# Google News Scraper - Articles by Keyword, Real URLs (`logiover/google-news-scraper`) Actor
Google News API alternative, no API key. Scrape Google News RSS feeds and export articles to CSV/JSON with real publisher URLs across 50+ countries.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/logiover/google-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Logiover](https://apify.com/logiover) (community)
- **Categories:** News, SEO tools, AI
- **Features:** Limited permissions
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## Pricing
from $0.70 / 1,000 results
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# README
## Google News Scraper โ Track Articles, Brands & Topics in Real Time ๐ฐ
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Turn any **keyword, brand, topic, or location** into a clean, structured feed of news articles from **Google News** โ **no API key, no login, and no proxy required**. This Google News scraper reads public RSS feeds and returns each story's **headline, publisher, Google News link, snippet, thumbnail, and publish date**. With `resolveUrls` enabled it also attempts to resolve the canonical publisher URL; `originalUrl` remains `null` when Google or the publisher cannot be resolved safely.
> ### ๐ Why this Google News Scraper?
>
> Best-effort publisher URL resolution plus a stable Google News link ยท **No API key or proxy normally needed** ยท multilingual/localized feeds ยท search, topic, location and top-headlines modes ยท time-window stitching ยท source/date filters
***
### โจ What this Actor does
- ๐ **Search any keyword or phrase** โ supports Google search operators: `"exact phrase"`, `OR`, `-exclude`, `site:domain.com`, `intitle:word`.
- ๐๏ธ **Browse by topic** โ pull curated top stories from `WORLD`, `NATION`, `BUSINESS`, `TECHNOLOGY`, `ENTERTAINMENT`, `SPORTS`, `SCIENCE`, or `HEALTH`.
- ๐ **Location-based news** โ get coverage for a specific city, region, or country (e.g. `New York`, `London`, `Berlin`, `Tokyo`).
- ๐ฐ **Top headlines** โ grab the main Google News front-page feed for any language/country, ideal for daily digests.
- ๐ **Best-effort publisher URLs** โ attempts to resolve each Google redirect and stores the canonical publisher URL in nullable `originalUrl`; the stable Google News `link` is always retained.
- ๐ **50+ countries & 30+ languages** โ set `language` and `country` to localize which stories you receive.
- ๐ **100+ articles per query** โ set `maxArticles` above 100 and the actor stitches multiple time-windowed feeds (`1h`, `1d`, `7d`, `30d`) and de-duplicates automatically.
- ๐ฏ **Source & date filters** โ whitelist or blacklist publisher domains and restrict results to a date range or recent time window.
- ๐ผ๏ธ **Thumbnails** โ includes each article's preview image when available, at no extra cost.
- ๐ค **Export anywhere** โ download as **JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, XML, or JSONL**, or stream results live via the Apify API and webhooks.
### ๐ Quick start (3 steps)
1. **Enter what to monitor** โ add one or more **Search keywords / topics**, or pick a **Topic** category, a **Location**, or toggle **Top headlines**.
2. **Set the region** โ choose a **Language** and **Country**, then set **Max articles** (over 100 unlocks time-window stitching).
3. **Click Start** โ every article is saved as one dataset row, ready to download or pipe into your stack.
No API key, no cookies, no proxy setup. It just runs.
### ๐ฅ Input
All fields are optional. Choose one input mode โ `queries`, `topic`, `geoLocation`, or `topHeadlines` โ or run empty input to receive bounded top headlines for the default locale.
