Google News Scraper
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Google News Scraper
Under maintenanceScrape Google News RSS feed for articles matching a search query, with full metadata extraction.
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from $0.10 / 1,000 dataset items
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Moeeze Hassan
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Scrape the Google News RSS feed for articles matching a search query. The actor returns structured article metadata including title, link, publication date, source, and description snippet, with support for country and language localization.
Features
- Keyword search across Google News
- Country and language localization (e.g.
US/en,DE/de) - Full metadata extraction from the RSS feed
- Configurable result limit (up to 100 articles)
Input Fields
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
query | string | ✅ | "" | Search query for Google News. |
maxResults | integer | ❌ | 30 | Maximum number of articles to return (1–100). |
country | string | ❌ | US | Google News country code (e.g. US, GB, DE). |
language | string | ❌ | en | Google News language code (e.g. en, de, fr). |
Output Fields
Each pushed dataset item is an article record with the following fields:
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
title | string | Article title. |
link | string | Direct URL to the article. |
pubDate | string | Publication date (RFC-822 format, as provided by Google News). |
source | string | Publisher / news source name. |
description | string | Article snippet / description (may contain HTML). |
guid | string | Unique article identifier from the feed. |
Usage Example
Search for "artificial intelligence" news (US English)
{"query": "artificial intelligence","maxResults": 30,"country": "US","language": "en"}
Get the latest 50 tech news articles from the UK
{"query": "technology","maxResults": 50,"country": "GB","language": "en"}
German-language news about "Klimawandel"
{"query": "Klimawandel","maxResults": 20,"country": "DE","language": "de"}
Run via the Apify CLI
$apify run google-news-scraper --input '{"query":"artificial intelligence","maxResults":30}'
Data Source
Articles are fetched from the Google News RSS search endpoint at https://news.google.com/rss/search with hl, gl, and ceid locale parameters.