Google News Scraper Pro 📰

A fast, affordable, and feature-rich Google News scraper. Extract news articles with unlimited keywords, custom location, language, time period, and flexible result limits.

💰 Pricing

Pay per result: < $20 / 1,000 results - One of the most affordable Google News scrapers on Apify!

✨ Features

• ✅ Unlimited keywords - Search for as many topics as you need
• ✅ Location targeting - Choose any country/region supported by Google News
• ✅ Language selection - Get news in any supported language
• ✅ Time period filtering - Filter by hours, days, weeks, months, or years
• ✅ Date range support - Specify exact date ranges (YYYY-MM-DD)
• ✅ Flexible limits - Set max results per query OR global total
• ✅ Topic-based search - Scrape predefined topics (Business, Technology, Sports, etc.)
• ✅ Deduplication - Automatically remove duplicate articles
• ✅ Clean URLs - Resolves Google News redirects to actual article URLs
• ✅ Article images - Extracts thumbnail images when available

📊 Output Data

Each article includes:

{
    "title": "Article headline",
    "link": "https://example.com/article",
    "source": "News Source Name",
    "sourceUrl": "https://example.com",
    "publishedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
    "description": "Article snippet/description",
    "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
    "guid": "unique-article-identifier",
    "query": "search keyword used",
    "rssLink": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/..."
}

🚀 Quick Start

Basic Search

{
    "queries": ["artificial intelligence", "machine learning"],
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "maxItemsTotal": 100
}

French News from France

{
    "queries": ["économie", "politique française"],
    "language": "fr",
    "country": "FR",
    "timeRange": "7d",
    "maxItemsTotal": 200
}

Topic-Based Scraping

{
    "topics": ["TECHNOLOGY", "BUSINESS"],
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "maxItemsTotal": 500
}

Advanced Search with Date Range

{
    "queries": ["\"electric vehicles\" AND Tesla", "site:reuters.com climate"],
    "dateFrom": "2024-01-01",
    "dateTo": "2024-06-30",
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 50,
    "maxItemsTotal": 200
}

🔧 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
queries	array	List of search keywords (unlimited)	[]
topics	array	Predefined topics: WORLD, NATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SCIENCE, SPORTS, HEALTH	[]
language	string	Language code (en, fr, es, de, etc.)	"en"
country	string	Country code (US, FR, GB, DE, etc.)	"US"
timeRange	string	Time filter: 1h, 12h, 1d, 7d, 30d, 1y	""
dateFrom	string	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)	""
dateTo	string	End date (YYYY-MM-DD)	""
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	Max results per query (0 = unlimited)	100
maxItemsTotal	integer	Global max results	500
fetchArticleDetails	boolean	Resolve URLs and fetch images	true
deduplicateResults	boolean	Remove duplicate articles	true

🔍 Advanced Search Operators

Use Google's search operators in your queries:

Operator	Example	Description
"exact phrase"	"climate change"	Exact match
intitle:	intitle:AI	Word in title
site:	site:bbc.com	Specific website
AND	Tesla AND SpaceX	Both terms
OR	EV OR "electric vehicle"	Either term
-	Apple -fruit	Exclude term

🌍 Supported Countries & Languages

The scraper supports all country/language combinations available in Google News. Common examples:

Country	Code	Languages
United States	US	en
France	FR	fr
Germany	DE	de
United Kingdom	GB	en
Spain	ES	es
Italy	IT	it
Japan	JP	ja
Canada	CA	en, fr
Australia	AU	en

📈 Use Cases

• News Monitoring - Track mentions of your brand, competitors, or industry
• Market Research - Gather news data for sentiment analysis
• Content Aggregation - Build news feeds for your application
• Academic Research - Collect news data for studies
• Investment Analysis - Monitor financial news and market events
• PR & Communications - Track media coverage

⚡ Performance

• Uses Google News RSS feeds for fast, efficient scraping
• Minimal resource usage compared to browser-based scrapers
• Parallel processing for multiple queries
• Smart rate limiting to avoid blocks

📝 Changelog

See ./CHANGELOG.md for version history.

🤝 Support

• Issues: Report bugs or request features via the Issues tab
• Documentation: Check Apify's documentation for general platform help

📄 License

MIT License - Free to use for personal and commercial projects.