# Google News Scraper — Articles by Keyword, Topic & Country (`yasaslive/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google News by keyword, topic or top headlines for any country and language. Get title, publisher, publish date, link and related coverage. Time-range and site filters. Fast, no browser — ideal for news monitoring and AI pipelines.

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

## Pricing

from $0.40 / 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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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 — Articles by Keyword, Topic & Country

Monitor **Google News** for any keyword, topic or country. Fast and cheap: no browser, results in seconds.

### What you get

`title, source, sourceUrl, sourceDomain, publishedAt, googleNewsUrl, articleId, relatedCoverage[], position, query, feedType, language, country, scrapedAt`

### Features

- Keyword search with Google operators (`"exact phrase"`, `OR`, `-exclude`, `intitle:`)
- Topic sections: World, Business, Technology, Science, Health, Sports, Entertainment, Nation
- Top headlines for any country / language (e.g. `en` + `US`, `de` + `DE`, `en` + `LK`)
- Time range: past hour, 24h, 7 days, 30 days, year
- Restrict to specific publishers (`reuters.com`, `bbc.co.uk` …)
- Cross-query de-duplication

### Pricing

**$0.40 per 1,000 articles** ($0.0004 each).

### Example input

```json
{
  "queries": ["OpenAI", "\"interest rates\" -crypto"],
  "topics": ["TECHNOLOGY"],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "timeRange": "24h",
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 100
}
```

### Use cases

- Brand and competitor monitoring (schedule hourly or daily)
- Feeding news into LLM / RAG pipelines and newsletters
- PR coverage tracking and media research
- Market and trading signals

### FAQ

**How many articles per query?** Google News returns up to ~100 per query. Use several narrower queries or time ranges for more.
**Are links direct to the publisher?** `googleNewsUrl` opens the article via Google News; `sourceUrl`/`sourceDomain` identify the publisher.

### Feedback & support

Found a bug or need a field added? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab and we usually reply within 24 hours. If this Actor saved you time, a quick **review on Apify Store** helps other people find it — thank you!

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords or Google search operators ("exact phrase", OR, -exclude, intitle:). Each query returns up to ~100 articles.

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

Also scrape Google News topic sections.

## `includeTopHeadlines` (type: `boolean`):

Also scrape the 'Top stories' feed for the chosen country.

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

Language code, e.g. en, de, fr, es, pt-BR, ja.

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

Two-letter country code, e.g. US, GB, IN, DE, LK.

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

Applies to search queries.

## `sites` (type: `array`):

Restrict search queries to publisher domains, e.g. reuters.com.

## `maxArticlesPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Google News returns up to ~100 articles per feed.

## `deduplicate` (type: `boolean`):

Skip articles already saved by another query in the same run.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy is recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "includeTopHeadlines": false,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "timeRange": "any",
  "maxArticlesPerQuery": 100,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

News articles with publisher, date and link.

## `allFields` (type: `string`):

Every field for every item.

## `stats` (type: `string`):

Counters for this run.

# 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"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yasaslive/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"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yasaslive/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"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call yasaslive/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,yasaslive/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/qayGNheYgWlCxnN9U/builds/V4kxB8i2hZp0kb7DJ/openapi.json