# Google News Scraper (`muhammad4hmed/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google News search results, topic sections, local news and top headlines in any language and edition. Publisher, timestamp and snippet per article, with cross-feed deduplication.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muhammad4hmed/google-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Ahmed](https://apify.com/muhammad4hmed) (community)
- **Categories:** News, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google News Scraper

Scrape **search results**, **topic sections**, **local news** and **top headlines** from Google News — in any language and edition, in one run.

### What it covers

Most Google News Actors do search only. This one fetches every feed type Google exposes:

- **Search** — with Google News operators (`tesla source:reuters`, `"climate policy"`) and a recency filter (`1h`, `1d`, `7d`).
- **Topics** — WORLD, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, HEALTH, or a topic id lifted from a Google News URL.
- **Places** — local news for a named city or region.
- **Top headlines** — the front page of the chosen edition.
- **Any edition** — combine language and country (`de`/`DE`, `es-419`/`MX`, `en-GB`/`GB`) to read the news as that audience sees it.

Every article carries its **publisher**, **publication timestamp**, snippet, and which feed produced it. Duplicate stories across feeds are removed by default.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `queries` | array | Search terms; Google News operators supported |
| `topics` | array | Section names or topic ids |
| `places` | array | Local news by place name |
| `includeTopHeadlines` | boolean | Add the edition's front page |
| `language` / `country` | string | Edition, e.g. `en-US` / `US` |
| `timeFilter` | string | `1h`, `12h`, `1d`, `7d` — search only |
| `maxArticlesPerFeed` | integer | Up to 100 (Google's own ceiling) |
| `maxItems` | integer | Total cap (`0` = no limit) |
| `deduplicate` | boolean | Drop stories already seen in another feed |
| `concurrency` / `requestDelayMs` | integer | Throughput controls |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional — not required |

#### Example

```json
{
  "queries": ["openai", "tesla"],
  "topics": ["TECHNOLOGY"],
  "places": ["London"],
  "includeTopHeadlines": true,
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US",
  "timeFilter": "7d"
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "title": "The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI…",
  "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBZ…",
  "publisher": "The Guardian",
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-13T17:02:46.000Z",
  "snippet": "The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message…",
  "source": "search:openai",
  "sourceType": "search",
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US"
}
```

A feed that fails produces an item with an `error` field rather than disappearing.

### Notes and limits

- **Article links are Google News redirect URLs.** Google no longer exposes the publisher's direct URL in its feed — the link resolves to the article in a browser, but it is not a clean publisher link. The `publisher` field gives you the outlet name, which is what most pipelines actually need. Any tool claiming otherwise is either following each link (slow and costly) or returning stale data.
- **Google caps each feed at roughly 100 articles.** Ask for more and you get what exists. To widen coverage, use more queries, topics or editions rather than a bigger limit.
- **Snippets are Google's own**, not full article text — usually the headline plus the outlet.
- **Editions matter.** The same query in `en-US`/`US` and `de`/`DE` returns genuinely different coverage, not translations.

### Local development

```bash
npm install
npm run build
node dist/main.js     # reads storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json
```

# Actor input Schema

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

Each query returns up to "Max articles per feed" results. Google News search operators work here, e.g. `tesla source:reuters` or `"climate policy"`.

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

Section names such as WORLD, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, HEALTH — or a full topic id from a Google News URL.

## `places` (type: `array`):

Local news sections by place name, e.g. `London` or `San Francisco`.

## `includeTopHeadlines` (type: `boolean`):

Add the main front-page feed for the chosen edition.

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

Interface language code, e.g. `en-US`, `de`, `fr`, `es-419`.

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

Two-letter edition code, e.g. `US`, `GB`, `DE`. Combined with language it selects the Google News edition.

## `timeFilter` (type: `string`):

Limit search results by age, e.g. `1h`, `12h`, `1d`, `7d`. Applies to search queries only. Leave empty for no limit.

## `maxArticlesPerFeed` (type: `integer`):

Google returns roughly 100 per feed at most.

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

Stop after this many articles in total. 0 means no limit.

## `deduplicate` (type: `boolean`):

The same story often appears in several feeds; keep only its first occurrence.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many feeds to fetch in parallel.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Raise if you see rate-limit warnings.

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

Optional. Google News RSS works without a proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "openai"
  ],
  "topics": [],
  "places": [],
  "includeTopHeadlines": false,
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US",
  "timeFilter": "",
  "maxArticlesPerFeed": 100,
  "maxItems": 0,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "concurrency": 3,
  "requestDelayMs": 400,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped news articles.

# 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": [
        "openai"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("muhammad4hmed/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": ["openai"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("muhammad4hmed/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": [
    "openai"
  ]
}' |
apify call muhammad4hmed/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammad4hmed/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/CogheGANybtEk3LwW/builds/753KZT7Wvhr1ow6qf/openapi.json