# Google News Scraper (`siftwright/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Search Google News for any keyword or brand and get real article titles, links, sources, publish dates and snippets as clean JSON/CSV. Pay only for articles actually returned.

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

## Pricing

$1.50 / 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.

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?

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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 – Search Results as JSON/CSV

Search **Google News for any keyword, topic or brand name** and get back real article results — title, source, published date, link and snippet — as clean, structured data. No proxies, no browser, no blocked requests: just fast, reliable news search results ready for JSON, CSV, Excel or your API pipeline.

**Price: $0.0015 per article result** ($1.50 per 1,000). You only pay for articles actually returned — an empty or failed search costs **$0**.

### Why choose this Actor

| | This Actor |
|---|---|
| 💵 **Price** | Pay only per article result, no monthly rental |
| 🛡️ **Pay only for success** | Empty searches and failed requests cost **$0** |
| ⚡ **Fast & lightweight** | No browser, no proxy required — just a direct RSS fetch |
| 🌍 **Any language / country** | Search any Google News edition (`language` + `country`) |
| 🧹 **Deduped results** | Repeated/syndicated stories are automatically removed |
| 📅 **Structured dates** | Publish dates normalized to ISO 8601 |
| 🤖 **AI-agent ready** | Callable from Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor through Apify's MCP server |

### What you can use it for

- 📰 **Media monitoring** – track every article mentioning your brand, product or competitor.
- 🤖 **AI & RAG pipelines** – feed fresh, real news headlines and snippets into an LLM or vector database.
- 📈 **Market & trend research** – see how coverage of a topic changes day to day.
- 🔍 **SEO & PR tracking** – find every outlet that picked up a story or press release.
- 🗂️ **Newsletter & content curation** – pull the latest headlines on a topic automatically.

### Features

- ✅ Search **any keyword, phrase or brand name**
- ✅ Any **language** and **country edition** of Google News
- ✅ Returns **title, link, source, publishedAt (ISO 8601), snippet** per article
- ✅ Automatic **deduplication** of repeated/syndicated stories
- ✅ Configurable result cap (`maxItems`, up to 200 per run)
- ✅ No proxy or browser required — fast, direct RSS fetch
- ✅ Empty or failed searches are **never charged**

### How to use

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Enter a **search query** (keyword, topic or brand name).
3. (Optional) set `maxItems`, `language` and `country`.
4. Click **Start** and download your results from the **Output** tab.

### Input example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 5,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US"
}
```

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `query` | Search term, phrase or brand name (required) |
| `maxItems` | Maximum number of articles to return (default `30`, max `200`) |
| `language` | Google News language code, e.g. `en`, `es`, `de` (default `en`) |
| `country` | Google News country/edition code, e.g. `US`, `GB`, `IN` (default `US`) |

### Output example

Real output from a test run against the query `"artificial intelligence"`:

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "title": "Bill Gates says unchecked AI could 'cause a billion deaths' in call for regulation",
  "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMingFBVV95cUxNX3U0dW9FbGNsVVd0bGt4MlRzRTBZMkE2NWZOYUZlUkxOd3puUEwxdkR1YXNIaHdFNUtaYzJ3cGlOTHM2ckdBbHhLZmYtbUlnalJ2QmZYVS00RFROaksyY01xUnRCSXFzcEppNElYd1NOV21KNWJXVEVPVHBVZUppSEZPRVQzVmhtdlA4ZWp4emlaQmwxblpxVjRVWGM0dw?oc=5",
  "source": "The Guardian",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-27T09:00:00.000Z",
  "snippet": "Bill Gates says unchecked AI could 'cause a billion deaths' in call for regulation The Guardian Bill Gates warns AI could be used to trigger 'a billion deaths,' urges regulation abc45.com Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on AI regulations will be harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations NBC News",
  "status": "ok"
}
```

Note: Google News' RSS feed doesn't provide a separate article summary — `snippet` reflects the headline text and related-coverage outlets as published in the feed, not independently written summary text.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: **$0.0015** per article result returned ($1.50 per 1,000). No monthly rental, no charge for empty or failed searches. Apify's free plan gives you monthly credits so you can try it for free.

### Quick start in Python

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("siftwright/google-news-scraper").call(run_input={
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 30,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["publishedAt"], item["source"], item["title"])
```

### Use it via API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/siftwright~google-news-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"artificial intelligence","maxItems":30}'
```

Works with Python and JavaScript API clients, Make, Zapier, n8n, LangChain and LlamaIndex. **AI agents** (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) can call it directly through [Apify's MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com).

### FAQ

**Does it use Google's official News API?** No — there is no official Google News API for this. The Actor reads Google News' public RSS search feed, the same feed available to any RSS reader, and returns it as structured data.

**Why did a query return 0 results?** Very obscure or misspelled queries can return no matching articles. Empty result sets are never charged.

**Can I search a different country or language edition?** Yes — set `language` and `country` to any Google News-supported combination, e.g. `language: "de", country: "DE"`.

**Something broke or you need a feature?** Open an issue on the **Issues** tab — we respond fast.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword, phrase or brand name to search for on Google News, e.g. "artificial intelligence" or a company name.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of articles to return for this query.

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

Interface/results language code used by Google News, e.g. "en", "es", "de".

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country/edition code used by Google News, e.g. "US", "GB", "IN".

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per article with title, link, source, publish date and snippet.

# 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 = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("siftwright/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 = { "query": "artificial intelligence" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("siftwright/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 '{
  "query": "artificial intelligence"
}' |
apify call siftwright/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,siftwright/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/djzHYA0Kj99i93nL9/builds/zTqVovlCtoJwXlYzx/openapi.json