# Google News Scraper - With Real Article URLs (`sndzcc/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Google News by keyword or topic, in any country and language, with the real article URL: headline, source and date. Perfect for monitoring and AI.

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

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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?

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 Scraper: With Real Article URLs

Scrape **Google News** by keyword or by topic, in **any country and language**, and get every article with its headline, source, publish date and the **real article URL** (not the news.google.com redirect).

Fast and light: no browser, no proxies. Dozens of searches in a minute.

### Why this one?

- **Real publisher URLs.** Google News links are converted into the article's own URL, ready to open, store or scrape.
- **Keywords and topics.** Search anything (with Google News operators) or pull Top stories, World, Business, Technology, Sports, Science, Health and more.
- **Any edition.** US in English, Spain in Spanish, Brazil in Portuguese, Japan in Japanese...
- **No duplicates** across your searches and topics in one run.

### Use cases

- **Media monitoring and PR:** track every mention of your brand, competitors or executives.
- **Market and investment research:** follow companies, sectors and keywords daily.
- **Content and SEO:** find trending stories in your niche, in every market.
- **AI and data pipelines:** feed fresh news URLs into your summarizer, RAG or alerting system.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Search keywords** | One search per line. Operators work: `"exact phrase"`, `site:reuters.com`, `-exclude`, `OR`. |
| **Topics** | Top stories or sections: World, National, Business, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Science, Health. |
| **Published within** | Last hour, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days or any time (keyword searches). |
| **Language / Country** | The Google News edition, e.g. `en` + `US`, `es` + `ES`, `pt` + `BR`. |
| **Max articles per search or topic** | Up to 100, Google News' own limit. |
| **Get the real article URL** | Convert Google News links into publisher URLs. |

```json
{
  "queries": ["artificial intelligence", "\"electric vehicles\" site:reuters.com"],
  "topics": ["BUSINESS", "TECHNOLOGY"],
  "timeRange": "1d",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US"
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "query": "inteligencia artificial",
  "topic": null,
  "title": "La inteligencia artificial puede poner en peligro los secretos de una empresa sin que nadie se dé cuenta",
  "source": "Law&Trends",
  "url": "https://www.lawandtrends.com/noticias/empresa/la-inteligencia-artificial-puede-poner-en-peligro-los-secretos-de-una-empresa-sin-que-nadie-se-de-cuenta-1.html",
  "urlDecoded": true,
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-23T22:18:00Z",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.lawandtrends.com",
  "snippet": "La inteligencia artificial puede poner en peligro los secretos de una empresa...",
  "googleNewsUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi7gFBVV95cUxQ...",
  "language": "es",
  "country": "ES",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-23T23:59:00Z"
}
```

If Google doesn't return the publisher URL for an article, `url` keeps the Google News link and `urlDecoded` is `false`.

### Good to know

- Google News returns at most **100 articles per search or topic**. For more, split a search into narrower ones (by site, phrase or time range).
- Schedule it every hour or day to build a news feed or alerts.

### Pricing

Pay per article: you only pay for the articles saved to your dataset, no monthly fee.

### Integrations

Send new articles to Google Sheets, Slack, email, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API with Apify integrations and webhooks.

### Support

Missing a field or found a bug? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab and it will be fixed quickly.

If this Actor saves you time, a quick ⭐ review helps a lot and keeps it maintained. Thank you!

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One search per line. Google News operators work: "exact phrase", site:reuters.com, -exclude, OR.

## `topics` (type: `array`):

Top stories or Google News sections, in the chosen country and language.

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Only for keyword searches.

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

Language code: en, es, fr, de, it, pt, ja...

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

Two-letter country code: US, GB, ES, MX, FR, DE, BR, IN...

## `maxArticlesPerFeed` (type: `integer`):

Google News returns up to 100 articles per search or topic.

## `decodeUrls` (type: `boolean`):

Turn Google News links into the publisher's own URL. Slightly slower; turn off if you only need headlines.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence",
    "electric vehicles"
  ],
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "maxArticlesPerFeed": 100,
  "decodeUrls": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

One row per article: date, headline, source, real article URL, search or topic.

## `allData` (type: `string`):

Every field of every article, including the snippet and the Google News link.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "artificial intelligence",
        "electric vehicles"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sndzcc/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 = { "queries": [
        "artificial intelligence",
        "electric vehicles",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sndzcc/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 '{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence",
    "electric vehicles"
  ]
}' |
apify call sndzcc/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sndzcc/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/Z5emtPprDDJxxfwOO/builds/ncZUgtF4Arro3ckIl/openapi.json