Google News: scrapers and the official API, compared

News headlines, sources, publish dates and article links from Google News searches and topics.

Short answer

For most Google News jobs, start with Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper: it covers 6 of 6 core fields (title, source, published, url and 2 more) at $0.99 per 1,000 results on Apify's Free plan. It also has the top published score for Google News (94 of 100).

From published Store listings, output schemas and the official documentation. Checked 2026-10-25. How the ranking works.

Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper: inputs, code and costOpen in Apify Store

1 catalogue Actor 8 other Store tools Official API: No open API Lowest rate  $0.99 per 1K

Route map

Each line is one way to get Google News data; each stop is a field you probably need. Green lines are catalogue Actors, ranked by the published formula.

Route diagram for Google News dataGoogle News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper: stops at 6 of the 10 fields shown; Other Store tools (7): stops at 10 of the 10 fields shown; No official Google News API: none, field coverage not compared.Google Newstitlesourcepublishedurlauthordomaindescriptionimagelinkcountry1+API

Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.

Catalogue Actors for Google News

Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper

Search Google News by keyword with real resolved article links, headlines, sources, and dates, plus optional full article text and image…

6/6 core fields 11 output fields $0.99 per 1K Open in Apify Store

Field matrix: who returns what

Every tool with a published output schema, against the 6 fields most Google News jobs need. A dot means the field name appears in the schema; rows can still leave it empty.

Which tools return each core Google News field, from published output schemas
TooltitlesourcepublishedurlauthordomainFields
Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper●●●●●●6/6
Google News ScraperReference only, by lhotanova●●●●––4/6
Google News ScraperReference only, by automation-lab●●●●––4/6
Google News ScraperReference only, by epctex●●●●●–5/6
Google News ScraperReference only, by data_xplorer●●●●––4/6
Google News Scraper · Full Article Bodies + EntitiesReference only, by memo23●–●●––3/6
Google News ScraperReference only, by easyapi●●–●–●4/6
Google News Scraper Fast & cheap (Pay per results)Reference only, by scrapestorm●●●●––4/6
Tools returning it877822

Field dictionary: the exact keys

The same core field has a different key in each Actor's output. Map these before you merge datasets; a dash means the published schema has no matching key. Need a field that is not listed here, such as email? Search every Google News Actor by field.

Output keys for each core Google News field in the top catalogue Actors
Core field Google News Keyword…
title title
source source
published publishedAt
url url
author author
domain domain

All 9 tools, scored

Catalogue Actors link to their detail pages; the score (0 to 100) is the published formula, identical for every tool. Other Store tools follow in their own table, for reference. Price is the published primary-result rate per 1,000 (the Free-plan rate where the price is tiered; higher Apify plans pay less); start events and platform usage are excluded.

Catalogue Actors for Google News, ranked by the published method
Sample fields
94
Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper Catalogue Actor, pay per event
title, publishedAt, url 11 $0.99 100% of 21 runs Oct 2026

Other Store tools, for reference

Scored with the same published formula and listed for comparison only; this site does not link or recommend them.

Other Store tools for Google News, for reference
Sample fields
85
Google News Scraper Reference only, by lhotanova
title, publishedAt, link 9 $2.00 100% of 116,892 runs Oct 2026
82
Google News Scraper Reference only, by automation-lab
title, publishedAt, url 12 $2.30 99% of 19,682 runs Nov 2026
79
Google News Scraper Reference only, by epctex
title, publishedAt, googleNewsUrl 9 not listed 81% of 1,857 runs Nov 2026
74
Google News Scraper Reference only, by data_xplorer
title, publishedAt, url 8 $4.00 100% of 30,962 runs Oct 2026
74
Google News Scraper · Full Article Bodies + Entities Reference only, by memo23
title, publishedAt, sourceRssUrl 9 $2.50 95% of 2,182 runs Nov 2026
69
Google News Scraper Reference only, by easyapi
title, link, domain 9 $5.00 98% of 11,882 runs Nov 2026
67
Google News Scraper Fast & cheap (Pay per results) Reference only, by scrapestorm
Title, Source Name, Published_time 9 $4.99 100% of 3,409 runs Apr 2026
50
Google News Search Scraper Reference only, by powerai
No published schema – $4.99 99% of 328 runs Jan 2026

Official API route

No official Google News API

Google publishes no developer API for Google News results; the Google News Help Center covers only reader features. Article text belongs to the original publishers.

Price. No public self-serve price is published.

Limits. Limits are not published.

Official documentation

Google's terms bar automated access that ignores robots.txt; full article text is the publishers' copyright. This is general information, not legal advice.

Read Google News' terms. Keep to public data, do not bypass logins or access controls, and check whether personal data is involved before you collect it. The can-I-scrape checklist walks through it.

How to start

  1. Open Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper and start from its default input; its Actor page has the full example input and code.
  2. Set the Google News search, profile, listing or URL you need and a result limit; the required input is mode.
  3. Run it and export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or call it from the Apify API.

Call Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper from code

The example input uses the Actor's published defaults; set your own Google News query before you run it. You need an Apify API token.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
    "mode": "keyword",
    "queries": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ],
    "topics": [],
    "newsUrls": [],
    "rssUrls": [],
    "articleUrls": [],
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "dateRange": "any",
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 3,
    "maxItems": 3,
    "extractFullText": False,
    "maxFullText": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": False
    }
}

run = client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/google-news-keyword-and-full-text-article-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
    raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

pip install apify-client

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
    "mode": "keyword",
    "queries": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ],
    "topics": [],
    "newsUrls": [],
    "rssUrls": [],
    "articleUrls": [],
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "dateRange": "any",
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 3,
    "maxItems": 3,
    "extractFullText": false,
    "maxFullText": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

const run = await client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/google-news-keyword-and-full-text-article-scraper").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

npm install apify-client

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nimbryxo-studio~google-news-keyword-and-full-text-article-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items"   -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"mode":"keyword","queries":["artificial intelligence"],"topics":[],"newsUrls":[],"rssUrls":[],"articleUrls":[],"language":"en","country":"US","dateRange":"any","maxResultsPerQuery":3,"maxItems":3,"extractFullText":false,"maxFullText":100,"proxyConfiguration":{"useApifyProxy":false}}'

Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).

MCP (AI agents)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=nimbryxo-studio/google-news-keyword-and-full-text-article-scraper",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.

Questions people ask

What is the cheapest catalogue Actor for Google News data?

Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper lists $0.99 per 1,000 results (pay per event), with 11 fields in its published output schema. Start events and platform usage are billed separately. Checked 2026-10-25.

Which Google News scraper returns the most core fields?

Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper covers 6 of the 6 core Google News fields this page tracks (title, source, published, url, author, domain), based on its published output schema.

Does Google News have an official API?

No open API: Google publishes no developer API for Google News results; the Google News Help Center covers only reader features. Article text belongs to the original publishers. No public self-serve price is published.

Is it legal to scrape Google News?

It depends on what you collect and how. Google's terms bar automated access that ignores robots.txt; full article text is the publishers' copyright. Read Google News' terms (https://policies.google.com/terms) before you collect, and check whether personal data is involved. This is general information, not legal advice.

More on Google News

Sources

Data checked 2026-10-25
Cite this page

Scraper Finder. "How to get Google News data." https://scraperfinder.com/sites/google-news/ (data checked 2026-10-25).

Highest-scoring catalogue Actor

Google News Keyword & Full-Text Article Scraper: 6 of 6 core fields, $0.99 per 1,000 results, score 94.

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