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Google News API

The ScraperData Google News API returns the articles Google shows in its News tab for any query as JSON: the headline, the article's real link, the publisher, a snippet and when it was published, as text and as a Unix timestamp. Add type=news to a search request; each page of about 10 articles costs one credit.

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  • Live Google resultsfetched when you call
  • Usually 2 to 4 secondsper results page
  • 1 credit per pagefailed requests are free
  • 1,000 free creditsevery month

How to call the Google News API

  1. Create a free account and copy your API key.
  2. Send a GET request to /v1/search with your query and type=news.
  3. Read the JSON. Each results page costs one credit; failed requests cost nothing.
Request
curl -G "https://api.scraperdata.com/v1/search" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "q=electric vehicles" \
  -d type=news

Example response

A real answer from our API, fetched live on October 28, 2026 and shortened to two results.

200 OK
{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google",
    "q": "electric vehicles",
    "type": "news",
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "page": 1,
    "num_pages": 1
  },
  "news_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Column | I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy",
      "link": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/10/27/i-saw-future-driving-mexico-its-off-limits-americans/",
      "source": "The Washington Post",
      "snippet": "Mexico is a showroom for electric cars, with a growing fleet of sleek new vehicles from Chinese brands unknown to Americans.",
      "date": "16 hours ago",
      "timestamp": 1793116800
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "Ford’s Sub-$30K Fathom EV Will Be Able to Double as a Home Power Generator with an Affordable Add-on",
      "link": "https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a74263722/2028-ford-fathom-bidirectional-home-power-setup/",
      "source": "Car and Driver",
      "snippet": "13 hours ago",
      "date": "13 hours ago",
      "timestamp": 1793129209
    }
  ]
}

What each result contains

FieldWhat it holds
positionRank in the news list
titleThe headline
linkThe article's real address
sourceThe publisher
snippetThe first lines of the article
dateWhen it was published, as Google shows it ("3 hours ago")
timestampThe same moment as a Unix timestamp, easy to sort and store

Use gl and hl to follow the news of one country and language, and page or num_pages to go back further.

What teams build with it

  • Media and PR monitoring
  • Brand and competitor news alerts
  • News feeds for apps and dashboards
  • Market and trend research

Pricing

1,000 free credits every month, then from $10 a month. One results page is one credit, on every plan.

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Questions about the Google News API

Is this the Google News tab?

Yes. type=news returns what Google shows under the News tab for your query, in the country and language you set with gl and hl.

How do I get news from one country?

Set gl to the country code and hl to the language, for example gl=in and hl=en for English news in India.

How many articles do I get?

About 10 per page. Ask for up to 10 pages at once with num_pages; each page costs one credit.

What is the timestamp field?

The publication time as a Unix timestamp in seconds, so you can sort articles and store them without parsing "3 hours ago".

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