Google News Scraper
Monitor Google News by keyword or topic and get structured articles with the real publisher URL, source, date, and snippet. No login, no API key.
How it works
- 1Open it on Apify
Hit Run on Apify — it opens the tool in the cloud, no install.
- 2Set the inputs
Adjust
query,topic,freshness(sensible defaults are pre-filled). - 3Click Run
The tool runs on Apify’s cloud and collects the data for you.
- 4Export the results
Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pipe straight into your app, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
Pricing
$0.003 per article = $3 per 1,000
| You are charged for | When | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Article returned | Per article. | $0.003 |
Pay-per-event pricing: you are billed per result, not per subscription — a run that returns nothing costs nothing beyond the start fee. Billing is handled by Apify on your own account. These are the live Apify store prices, in effect since 2026-06-11, and they are what you are actually charged.
Inputs
| Field | What it does | Type |
|---|---|---|
query | Keywords to search Google News for (e.g. "electric vehicles", or advanced: "tesla OR rivian site:reuters.com"). Leave empty if using a Topic instead. | string |
topic | Use a Google News topic feed instead of a search query. | string |
freshness | Only return articles newer than this (applied to query searches). | string |
language | Interface/article language code, e.g. en-US, en-GB, fr, de, es-419. | string |
country | Edition country code, e.g. US, GB, CA, DE, FR, IN. | string |
maxItems | Maximum number of articles to return (Google News feeds cap around 100 per query). | integer |
resolveUrls | Decode Google's redirect links into the actual article URL (e.g. reuters.com/...). Best-effort; falls back to the Google link with urlResolved=false if a link can't be decoded. Check urlResolved per row to know whether url is the real publisher link or the Google redirect. | boolean |
fetchArticleText | Download each resolved article and extract its main body text. Slower; requires Resolve URLs. Some sites block scraping or have no extractable body — those rows come back with articleText=null and are flagged ok:false and NOT charged, so you only pay for articles whose text was actually fetched. | boolean |
aiSummary | Generate a 1-2 sentence summary and a sentiment label per article using OpenAI. Needs an OpenAI API key. Best-effort: if the OpenAI call fails for an article, the aiSummary and sentiment fields are simply omitted/null for that row (the article itself is still returned). | boolean |
openaiApiKey | Only needed when AI summary is on. Kept private. | string |
notionConnector | Optional. Write each article as a page into your Notion when the run finishes. Authorize a Notion connector once in Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connectors, then pick it here. Leave empty to skip (default) — results are always saved to the dataset regardless. | string |
notionParentId | Optional. The Notion data source ID of the database to write into (only used if a Notion connector is set). Leave empty to create the pages privately in your workspace instead. | string |
What you get
A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:
articleTextgoogleUrlpublishedAtquerysnippetsourcesourceUrltitletopicurlurlResolvedExport every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
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Where this tool sits
- Categories
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- Platforms
Google News Scraper
Search Google News by keyword or topic and get back clean, structured articles — with the real publisher URL instead of Google's useless redirect link. No API key, no login.
Most Google News scrapers hand you https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi... links that you then have to figure out how to open. This one decodes them to the actual reuters.com/... (or wherever) URL, and falls back gracefully (with urlResolved: false) when a link genuinely can't be decoded — instead of silently dropping the article.
Pricing
$3.00 per 1,000 articles ($0.003 each), with no run-start fee. Flat rate — no volume tiers, no plan gates — and you are charged only for genuine, complete article rows.
The "complete" part is the unusual bit. When Fetch full article text is on and a publisher blocks extraction, that row comes back flagged ok: false with articleText: null and is not billed — you are not charged for a headline you asked to have a body attached to. The same applies to BAD_INPUT, NO_RESULTS, BLOCKED, RATE_LIMITED and NETWORK rows. There is no separate charge for URL resolution, for the article-text fetch, or for the AI summary (that one runs on your own OpenAI key, billed by OpenAI).
What you get per article
title, url (resolved publisher link), urlResolved, source, sourceUrl (publisher homepage), publishedAt (ISO), snippet, and the original googleUrl. Turn on extras for articleText (full body) and aiSummary + sentiment.
Fields that can be null
url/urlResolved— URL resolution is best-effort. When a Google link can't be decoded,urlstays the Google redirect andurlResolvedisfalse. CheckurlResolvedto know which you got.sourceUrl,source,publishedAt,snippet— null when Google's feed doesn't include that field for an item.articleText— only present when Fetch full article text is on AND extraction succeeded. Some sites block scraping or have no extractable body; those rows come back witharticleText: null, are flaggedok: false, and are not charged.aiSummary/sentiment— only present when AI summary is on AND the OpenAI call succeeded; otherwise omitted/null for that row.
Input
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
query | Keywords. Supports Google operators, e.g. tesla OR rivian, site:reuters.com, intitle:layoffs. |
topic | Use a topic feed (World, Business, Technology, …) instead of a query. |
freshness | Last hour / 24h / 7d / 30d / year. |
language / country | e.g. en-US / US, de / DE. |
maxItems | Up to ~100 (Google's per-feed cap). |
resolveUrls | Decode to the real publisher URL. On by default. |
fetchArticleText | Download each article and extract the body. |
aiSummary | 1–2 sentence summary + sentiment (needs your OpenAI key). |
Output
One dataset row per article. Pricing is pay-per-result: you are only charged for genuine, complete article rows (ok: true). Rows we couldn't fully deliver are never charged — this includes:
- empty/invalid input (a single
ok: falsediagnostic row witherrorCode: "BAD_INPUT"), - no results for the query/topic (
NO_RESULTS), - blocks, rate limits, or network errors (
BLOCKED/RATE_LIMITED/NETWORK), - and, when Fetch full article text is on, any article whose body couldn't be extracted (
articleText: null, flaggedok: false).
Proxy
Google News RSS is a public, no-auth API with no anti-bot, so no proxy is required and the default runs without one (saving proxy credits). Only enable Apify Proxy if you hit IP rate limits at very high volume.
Troubleshooting
- Many rows have
urlResolved: false? Some publishers' Google links can't be decoded; the article still comes back with its source, title, date and the Google link. articleText: nullon several rows? Those sites blocked extraction — they are flaggedok: falseand were not charged.- Getting a
BAD_INPUTrow? Provide aqueryor pick atopic(and an OpenAI key ifaiSummaryis on).
Example
{ "query": "openai funding", "freshness": "7d", "language": "en-US", "country": "US", "maxItems": 30, "resolveUrls": true }Notes
Google News search feeds cap at roughly 100 results per query — split big jobs by keyword, source (site:), or freshness window. URL resolution is best-effort: most links decode, and any that don't still come back with the source, title, date and the Google link so nothing is lost.