# Google News MCP Server — News Search & Monitoring for AI (`longanimous_bracken/google-news-scraper`) Actor MCP Server for Google News. Search news articles by keyword across 17 languages. AI-agent ready — returns headlines, sources, dates, and snippets in clean JSON. Built for RAG pipelines, news monitoring, and AI assistants. - **URL**: https://apify.com/longanimous\_bracken/google-news-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [petteri mähönen](https://apify.com/longanimous_bracken) (community) - **Categories:** News, AI, MCP servers - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.50 / 1,000 results 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 MCP Server — News Search & Monitoring for AI Agents Scrape news articles from **Google News** via their RSS feed. Search by keyword across **17 languages** and **17 countries**. ### 🧠 MCP Server — AI Agent Ready This actor is a **Model Context Protocol (MCP) server** — AI assistants (Claude, GPT, Cursor) can call it directly to fetch live news: ```json { "searchQuery": "technology", "maxResults": 10, "language": "en-US" } ```` **Connect via Apify MCP** — no API keys needed for AI agents using the Apify MCP integration. ### Features - **Keyword search** — any topic, phrase, or company name - **17 languages** — EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, PT, JA, ZH, RU, AR, SV, FI, DA, NO, NL, PL - **17 countries** — US, UK, FR, DE, ES, IT, BR, JP, CN, RU, SA, SE, FI, DK, NO, NL, PL - **CheerioCrawler** — server-rendered RSS, 256MB RAM, ~1s per query - **No proxy needed** — RSS feed is freely accessible - **Structured output** — title, source, publish date, snippet, URL ### Quick Start #### Search tech news in the US ```json { "searchQuery": "technology", "maxResults": 20, "language": "en-US", "country": "US" } ``` #### Search European politics in German ```json { "searchQuery": "Europäische Union", "maxResults": 10, "language": "de-DE", "country": "DE" } ``` #### Search AI news in Japanese ```json { "searchQuery": "人工知能", "maxResults": 5, "language": "ja-JP", "country": "JP" } ``` ### Input Parameters | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `searchQuery` | string | `"technology"` | Search term or topic | | `maxResults` | integer | `20` | Max articles to return (max 100) | | `language` | select | `en-US` | Language code (en-US, fr-FR, de-DE, etc.) | | `country` | select | `US` | Country code (US, GB, FR, DE, etc.) | ### Output Fields | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `title` | string | Article headline | | `source` | string | Publisher/source name (e.g., "BBC", "Reuters") | | `url` | string | Google News redirect link to the article | | `publishedAt` | string | Publication date (RFC 2822) | | `snippet` | string | Article summary/snippet | | `country` | string | Country code searched | | `language` | string | Language code searched | | `searchQuery` | string | Original search term | | `scrapedAt` | string | Timestamp of scrape | ### Use Cases - **Media monitoring** — track coverage of your company, competitors, or industry - **Content aggregation** — build news feeds for portals or dashboards - **Market intelligence** — monitor regulatory changes, competitor announcements - **Research** — collect news datasets for NLP, sentiment analysis, or LLM training - **Alerting** — trigger workflows when specific topics make the news ### Pricing **$1.50 / 1,000 results** — pay only for what you scrape. No monthly subscription. ### Changelog | Version | Date | Changes | |---------|------|---------| | 0.0.1 | 2026-07-24 | Initial build — CheerioCrawler, 17 languages, 17 countries | ### Support - [Open an issue](https://apify.com/longanimous_bracken/google-news-scraper/issues) for bugs or feature requests - [Leave a review](https://apify.com/longanimous_bracken/google-news-scraper) — it helps others discover the tool # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Search term or topic (e.g., 'technology', 'AI regulation', 'stock market') ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of news articles to return (max 100) ## `language` (type: `string`): News language and region ## `country` (type: `string`): Country code for news regionalization ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "technology", "maxResults": 20, "language": "en-US", "country": "US" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `articles` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQuery": "technology" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("longanimous_bracken/google-news-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${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 = { "searchQuery": "technology" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("longanimous_bracken/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 '{ "searchQuery": "technology" }' | apify call longanimous_bracken/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=longanimous_bracken/google-news-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google News MCP Server — News Search & Monitoring for AI", "description": "MCP Server for Google News. Search news articles by keyword across 17 languages. AI-agent ready — returns headlines, sources, dates, and snippets in clean JSON. Built for RAG pipelines, news monitoring, and AI assistants.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "ekwdwdKGYSwhaFgIe" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/longanimous_bracken~google-news-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-longanimous_bracken-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/longanimous_bracken~google-news-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-longanimous_bracken-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/longanimous_bracken~google-news-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-longanimous_bracken-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "searchQuery" ], "properties": { "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Search term or topic (e.g., 'technology', 'AI regulation', 'stock market')" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of news articles to return (max 100)", "default": 20 }, "language": { "title": "Language", "enum": [ "en-US", "en-GB", "fr-FR", "de-DE", "es-ES", "it-IT", "pt-BR", "ja-JP", "zh-CN", "ru-RU", "ar-SA", "sv-SE", "fi-FI", "da-DK", "nb-NO", "nl-NL", "pl-PL" ], "type": "string", "description": "News language and region", "default": "en-US" }, "country": { "title": "Country", "enum": [ "US", "GB", "FR", "DE", "ES", "IT", "BR", "JP", "CN", "RU", "SA", "SE", "FI", "DK", "NO", "NL", "PL" ], "type": "string", "description": "Country code for news regionalization", "default": "US" } } }, "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": 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