# Google News Search Scraper — RSS + best-effort real URLs (`pappy-dev/google-news-rss`) Actor

Search Google News for any query (any language/country): title, publisher, published time, snippet, Google link, plus the publisher's real URL where Google allows it (best-effort, limited per client by Google). No login, no proxies, no personal data. Up to 100 articles per query.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pappy-dev/google-news-rss.md
- **Developed by:** [Backyard Tools](https://apify.com/pappy-dev) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 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 Search Scraper — RSS + best-effort real URLs, no login

Search Google News for any query, in any language and country, and get the matching articles:
title, publisher, published time, snippet, the Google News link, and — where Google allows it —
the publisher's **real article URL**. No login, no proxies, no personal data.

### Tested (2026-09-02)

| Query | Articles | Time (feed only) |
|---|---:|---:|
| `ふるさと納税\|ja\|JP` | 100 | 0.11s |
| `web scraping\|en-US\|US` | 100 | 0.10s |
| `Apify\|de\|DE` | 7 | 0.34s |

Google News returns up to 100 articles per query. A query with no results returns 0 items (no charge).

**About real URLs.** The feed only carries `news.google.com` links. This actor asks Google's own
article endpoint for the publisher URL (plain requests, one per second). Google allows only a
limited number of those per client: in testing the first 5 resolved 5/5, and after roughly ten more
Google started answering `429`. The actor respects that limit — it never changes IPs or identity —
so once Google stops answering, the remaining articles are returned with the Google link only
(`article_url` = `null`) and the run completes normally. Set `decode_urls` to `false` in the target
settings if you only need the feed.

### Google news rss — input

```json
{
  "targets": ["web scraping|en-US|US", "ふるさと納税|ja|JP"],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

Each target is `query|hl|gl`: the search query, the interface language (`en-US`, `ja`, `de`, …)
and the country (`US`, `JP`, `DE`, …). `hl` and `gl` are optional and default to `en-US` / `US`.
Google's search operators work as usual (`site:`, quotes, `when:7d`, …).

### Google news rss — output fields

One dataset item per article:

| Field | |
|---|---|
| `title` | article headline |
| `article_url` | the publisher's real URL when resolved, otherwise `null` (see above) |
| `source` / `source_url` | publisher name and site |
| `published_at` | ISO 8601 timestamp |
| `gnews_url` | the Google News link (always present) |
| `snippet` | short description when Google provides one |
| `query` / `lang` / `country` | the target the item came from |

### Use Cases

- **Brand or keyword monitoring** — run a query on a schedule to catch new coverage as
  soon as Google News indexes it
- **Multi-market press tracking** — run the same query across languages/countries
  (`hl`/`gl`) to compare how a story is covered in different markets
- **Publisher mix tracking** — collect `source` across many articles to see which outlets
  cover a topic or competitor most often

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$1.00 per 1,000 articles**. Nothing else.

# Actor input Schema

## `targets` (type: `array`):

検索語。言語・国を変えるときは "検索語|hl|gl"（例: "ふるさと納税|ja|JP", "web scraping|en-US|US"）。複数指定可

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

1 run で取得する最大件数

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "targets": [
    "web scraping|en-US|US"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

取得した各件（type=item）と、選択した分析の結果（type=analysis）

## `overview` (type: `string`):

件数・平均評点・期間・ネガティブ比率（下側信頼限界つき）

# 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 = {
    "targets": [
        "web scraping|en-US|US"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pappy-dev/google-news-rss").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 = { "targets": ["web scraping|en-US|US"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pappy-dev/google-news-rss").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 '{
  "targets": [
    "web scraping|en-US|US"
  ]
}' |
apify call pappy-dev/google-news-rss --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pappy-dev/google-news-rss"
        }
    }
}

```

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/HgOrsH9zwV3kgLxZ1/builds/wn8JaakYvpURSrM5w/openapi.json