# Google News Scraper — Quality, Cheap and Fast (`scrapesmith/google-news-scraper-quality-cheap-and-fast`) Actor 🔥$1.00/1000🔥 Scrape Google News articles by keyword. Get title, source, date, author, thumbnail for any topic. Deep pagination for 1000+ articles per query. No proxy, no login, blazing fast. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesmith/google-news-scraper-quality-cheap-and-fast.md - **Developed by:** [Scrape Smith](https://apify.com/scrapesmith) (community) - **Categories:** News, Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 92.9% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 results 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? 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 — Real Article URLs, Headlines & Search Extract news articles from Google News in seconds — and get the **real publisher URL** for every article. Search any topic, keyword, or phrase — or paste a Google News topic page — and get structured article data ready for monitoring, research, or feeds. No accounts. No logins. No configuration. Just enter your keywords and run. --- ### What You Get For each article: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `title` | Article headline | | `source_name` | Publisher name (e.g. Reuters, BBC, TechCrunch) | | `published_at` | Publication date and time (ISO 8601) | | `article_url` | **Real publisher URL** (direct link to the article on the original site) | | `google_news_url` | Google News redirect URL (always included as a fallback) | | `thumbnail_url` | Article thumbnail image URL | | `snippet` | Short article description where available | | `query` | The search term or topic that returned this article | | `language` | Language code (e.g. en-US) | | `country` | Country code (e.g. US) | --- ### How to Use #### Search by keyword Enter one or more search queries in the **Search Queries** field: ```` artificial intelligence Tesla earnings climate change 2026 ``` Each query returns up to ~100 of the latest matching articles from Google News. #### Subscribe to a topic page Paste a Google News topic URL into **Topic Page URLs**. These are the category pages you see when browsing Google News, for example: ``` https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGRqTVhZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB ```` #### Decode Real Article URLs By default, the scraper resolves every Google News link to the **real publisher URL** (e.g. `https://www.nytimes.com/...` instead of a Google redirect). Turn off **Decode Real Article URLs** if you only need titles, sources, and dates and want the fastest possible run. #### Language and country By default the scraper returns English (US) results. Change **Language (hl)** and **Country (gl)** for local news in other languages: - Germany: hl=`de`, gl=`DE` - France: hl=`fr`, gl=`FR` - Japan: hl=`ja`, gl=`JP` - Brazil: hl=`pt-BR`, gl=`BR` - UK: hl=`en-GB`, gl=`GB` --- ### Use Cases - **Media monitoring** — track brand mentions, competitor news, or industry developments - **News aggregation** — build feeds for newsletters, dashboards, or research tools - **Sentiment research** — collect articles for NLP / sentiment analysis pipelines - **Content discovery** — find the latest articles on any topic for content marketing - **Academic research** — gather news data for social science or journalism studies - **SEO & PR tracking** — monitor coverage of your company or product across publishers - **Lead generation** — find companies or people in the news on topics relevant to you --- ### Frequently Asked Questions **How many articles can I get per query?** Google News returns up to ~100 articles per search query. For topic pages, results vary by topic activity. **How current is the data?** Articles are typically from the last 24–72 hours, depending on the topic. Google News indexes new articles continuously. **Can I get articles in other languages?** Yes. Set the `hl` (language) and `gl` (country) fields. For example, `hl=de, gl=DE` returns German news. **What does "real article URL" mean?** Google News links are redirect URLs. This scraper resolves each one to the actual article URL on the publisher's website (e.g. `https://www.bbc.com/news/...`). About 80–90% of articles decode successfully. **Can I get the full article text?** The scraper returns the article URL and a snippet where available. Full text extraction depends on the publisher and is not included. **Can I run multiple queries in one run?** Yes. Add as many queries as you like. Each query is fetched independently and combined into one dataset. **Does it require login or an API key?** No. The scraper works without any authentication. --- ### Example Output ```json { "title": "SpaceX to acquire AI startup for $1.5 billion", "source_name": "The New York Times", "published_at": "2026-06-17T14:30:00Z", "article_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/technology/spacex-ai-acquisition.html", "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/read/CBMi...", "thumbnail_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/...", "snippet": "SpaceX has announced plans to acquire an artificial intelligence startup...", "query": "SpaceX", "language": "en-US", "country": "US" } ```` *** ### Pricing Pay only for what you scrape. Each article returned counts as one result. Free plan users get **25 articles** per run to try the scraper. # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): List of search keywords or phrases to fetch from Google News (e.g. 'artificial intelligence', 'climate change'). Returns up to ~100 articles per query. ## `topic_urls` (type: `array`): Google News topic page URLs (e.g. https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqJggK...). Returns latest headlines for that topic. ## `max_per_query` (type: `integer`): Maximum articles per individual query or topic. Set above 100 to enable deep day-by-day pagination (automatically fetches older articles until target is reached). ## `date_from` (type: `string`): Only return articles published after this date. When set with Date To, limits results to that range (no deep pagination). Leave empty for latest news. ## `date_to` (type: `string`): Only return articles published before this date. Use with Date From to define a range. ## `hl` (type: `string`): Language code for results, e.g. en-US, de, fr, es, ja. Defaults to en-US. ## `gl` (type: `string`): Country code for results, e.g. US, GB, DE, FR, JP. Defaults to US. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "artificial intelligence" ], "topic_urls": [], "max_per_query": 100, "hl": "en-US", "gl": "US" } ``` # 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 = { "queries": [ "artificial intelligence" ], "topic_urls": [] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrapesmith/google-news-scraper-quality-cheap-and-fast").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 = { "queries": ["artificial intelligence"], "topic_urls": [], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrapesmith/google-news-scraper-quality-cheap-and-fast").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 '{ "queries": [ "artificial intelligence" ], "topic_urls": [] }' | apify call scrapesmith/google-news-scraper-quality-cheap-and-fast --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapesmith/google-news-scraper-quality-cheap-and-fast", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google News Scraper — Quality, Cheap and Fast", "description": "🔥$1.00/1000🔥 Scrape Google News articles by keyword. Get title, source, date, author, thumbnail for any topic. Deep pagination for 1000+ articles per query. 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Returns up to ~100 articles per query.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "topic_urls": { "title": "Topic Page URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Google News topic page URLs (e.g. https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqJggK...). Returns latest headlines for that topic.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "max_per_query": { "title": "Max Results Per Query / Topic", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum articles per individual query or topic. Set above 100 to enable deep day-by-day pagination (automatically fetches older articles until target is reached).", "default": 100 }, "date_from": { "title": "Date From (YYYY-MM-DD)", "type": "string", "description": "Only return articles published after this date. When set with Date To, limits results to that range (no deep pagination). Leave empty for latest news." }, "date_to": { "title": "Date To (YYYY-MM-DD)", "type": "string", "description": "Only return articles published before this date. Use with Date From to define a range." }, "hl": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Language code for results, e.g. en-US, de, fr, es, ja. Defaults to en-US.", "default": "en-US" }, "gl": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "Country code for results, e.g. US, GB, DE, FR, JP. 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