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops cleanly.

### Notes and limits

- Google News lists what it chooses to index. Small outlets may be missing, and counts differ by edition.
- Publication dates come from Google News, and some are rounded to the hour or day.
- If a publisher URL can't be resolved, the row keeps the Google News link and `articleUrl` is `null`. In our tests, 190 of 190 resolved.
- The Actor reads Google News' public RSS feeds. It doesn't fetch the article text from publishers.

### FAQ

**How do I get every article about a topic for a whole month?** Set `dateFrom` and `dateTo`, and raise `maxArticlesPerQuery`, e.g. to 3,000. The Actor runs one search per day and removes duplicates.

**How do I get alerts for new articles?**

1. Turn on `onlyNewArticles`.
2. Save the input as a task.
3. Schedule it hourly or daily.
4. Connect the dataset to Slack, email, Google Sheets or a webhook with Apify integrations.

**Can I search in another language?** Yes. Set `language` and `country` to the edition you want, e.g. `de` + `DE`.

### More from the same developer

- [Google Flights Scraper](https://apify.com/kuezi/google-flights-scraper): prices, airlines and times for any route, plus the cheapest day in a date range.
- [Flight Offers API (Amadeus Self-Service alternative)](https://apify.com/kuezi/flight-offers-api): Amadeus-style flight offers, cheapest dates and price analysis.
- [Google Hotels Scraper](https://apify.com/kuezi/google-hotels-scraper): hotel prices from 18–20 booking sites per hotel, with ratings.
- [Google Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/kuezi/google-trends-scraper): interest over time for unlimited keywords, breakouts and Trending Now.
- [Google Ads Transparency Scraper](https://apify.com/kuezi/google-ads-transparency-scraper): every ad a competitor runs on Google, with ad text and landing pages.
- [Telegram Channel Scraper](https://apify.com/kuezi/telegram-channel-scraper): posts, views and reactions from public channels, no login.
- [Substack Scraper](https://apify.com/kuezi/substack-scraper): posts, likes, comments, paywall status and full text from any Substack newsletter.

# Actor input Schema

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

What to search for. Google News operators work: "exact phrase", OR, -exclude, site:reuters.com, intitle:.

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

Google News sections to scrape as well.

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

Edition language, e.g. en, fr, de, es, pt-BR.

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

Edition country code, e.g. US, GB, IN, FR, KE.

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

Applies to search queries.

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

Optional, YYYY-MM-DD. Searches one day at a time, which goes past Google's 100-result cap per search.

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

Optional, YYYY-MM-DD (exclusive). Defaults to today.

## `maxArticlesPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

A single Google News search returns up to 100. Set a date range (or a 7d/30d/1y time range) to collect more.

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

Google News links redirect through news.google.com. This resolves each one to the publisher's article URL (included in the price).

## `onlyNewArticles` (type: `boolean`):

Skip articles returned by previous runs with the same query, edition and time range. Schedule the Actor to get a feed of new coverage.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Feeds and article pages fetched at the same time.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

Each retry uses a fresh IP.

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

Apify datacenter proxy works for Google News.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "electric vehicles",
    "site:reuters.com central bank"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "timeRange": "any",
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 100,
  "decodeUrls": true,
  "onlyNewArticles": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 8,
  "maxRetries": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `articles` (type: `string`):

One row per article: date, title, source, publisher URL, Google News link.

## `fullResults` (type: `string`):

Every field, including related coverage from other outlets.

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

Per query/topic counts, date span and top sources.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "electric vehicles",
        "site:reuters.com central bank"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kuezi/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 = {
    "queries": [
        "electric vehicles",
        "site:reuters.com central bank",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kuezi/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 '{
  "queries": [
    "electric vehicles",
    "site:reuters.com central bank"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call kuezi/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kuezi/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/dWK90vuSfb1NYrHHK/builds/Ah8wKGVpPxocFiGF3/openapi.json