# Google News RSS Intelligence (`smart_tech_resources/google-news-rss`) Actor

Collect Google News RSS results without an API key and output normalized, AI-ready news data for monitoring, research, and reporting.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/smart_tech_resources/google-news-rss.md
- **Developed by:** [Smart Tech Resources](https://apify.com/smart_tech_resources) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Developer tools, News
- **Stats:** 9 total users, 2 monthly users, 98.8% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## 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 RSS Intelligence

Collect and normalize Google News RSS results without an API key.

### Input

The input form is defined in `.actor/input_schema.json`. API key fields, where present, use Apify `isSecret: true`.

This Actor uses publicly accessible Google News RSS feeds. No API key is required for the default mode.

### Output

Each dataset item follows the normalized Global News Intelligence article shape:

- `sourcePlatform`
- `sourceName`
- `title`
- `url`
- `publishedAt`
- `description`
- `content`
- `author`
- `imageUrl`
- `country`
- `language`
- `category`
- `keywords`
- `sentiment`
- `entities`
- `raw`

The key-value store record `SUMMARY` contains counts by source, publisher, country, language, category, sentiment, and date.

### Local run

```bash
apify run
```

For premium BYOK actors, fill the required secret input in Apify before running against the provider. Do not place real API keys in source code, README examples, GitHub, public Apify examples, logs, or dataset output.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keyword, phrase, topic, or search query to collect news for.

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

Google News country/edition code.

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

Google News language code.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Optional category label to attach to normalized output.

## `maxArticles` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of normalized articles to output.

## `decodeGoogleNewsUrls` (type: `boolean`):

Reserved for future direct publisher URL decoding.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence regulation",
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "category": "technology",
  "maxArticles": 50,
  "decodeGoogleNewsUrls": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 regulation"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("smart_tech_resources/google-news-rss").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 regulation" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("smart_tech_resources/google-news-rss").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 regulation"
}' |
apify call smart_tech_resources/google-news-rss --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,smart_tech_resources/google-news-rss"
        }
    }
}
```

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/Og3t3JxhoCgMPlmdN/builds/cVXURWR7Q53vbDvbr/openapi.json