# Google News Scraper — Search & Monitor (`moganes/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google News by keyword in any language and country, with a time filter from the past hour to the past year. Title, source, publish date, link and snippet. Supports OR, exact phrases and site: operators. For media monitoring, PR tracking and AI pipelines.

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

## Pricing

$0.20 / 1,000 article scrapeds

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?

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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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 — Search & Monitor

**Every news story on your topic, as clean data.** Search Google News by keyword in any language and country, filter by time window, and get title, source, publish date, link, and snippet for each article.

Fast and reliable — built on Google News' own feed, so it doesn't break like page-scrapers do. No API key.

### Input

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Search query** | Keywords + operators (`tesla OR spacex`, `"exact phrase"`, `site:reuters.com`) |
| **Time window** | Past hour → past year, or any time |
| **Language** | `en`, `de`, `fr`, `es`, … |
| **Country** | `US`, `GB`, `DE`, … |
| **Max articles** | Up to 100 |

### Output (per article)

```json
{
  "title": "OpenAI announces…",
  "source": "Reuters",
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-16T09:14:00.000Z",
  "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/…",
  "snippet": "OpenAI announced today…",
  "guid": "CBMi…"
}
```

### Who uses this

- **Media monitoring & PR** — track brand, competitor, or executive mentions on a schedule
- **Finance & research** — news flow around tickers, sectors, events
- **AI pipelines** — fresh, topical article feeds for summarization and RAG
- **Journalists & analysts** — fast topic sweeps across regions and languages

### Set up monitoring

Attach the actor to an Apify **Schedule** (e.g. hourly with a `1h` window) plus an **email/Slack integration** — you get a running alert feed for any topic, no code.

### FAQ

**Reliable?** It reads Google News' official feed, not a rendered page — far more stable than HTML scrapers.

**Operators?** Full Google News search syntax works: `OR`, quotes, `site:`, `-exclude`, `intitle:`.

**Broken?** Issues tab is monitored daily; fixes usually ship within 24 hours.

### Disclaimer

*This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC. It reads only Google News' publicly available RSS feed.*

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keywords to search. Supports Google News operators, e.g. "tesla OR spacex", "site:reuters.com", quotes for exact phrases.

## `when` (type: `string`):

Only articles from within this window.

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

Language code, e.g. "en", "de", "fr", "es".

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

2-letter country code, e.g. "US", "GB", "DE".

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Google News returns up to ~100 items per query.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "when": "7d",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moganes/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 = { "query": "artificial intelligence" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moganes/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 '{
  "query": "artificial intelligence"
}' |
apify call moganes/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moganes/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/H5n7aRC9nVsI2bTO1/builds/pGOhf8msHuf9sfjNe/openapi.json