# Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, Agent-Ready (`leorochasantos/google-news-scraper`) Actor Fast, reliable Google News scraper: search, topic sections, and top headlines. Resolves the obfuscated Google redirect to the real publisher article URL and returns clean flat JSON built for LLM/MCP consumption. - **URL**: https://apify.com/leorochasantos/google-news-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Leonardo Santos](https://apify.com/leorochasantos) (community) - **Categories:** News, SEO tools, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 article 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, Agent-Ready Scrape **Google News** by search query, topic section, or top headlines and get back **clean, flat JSON** — with the one field most Google News scrapers get wrong: the **real publisher article URL**, not Google's obfuscated redirect. ### Why this scraper Google News RSS gives you links like `https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiigF...` — an opaque redirect, not the article. Google changed how these are encoded in 2024, which broke a lot of scrapers (you get a Google URL that a browser can open but your code/database/LLM can't use). **This actor resolves each link to the actual publisher URL** (e.g. `https://www.theguardian.com/...`), so the data is usable the moment it lands. - ✅ **Resolved publisher URLs** — the headline feature. Falls back gracefully to the Google URL with `url_resolved: false` if a specific link can't be resolved, so a run never fails on one bad article. - ✅ **Search, topics, and headlines** — free-text queries (with Google News operators like `when:1d`, `site:`, quotes), 8 topic sections, and the top-headlines feed. - ✅ **Any language / country edition** — `hl` + `gl` (e.g. `pt-BR` / `BR`, `es-419` / `MX`). - ✅ **Flat schema for LLMs & pipelines** — one row per article, typed fields, absolute URLs, explicit `url_resolved` flag. No nested junk, no formatted-string duplicates. - ✅ **Fast & cheap** — HTTP-only, no headless browser. Runs at 512 MB. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `queries` | string[] | Free-text Google News searches. Operators supported (`"exact phrase"`, `when:7d`, `site:bbc.com`). | | `topics` | string[] | Any of `WORLD, NATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, HEALTH`. | | `headlines` | boolean | Include the top-headlines feed. | | `language` | string | UI language `hl`, e.g. `en-US`, `pt-BR`. Default `en-US`. | | `country` | string | Country edition `gl`, e.g. `US`, `BR`, `GB`. Default `US`. | | `maxArticlesPerQuery` | integer | 1–100 per feed (RSS returns ~100 max). Default 100. | | `resolvePublisherUrls` | boolean | Resolve real publisher URLs. Default `true`. | | `dedupByUrl` | boolean | Drop duplicates across feeds. Default `true`. | #### Example input ```json { "queries": ["\"artificial intelligence\"", "nvidia when:1d"], "topics": ["TECHNOLOGY"], "headlines": false, "language": "en-US", "country": "US", "maxArticlesPerQuery": 50, "resolvePublisherUrls": true } ```` ### Output One dataset item per article: ```json { "query": "artificial intelligence", "query_type": "search", "language": "en-US", "country": "US", "title": "Apple sues OpenAI, alleging AI company stole trade secrets", "publisher": "The Guardian", "publisher_domain": "www.theguardian.com", "article_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/10/apple-sues-openai-trade-secrets", "google_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiigF...", "url_resolved": true, "published_at": "2026-07-10T22:33:00.000Z", "scraped_at": "2026-07-12T18:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### Use cases - **News monitoring & alerts** — track a brand, ticker, or topic across publishers. - **Media research & datasets** — build clean article-URL datasets for analysis or ML. - **LLM / RAG pipelines** — feed resolved URLs straight into a fetch-and-summarize step. - **Market & competitor intelligence** — topic and query feeds per country edition. ### Notes & limits - Article **full text is not extracted** — you get the resolved URL; fetch the body downstream if you need it. - Google News RSS returns up to ~100 items per feed; use multiple queries for breadth. - Reliability is monitored continuously against a golden probe set; the target is **< 2% run failure** over any 30-day window. # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): Free-text Google News searches. Supports Google News operators (e.g. quotes for exact phrase, 'site:', 'when:7d'). Each query runs as its own feed. ## `topics` (type: `array`): Google News topic sections to pull top articles from. Leave empty if you only want search or headlines. ## `headlines` (type: `boolean`): Also include the main top-headlines feed for the chosen language/country. ## `language` (type: `string`): UI language code, e.g. 'en-US', 'pt-BR', 'es-ES'. Controls the language edition of the feed. ## `country` (type: `string`): Two-letter country edition, e.g. 'US', 'BR', 'GB'. Controls which country's Google News edition is queried. ## `maxArticlesPerQuery` (type: `integer`): Cap on articles taken from each feed (1–100). Google News RSS returns up to ~100 items per feed. ## `resolvePublisherUrls` (type: `boolean`): Resolve each obfuscated Google redirect to the actual publisher article URL. This is the actor's headline feature. Disable for a faster run if the Google redirect URL is enough for you. ## `dedupByUrl` (type: `boolean`): Drop duplicate articles that appear in more than one feed (matched by resolved URL when available). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify Proxy recommended for reliable throughput. Defaults to the automatic Apify Proxy group. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "\"climate change\"", "bitcoin when:1d" ], "topics": [], "headlines": false, "language": "en-US", "country": "US", "maxArticlesPerQuery": 100, "resolvePublisherUrls": true, "dedupByUrl": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "artificial intelligence" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("leorochasantos/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": ["artificial intelligence"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("leorochasantos/google-news-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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": [ "artificial intelligence" ] }' | apify call leorochasantos/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=leorochasantos/google-news-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, Agent-Ready", "description": "Fast, reliable Google News scraper: search, topic sections, and top headlines. 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Supports Google News operators (e.g. quotes for exact phrase, 'site:', 'when:7d'). Each query runs as its own feed.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "topics": { "title": "Topic sections", "type": "array", "description": "Google News topic sections to pull top articles from. Leave empty if you only want search or headlines.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "WORLD", "NATION", "BUSINESS", "TECHNOLOGY", "ENTERTAINMENT", "SPORTS", "SCIENCE", "HEALTH" ] }, "default": [] }, "headlines": { "title": "Top headlines", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also include the main top-headlines feed for the chosen language/country.", "default": false }, "language": { "title": "Language (hl)", "type": "string", "description": "UI language code, e.g. 'en-US', 'pt-BR', 'es-ES'. Controls the language edition of the feed.", "default": "en-US" }, "country": { "title": "Country (gl)", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter country edition, e.g. 'US', 'BR', 'GB'. Controls which country's Google News edition is queried.", "default": "US" }, "maxArticlesPerQuery": { "title": "Max articles per feed", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on articles taken from each feed (1–100). Google News RSS returns up to ~100 items per feed.", "default": 100 }, "resolvePublisherUrls": { "title": "Resolve real publisher URLs", "type": "boolean", "description": "Resolve each obfuscated Google redirect to the actual publisher article URL. This is the actor's headline feature. Disable for a faster run if the Google redirect URL is enough for you.", "default": true }, "dedupByUrl": { "title": "Deduplicate by URL", "type": "boolean", "description": "Drop duplicate articles that appear in more than one feed (matched by resolved URL when available).", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify Proxy recommended for reliable throughput. Defaults to the automatic Apify Proxy group.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```