# Google News Scraper (`santamaria-automations/google-news-scraper`) Actor Scrape Google News search results. Extract article titles, sources, snippets, links, and publication dates for any keyword. Multi-query support. - **URL**: https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/google-news-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Alessandro Santamaria](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations) (community) - **Categories:** News, SEO tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.87 / 1,000 article founds 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 Scrape news articles from [Google News](https://news.google.com) for any search query. Extract article titles, publisher names, publication dates, and direct article links. ### What data do you get? For each news article, the scraper extracts: - **Article title** (cleaned, without source suffix) - **Source/publisher name** (e.g., "Reuters", "CNN", "TechCrunch") - **Publisher URL** (e.g., "https://www.reuters.com") - **Article URL** (direct link to the article) - **Publication date** (RFC 2822 format) - **Search query** that matched the article ### How to use #### Basic usage Set one or more **Search Queries** and run. The scraper fetches Google News results for each query. #### Input example ```json { "searchQueries": ["artificial intelligence", "climate change"], "language": "en", "country": "US", "maxResults": 100, "maxResultsPerQuery": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ```` #### Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | |-----------|------|-------------| | `searchQueries` | array | Search keywords to find news articles (required) | | `language` | string | Language code for results (default: "en") | | `country` | string | Country code for regional results (default: "US") | | `maxResults` | integer | Maximum total articles to scrape (default: 100) | | `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer | Maximum articles per query (default: 50, max ~100) | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy settings | #### Supported languages Use standard language codes: `en`, `de`, `fr`, `es`, `it`, `pt`, `ja`, `ko`, `zh-CN`, `ar`, `ru`, etc. #### Supported countries Use ISO country codes: `US`, `GB`, `DE`, `FR`, `CH`, `AT`, `JP`, `KR`, `CN`, `BR`, `IN`, etc. ### Output example ```json { "title": "OpenAI launches new reasoning model", "source": "Reuters", "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-launches-new-model-2026-03-31/", "snippet": null, "published_at": "Mon, 31 Mar 2026 14:30:00 GMT", "image_url": null, "search_query": "artificial intelligence", "source_platform": "google-news", "scraped_at": "2026-04-01T10:00:00Z" } ``` ### Tips - Each query returns up to ~100 articles from the Google News RSS feed. - **Datacenter proxy** works fine for Google News RSS feeds. - Set `country` and `language` to target specific regional news (e.g., `DE`/`de` for German news). - Results are deduplicated across queries by article URL. - Article URLs are resolved from Google News redirects to direct publisher links when possible. ### Pricing This actor uses pay-per-result pricing: | Event | Price | |-------|-------| | Per news article | $0.001 | ### Technical details - Built in Go with TLS fingerprinting for reliable access - \~12MB Docker image, 128MB RAM - Parses Google News RSS/XML feed (structured data, no brittle CSS selectors) - Automatic URL resolution from Google News redirects - Rate-limited to be respectful to Google's servers If something is not working or you're missing a feature, please [open an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors) and we'll look into it. ### Related Actors **Related Scrapers** - [YouTube Scraper — Video & channel data](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/youtube-scraper) - [Eventbrite Scraper — Event listings](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/eventbrite-scraper) - [Similarweb Scraper — Website analytics](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/similarweb-scraper) **European Classifieds** - [Kleinanzeigen.de Scraper — Germany](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/kleinanzeigen-de-scraper) - [Willhaben.at Scraper — Austria](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/willhaben-at-scraper) - [Tutti.ch Scraper — Switzerland](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/tutti-ch-scraper) - [Marktplaats.nl Scraper — Netherlands](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/marktplaats-nl-scraper) **Enrich your data** - [Website Email & Phone Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/website-email-scraper) - [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/google-maps-scraper) - [Website Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/website-contact-extractor) # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): One or more search keywords to find news articles. Each query returns up to ~100 results from Google News. ## `language` (type: `string`): Language code for results (e.g., 'en', 'de', 'fr', 'es', 'it', 'pt', 'ja', 'ko', 'zh-CN'). Affects which language articles are returned. ## `country` (type: `string`): Country code for regional results (e.g., 'US', 'GB', 'DE', 'FR', 'CH', 'AT', 'JP'). Affects which regional news sources appear. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum total number of articles to scrape across all queries. ## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of articles to scrape per individual search query. Google News RSS returns up to ~100 per query. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify proxy settings. Datacenter proxy works well for Google News RSS. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "artificial intelligence" ], "language": "en", "country": "US", "maxResults": 50, "maxResultsPerQuery": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `articles` (type: `string`): Dataset containing scraped news article data # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQueries": [ "artificial intelligence" ], "maxResults": 50, "maxResultsPerQuery": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("santamaria-automations/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQueries": ["artificial intelligence"], "maxResults": 50, "maxResultsPerQuery": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("santamaria-automations/google-news-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQueries": [ "artificial intelligence" ], "maxResults": 50, "maxResultsPerQuery": 50 }' | apify call santamaria-automations/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=santamaria-automations/google-news-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google News Scraper", "description": "Scrape Google News search results. Extract article titles, sources, snippets, links, and publication dates for any keyword. Multi-query support.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "inGLtHFCBx2KazrZb" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/santamaria-automations~google-news-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-santamaria-automations-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/santamaria-automations~google-news-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-santamaria-automations-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/santamaria-automations~google-news-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-santamaria-automations-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "searchQueries" ], "properties": { "searchQueries": { "title": "Search Queries", "type": "array", "description": "One or more search keywords to find news articles. Each query returns up to ~100 results from Google News.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "language": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Language code for results (e.g., 'en', 'de', 'fr', 'es', 'it', 'pt', 'ja', 'ko', 'zh-CN'). Affects which language articles are returned.", "default": "en" }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "Country code for regional results (e.g., 'US', 'GB', 'DE', 'FR', 'CH', 'AT', 'JP'). Affects which regional news sources appear.", "default": "US" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum Total Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum total number of articles to scrape across all queries.", "default": 100 }, "maxResultsPerQuery": { "title": "Maximum Results Per Query", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of articles to scrape per individual search query. Google News RSS returns up to ~100 per query.", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify proxy settings. Datacenter proxy works well for Google News RSS.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```