#### Example โ monitor a brand across the news
```json
{
"queries": ["openai", "anthropic claude"],
"language": "en-US",
"country": "US",
"maxArticles": 100,
"resolveUrls": true
}
```
#### Example โ top stories in a topic category
```json
{
"topic": "TECHNOLOGY",
"language": "en-GB",
"country": "GB",
"maxArticles": 50,
"extractThumbnails": true
}
```
#### Example โ multi-query, filtered by source and date
```json
{
"queries": ["electric vehicles", "\"battery technology\" -tesla", "site:reuters.com hydrogen"],
"language": "de",
"country": "DE",
"maxArticles": 200,
"fromDate": "2026-06-01",
"includeSources": ["reuters.com", "bloomberg.com", "ft.com"]
}
```
#### Full parameters
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `queries` | array | Search queries โ each becomes a separate Google News feed. Supports `"exact phrase"`, `OR`, `-exclude`, `site:domain.com`, `intitle:word`. |
| `topic` | string (enum) | Browse top stories by category instead of searching: `WORLD`, `NATION`, `BUSINESS`, `TECHNOLOGY`, `ENTERTAINMENT`, `SPORTS`, `SCIENCE`, `HEALTH`. |
| `geoLocation` | string | Location-based news for a city/region/country (English name, e.g. `London`). |
| `topHeadlines` | boolean | Fetch the main Google News top-headlines feed and ignore queries/topic/geo. Great for daily digests. |
| `language` | string | Interface language, e.g. `en-US`, `en-GB`, `fr`, `de`, `es`, `ja`, `zh-CN`, `ar`, `tr`, `ru`. Default `en-US`. |
| `country` | string | ISO 2-letter region, e.g. `US`, `GB`, `FR`, `DE`, `JP`, `BR`, `IN`, `TR`. Default `US`. |
| `maxArticles` | integer | Max articles per feed (1โ500). Above 100, the actor stitches multiple time windows and de-duplicates. |
| `timeWindow` | string (enum) | Restrict to a recent window: `1h`, `12h`, `1d`, `7d`, `30d`, `1y`. Ignored when `maxArticles` > 100. |
| `fromDate` | string | Drop articles published **before** this date (`YYYY-MM-DD` or full ISO). |
| `toDate` | string | Drop articles published **after** this date (`YYYY-MM-DD` or full ISO). |
| `includeSources` | array | Whitelist of publisher domains โ only these sources are returned (e.g. `["reuters.com"]`). |
| `excludeSources` | array | Blacklist of publisher domains โ these sources are filtered out. |
| `resolveUrls` | boolean | Attempt to resolve the publisher URL into nullable `originalUrl`; the Google News `link` remains available. Default `true`. |
| `extractThumbnails` | boolean | Include the article thumbnail image URL when available. Default `true`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional Apify Proxy. Off by default โ Google News RSS rarely rate-limits. |
> ๐ก **Tip:** Use one query per brand/competitor/theme and set `maxArticles` to `200` to pull a deep backlog. Combine `includeSources` with a tier-1 publisher list to build a clean, high-signal media feed.
### ๐ค Output
Each article is one clean dataset row. Here is a trimmed, realistic sample (fields are exactly what the actor returns):
```json
{
"title": "OpenAI unveils new reasoning model for enterprise customers",
"description": "The company said the model improves multi-step task accuracy while cutting latency for large-scale deployments.",
"source": "Reuters",
"sourceDomain": "reuters.com",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.reuters.com",
"link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiT2h0dHBzOi8v...",
"originalUrl": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-reasoning-model-enterprise-2026-07-05/",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://news.google.com/api/attachments/CC8i...=-w200-h200-p",
"publishedAt": "2026-07-05T14:22:00.000Z",
"publishedAtRaw": "Sat, 05 Jul 2026 14:22:00 GMT",
"guid": "CBMiT2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnJldXRlcnMuY29t",
"query": "openai",
"language": "en-US",
"country": "US",
"timeWindow": "",
"scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T09:00:00.000Z"
}
```
๐ Full field reference (click to expand)
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `title` | Article headline |
| `description` | Article snippet / summary from the feed |
| `source` | Publisher name (e.g. Reuters, BBC) |
| `sourceDomain` | Publisher domain |
| `sourceUrl` | Publisher home URL |
| `link` | Original Google News link |
| `originalUrl` | Best-effort canonical publisher article URL; nullable when resolution is disabled or unavailable |
| `thumbnailUrl` | Article thumbnail image URL, when available |
| `publishedAt` | Normalized publish timestamp (ISO 8601) |
| `publishedAtRaw` | Raw publish date string from the feed |
| `guid` | Unique article identifier |
| `query` | The search query that produced this result (in query mode) |
| `topic` | The topic category that produced this result (in topic mode) |
| `geoLocation` | The location that produced this result (in location mode) |
| `language` | Language code used for the run |
| `country` | Country code used for the run |
| `timeWindow` | Time window applied to the feed (if any) |
| `scrapedAt` | Timestamp when the article was scraped |