# Google News Scraper (`vnx0/google-news-scraper`) Actor Scrape Google News headlines, keyword searches, or custom feeds with language/region control, time filters, optional images, and proxy toggle. Outputs structured story data ready for intelligence dashboards or monitoring pipelines. - **URL**: https://apify.com/vnx0/google-news-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Vnx0](https://apify.com/vnx0) (community) - **Categories:** AI, Automation - **Stats:** 5 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.40 / 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 Pulse Keep your briefing decks, newsletters, or alerting bots stocked with the latest headlines straight from Google News. Google News Scraper Pulse is a professional actor made for Apify Marketplace customers who need dependable, structured story data without fiddling with scrapers or browser automation. ### Why teams pick Google News Scraper Pulse - **Editorial-grade signals** – capture title, destination URL, publisher, optional author, timestamps, and preview image for every visible article card. - **Dial in the workload** – the `maxItems` limit protects your runs, credits, and automations from ballooning. - **Proxy-aware by design** – point the actor at any Apify Proxy group (or none) depending on the geography you need to emulate. - **Drop-in data exports** – each run lands in the default dataset so you can export JSON, CSV, XML, RSS, or plug it into Webhooks / Integrations immediately. ### What you get per item ```json { "title": "India and China trade barbs after passenger detained at Shanghai airport", "url": "https://news.google.com/...", "source": "BBC", "author": "Cherylann Mollan", "timeText": "8 hours ago", "datetime": "2025-11-26T07:30:38Z", "imageUrl": "https://news.google.com/api/attachments/...", "scrapedAt": "2025-11-26T16:19:01.329Z" } ```` No extra parsing on your side—just stream the dataset or schedule exports. ### Configuration at a glance | Field | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `startUrls` | ✅ | Any Google News landing page, topic hub, or search query you want to monitor. | | `maxItems` | Optional (default 50) | Hard stop for how many article cards get processed per run. | | `proxyConfiguration` | Optional (default Apify Proxy auto) | Choose residential/datacenter groups or disable if your IP is already trusted. | ### Launching a run 1. Open the actor page on Apify Marketplace and click **Run**. 2. Paste one or more `startUrls` (the Request List editor is perfect for multiple categories or searches). 3. Set your `maxItems` limit and proxy preference. 4. Start the run. When it finishes, open the default dataset to download or connect downstream. #### Automate it via API ```bash curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/OWNER~google-news-scraper-pulse/run-sync?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "startUrls": [{"url": "https://news.google.com/search?q=ai+investments"}], "maxItems": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } }' ``` Use the returned dataset ID with `https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets//items?format=csv` (or json/xml) to pull results into your BI stack or Zapier/Make workflows. ### Popular use cases - Daily news briefings for leadership or investor relations teams. - Monitoring competitor coverage across regions and languages. - Seeding newsroom dashboards or Slack alerts with fresh angles to pursue. - Feeding LLM pipelines that need continuously updated, high-signal news snippets. ### Compliance & support - All usage happens through the Apify platform. Feature requests go straight to the vendor via the Marketplace contact button. - Please respect Google News terms of service and Apify’s platform rules—especially around frequency, geography, and redistribution. - Looking for custom fields, SLA-backed runs, or white-label delivery? Reach out through the Marketplace listing and we’ll scope it with you. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): Choose how the actor should discover Google News stories. ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): One search query per line. Works with Google News operators such as quotes, OR, and when:1d. ## `timeRange` (type: `string`): Limit keyword searches to the latest articles. ## `language` (type: `string`): Two-letter language code used for Google News edition settings. ## `region` (type: `string`): Country edition to request from Google News. ## `customStartUrls` (type: `array`): Provide your own Google News pages (topics, sections, or saved searches). Only used when Source mode = Custom. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Total number of news records to collect across all sources. ## `includeImages` (type: `boolean`): When enabled, the actor attempts to capture the lead image (if available). ## `useProxy` (type: `boolean`): Toggle to route traffic through Apify Proxy or your own proxy configuration. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Select which proxy groups or custom proxies should be used when proxying is enabled. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "top_headlines", "searchQueries": [ "AI regulation", "stock market" ], "timeRange": "anytime", "language": "en", "region": "US", "customStartUrls": [ { "url": "https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" } ], "maxItems": 50, "includeImages": true, "useProxy": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped news articles # 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 = { "searchQueries": [ "AI regulation", "stock market" ], "customStartUrls": [ { "url": "https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("vnx0/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQueries": [ "AI regulation", "stock market", ], "customStartUrls": [{ "url": "https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" }], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("vnx0/google-news-scraper").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 '{ "searchQueries": [ "AI regulation", "stock market" ], "customStartUrls": [ { "url": "https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" } ] }' | apify call vnx0/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=vnx0/google-news-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google News Scraper", "description": "Scrape Google News headlines, keyword searches, or custom feeds with language/region control, time filters, optional images, and proxy toggle. Outputs structured story data ready for intelligence dashboards or monitoring pipelines.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "mdIpsmwIndspAzXab" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/vnx0~google-news-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-vnx0-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/vnx0~google-news-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-vnx0-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/vnx0~google-news-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-vnx0-google-news-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Source mode", "enum": [ "top_headlines", "search", "custom" ], "type": "string", "description": "Choose how the actor should discover Google News stories.", "default": "top_headlines" }, "searchQueries": { "title": "Keyword searches", "type": "array", "description": "One search query per line. Works with Google News operators such as quotes, OR, and when:1d.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "timeRange": { "title": "Time range", "enum": [ "anytime", "1h", "24h", "7d", "30d" ], "type": "string", "description": "Limit keyword searches to the latest articles.", "default": "anytime" }, "language": { "title": "Language", "enum": [ "en", "es", "fr", "de", "hi", "pt" ], "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter language code used for Google News edition settings.", "default": "en" }, "region": { "title": "Region / edition", "enum": [ "US", "GB", "IN", "AU", "CA", "ZA" ], "type": "string", "description": "Country edition to request from Google News.", "default": "US" }, "customStartUrls": { "title": "Custom start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Provide your own Google News pages (topics, sections, or saved searches). Only used when Source mode = Custom.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Total number of news records to collect across all sources.", "default": 50 }, "includeImages": { "title": "Capture image URLs", "type": "boolean", "description": "When enabled, the actor attempts to capture the lead image (if available).", "default": true }, "useProxy": { "title": "Enable proxy", "type": "boolean", "description": "Toggle to route traffic through Apify Proxy or your own proxy configuration.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Select which proxy groups or custom proxies should be used when proxying is enabled.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```