# Google News Scraper – Articles, Real URLs, Topics, 55 Editions (`rt-solutions/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google News by keyword or topic in any country and language: title, source, date, real article URL, related coverage. Deep search beyond 100 results. $1 per 1,000 articles.

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

## Pricing

from $0.70 / 1,000 articles

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 — real article URLs, deep search, $1 per 1,000

Scrape **Google News** by **keyword** or **topic**, in **any country and language**, and get clean article data: title, source, publication date, the **publisher's real URL** and related coverage.

Made for **media monitoring, brand & competitor tracking, PR teams, researchers, traders and AI agents / RAG pipelines**.

### Why this scraper

| | This scraper | Typical Google News scrapers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | **$1 / 1,000 articles** | up to $4 / 1,000 |
| Real publisher URL (not the news.google.com redirect) | ✅ | often ❌ |
| More than 100 results per query | ✅ **Deep search** splits the period by day | ❌ capped at ~100 |
| Topics (Top stories, Business, Technology…) | ✅ | partial |
| 55+ country/language editions (+ any custom code) | ✅ | partial |
| Google News operators (site:, intitle:, quotes) | ✅ | ✅ |

### Output example

```json
{
  "title": "Electric vehicles offer fuel savings, but affordability and charging access remain barriers in SA",
  "source": "IOL",
  "url": "https://iol.co.za/the-star/2026-10-18-electric-vehicles-offer-fuel-savings-but-affordability-and-charging-access-remain-barriers-in-sa/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-18T07:00:00.000Z",
  "sourceUrl": "https://iol.co.za",
  "googleNewsUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxP…",
  "relatedArticles": [],
  "query": "electric vehicles",
  "language": "en-US",
  "position": 1
}
```

### How to use

1. Add **search queries** (operators work: `"generative AI"`, `site:reuters.com`, `intitle:bitcoin`) and/or pick **topics**.
2. Choose the **language & country** edition (55+ in the list, or type any code like `fr-MA`, `ar-EG`) and the **time range**.
3. Need more than ~100 results? Turn on **Deep search** (up to 90 days, day by day).
4. Keep **Get real article URLs** on to receive the publisher link.
5. Click **Start**, export to JSON/CSV/Excel, or schedule it (hourly/daily) for monitoring.

### Pricing

**$1.00 per 1,000 articles** ($0.001 per article). No platform usage fees on top.
Example: monitor 10 keywords daily × 50 articles = 15,000 articles/month = **$15**.

### FAQ

**Why only ~100 articles per query?** That's Google News' limit per feed. Deep search splits your time range into single days and merges the results without duplicates.

**Does it scrape full article text?** No — titles, sources, dates and links only (no publisher content is copied).

**How fresh is the data?** Live: each run reads Google News at that moment. Schedule runs for continuous monitoring.

Need a field or a filter? Open an issue — we usually ship it within days.

### Related scrapers

Other ready-to-use Actors by RT Solutions:

- [Substack Scraper](https://apify.com/rt-solutions/substack-scraper)
- [Weibo Scraper](https://apify.com/rt-solutions/weibo-scraper)
- [Google Ads Transparency Scraper](https://apify.com/rt-solutions/google-ads-transparency-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords or Google News search operators (e.g. tesla, "artificial intelligence", site:reuters.com, intitle:bitcoin).

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

Optional Google News sections.

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

Edition of Google News (country + language).

## `customEdition` (type: `string`):

Any other edition as language-country code, e.g. fr-SN, ar-JO, sw-KE. Overrides the list above.

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

How far back to search (applies to search queries, not topics).

## `deepSearch` (type: `boolean`):

Google News returns about 100 articles per query. Deep search splits the time range into days to collect up to thousands of articles (max 90 days).

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

Max articles per query/topic

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

Google News only gives redirect links. Turn on to get the publisher's real URL (slightly slower).

## `excludeSources` (type: `array`):

Source names to skip (e.g. Yahoo Finance).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "topics": [],
  "language": "en-US",
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "deepSearch": false,
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 100,
  "decodeUrls": true,
  "excludeSources": []
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `articles` (type: `string`):

All scraped 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": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rt-solutions/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"] }

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rt-solutions/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/lQv0g1y0qgLpwfPTX/builds/rzLnSExEOX5VfavLY/openapi.json