# Google News Scraper — News API & News Data with Full Text (`prestilink/google-news-scraper`) Actor

News API for Google News: articles for any search, topic or date range in 60 country editions, with title, source, date and the real article URL. Optional full article text, author, image and description for AI and media monitoring. No browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/prestilink/google-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Prestilink](https://apify.com/prestilink) (community)
- **Categories:** News, AI, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google News Scraper — News API & News Data with Full Text

Get **news articles from Google News** for any search, topic or date range, in **58 country editions**: title, source, publication date, the **real article URL** (not just the Google redirect), and the other outlets covering the same story. Turn on one option to also get the **full article text**, word count, author, description and main image, ready for AI, sentiment analysis or media monitoring.

No browser: a search of 50 articles takes about 8 seconds. Google News shows about 100 articles per search; set a date range and the Actor searches **day by day** to get hundreds or thousands.

**A News API alternative without a monthly plan**: you only pay for the articles you get.

### Who uses it

- **Media monitoring and PR**: every article mentioning a brand, a CEO or a competitor, every day.
- **Finance and research**: news about tickers, companies and sectors, with dates, for signals and backtests.
- **AI and RAG pipelines**: fresh full-text articles to summarize, classify or feed to an LLM.
- **Content and SEO teams**: what is trending in a niche and who publishes it.
- **Developers and AI agents**: a simple news API with real URLs.

### What you get

| Data | Field |
|---|---|
| Title, source and source website | `title`, `source`, `sourceUrl` |
| Publication date (UTC) | `publishedAt` |
| Real article URL and Google News link | `url`, `googleNewsUrl` |
| Other coverage of the same story (topics) | `relatedArticles[]` |
| Full text and word count (option) | `text`, `wordCount` |
| Author, description, main image, language (option) | `author`, `description`, `imageUrl`, `language` |
| Search, topic, position and edition | `query`, `topic`, `position`, `edition` |

### How to use

1. Add **search queries**, one per line. Google News operators work: `"exact phrase"`, `OR`, `-word`, `site:reuters.com`, `intitle:tesla`.
2. Or pick **topics**: Top stories, World, Business, Technology, Sports, Science, Health...
3. Choose the **country and language** edition, and optionally **Published within** (last hour, day, week...) or exact **dates**.
4. Set **Max articles per search**. With dates, ask for more than 100 and the Actor searches day by day.
5. Turn on **Full article text** if you need the content.
6. Run, then download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or get the results through the API.

### Input example

```json
{
  "queries": ["openai", "\"electric vehicles\" site:reuters.com"],
  "edition": "US:en",
  "dateFrom": "-7",
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 500,
  "decodeUrls": true,
  "extractText": true
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "type": "article",
  "query": "climate change",
  "position": 1,
  "title": "Mount Hood's missing snow worries scientists",
  "source": "Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.opb.org",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-16T18:02:11Z",
  "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/10/16/mount-hood-snow-climate/",
  "googleNewsUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi...",
  "author": "April Ehrlich",
  "description": "The peak has looked more like a large, gray rock than a glacier-topped mountain.",
  "imageUrl": "https://static.opb.org/mount-hood.jpg",
  "language": "en",
  "wordCount": 1035,
  "text": "A towering white Mount Hood has long defined Portland's eastern skyline...",
  "textAvailable": true,
  "edition": "US:en",
  "status": "ok"
}
```

Values in this example are illustrative.

### Pricing

Pay per event: a small fee per run, a fee per article, and a fee per article whose full text was read. Bigger Apify plans pay less. See the **Pricing** tab for exact prices on your plan.

Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor stops before going over it. Searches that find nothing, and articles whose text can't be read (paywalls), are never charged for text.

### Good to know

- Google News keeps search results for recent years. Each feed holds about 100 articles, so dates are what lets you go further.
- Full text comes from the publisher's page. Paywalled or bot-protected sites (some business newspapers) return `textAvailable: false`.
- Dates are in UTC. The same article is never returned twice for one search.

### Use it with

- **AI agents and MCP**: add this Actor as a tool through the Apify MCP server (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other MCP clients), LangChain, LlamaIndex or CrewAI.
- **No-code automation**: n8n, Make and Zapier, for example a daily brand-mention digest to Slack or email.
- **Spreadsheets and dashboards**: Google Sheets, Excel, Looker Studio.
- **Developers**: the Apify API, Python and JavaScript clients, webhooks and scheduled runs.

***

This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google. Google News is a trademark of Google LLC. Article texts belong to their publishers; use them in line with each publisher's terms.

# Actor input Schema

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

One per line. Google News operators work: <b>"exact phrase"</b>, <b>OR</b>, <b>-word</b>, <b>site:reuters.com</b>, <b>intitle:tesla</b>.

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

Today's articles of Google News sections, each with the other outlets covering the same story.

## `edition` (type: `string`):

The Google News edition to read.

## `maxArticlesPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Google News lists up to about 100 articles per search. Set a date range and ask for more, and the Actor searches day by day to get more.

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Ignored when you set dates.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Like 2026-09-01, or -7 for the last 7 days. With dates, you can get more than 100 articles per search.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Empty means today.

## `decodeUrls` (type: `boolean`):

Return the publisher's URL of each article instead of only the Google News redirect link.

## `extractText` (type: `boolean`):

Open each article and return its full text, word count, author, description and main image. Charged per article read.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "edition": "US:en",
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 50,
  "timeRange": "",
  "decodeUrls": true,
  "extractText": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One item per article: title, source, published date, real URL, Google News link, related coverage, and optionally the full text, author, description and image.

# 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": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ],
    "maxArticlesPerQuery": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("prestilink/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": ["artificial intelligence"],
    "maxArticlesPerQuery": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("prestilink/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": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 50
}' |
apify call prestilink/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,prestilink/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/dD0zkIdOa9fMPU11E/builds/mcx5OMpmBmgLgUUF6/openapi.json