# Google News Scraper — Search & Monitor Headlines (`puskin/google-news-scraper`) Actor

Search and monitor Google News headlines by keyword via RSS feeds. No API key, no authentication, no usage caps — just instant news data for brand monitoring, trend tracking, and research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/puskin/google-news-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Giovanni Bucci](https://apify.com/puskin) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

Search and monitor Google News headlines by keyword via RSS — **no API key, no authentication, no usage caps**.

### Features

- **Search** — Find news articles by keyword across all sources
- **Top Headlines** — Get current top news for any country/language

### Input

| Field    | Type   | Default | Description                          |
|----------|--------|---------|--------------------------------------|
| mode     | select | `search`| `search` or `top`                     |
| query    | string | —       | Keyword to search news for           |
| language | string | `en`    | Language code (en, fr, de, es, etc.) |
| country  | string | `US`    | Country code (US, GB, IN, etc.)      |
| limit    | int    | 20      | Max results (1-50)                   |

### Output

Each article: title, link, source, published, summary, query

### Use Cases

- Brand monitoring and PR tracking
- Competitor news monitoring
- Trend detection and market research
- News aggregation and content curation

### Automation & Integration

- **Schedule hourly runs** via Apify's scheduler for real-time monitoring
- **Connect to Make.com, Zapier, or n8n** for alert pipelines
- **Export to Slack or Discord** for instant news alerts
- **Combine with HN Scraper** for full tech news coverage

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What news to fetch

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search news for

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

Language code (en, fr, de, es, etc.)

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

Country code (US, GB, IN, etc.)

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Max results (1-50)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "limit": 20
}
```

# 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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "",
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "limit": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("puskin/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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "",
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "limit": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("puskin/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 '{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "limit": 20
}' |
apify call puskin/google-news-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=puskin/google-news-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/TfdLtBqw6dRSiZIHu/builds/P5THTNDiT9ZLzZ8Fs/openapi.json