Google News

Request#

Authenticate with your API key in the x-api-key header (see Authentication).

Body#

JSON object. Unknown fields are rejected with 422.

• qstring | nullmax length 200

  Search query. Omit to read topic (or top stories).

• topicstring | null

  Section feed: one of Google's reader sections.

  One ofbusinessentertainmenthealthnationsciencesportstechnologytop_storiesworld

• whenstring | nullpattern ^\d+[hdmy]$

  Freshness window appended to q (1h, 1d, 7d, 1y).

• glstringdefault us

  Country market.

  251 allowed values

  ad, ae, af, ag, ai, al, am, ao, aq, ar, as, at, au, aw, ax, az, ba, bb, bd, be, bf, bg, bh, bi, bj, bl, bm, bn, bo, bq, br, bs, bt, bv, bw, by, bz, ca, cc, cd, cf, cg, ch, ci, ck, cl, cm, cn, co, cr, cu, cv, cw, cx, cy, cz, de, dj, dk, dm, do, dz, ec, ee, eg, eh, er, es, et, fi, fj, fk, fm, fo, fr, ga, gb, gd, ge, gf, gg, gh, gi, gl, gm, gn, gp, gq, gr, gs, gt, gu, gw, gy, hk, hm, hn, hr, ht, hu, id, ie, il, im, in, io, iq, ir, is, it, je, jm, jo, jp, ke, kg, kh, ki, km, kn, kp, kr, kw, ky, kz, la, lb, lc, li, lk, lr, ls, lt, lu, lv, ly, ma, mc, md, me, mf, mg, mh, mk, ml, mm, mn, mo, mp, mq, mr, ms, mt, mu, mv, mw, mx, my, mz, na, nc, ne, nf, ng, ni, nl, no, np, nr, nu, nz, om, pa, pe, pf, pg, ph, pk, pl, pm, pn, pr, ps, pt, pw, py, qa, re, ro, rs, ru, rw, sa, sb, sc, sd, se, sg, sh, si, sj, sk, sl, sm, sn, so, sr, ss, st, sv, sx, sy, sz, tc, td, tf, tg, th, tj, tk, tl, tm, tn, to, tr, tt, tv, tw, tz, ua, ug, uk, um, us, uy, uz, va, vc, ve, vg, vi, vn, vu, wf, ws, xk, ye, yt, za, zm, zw

• hlstringdefault en

  Language.

• ceidstring | nullpattern ^[A-Z]{2}:[a-z]{2}$

  Explicit edition override (CA:fr, GB:en); built from gl/hl when omitted.

Example request#

curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Response#

200 — One page of Google News results with the publisher of each story. Metered responses carry x-credits-charged and x-credits-remaining headers (see credit headers).

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_news",
    "q": "Hilton Chicago",
    "gl": "US",
    "hl": "en"
  },
  "news_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Sleep in history: Inside Hilton Chicago, the city's grandest hotel",
      "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMigAFBVV95cUxOTFVQSS1SaXdVWjNMdUR6WWk1SUk5LTdFSm44bW1xOEtTMko3bDJ0ZlBfaEY0eUlSWGZUV2tOTUZxWmU5Rzg2RVRRQ2RzR243UnJ4UEwwMFR5MzRiSEtnOEFWa2I0M0ZoU1lzYlpBNVhWRHl2d2JqanZrM2xsRkNxag?oc=5",
      "story_token": "CBMigAFBVV95cUxOTFVQSS1SaXdVWjNMdUR6WWk1SUk5LTdFSm44bW1xOEtTMko3bDJ0ZlBfaEY0eUlSWGZUV2tOTUZxWmU5Rzg2RVRRQ2RzR243UnJ4UEwwMFR5MzRiSEtnOEFWa2I0M0ZoU1lzYlpBNVhWRHl2d2JqanZrM2xsRkNxag",
      "published": "2025-10-31T07:00:00Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Time Out Worldwide",
        "url": "https://www.timeout.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "Second story title from the same feed",
      "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiWhFDQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT25SZmJHOVBVMHh0VTJkSlNsa3lMVmMxZVMxMWVtYxAB?oc=5",
      "story_token": "CBMiWhFDQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT25SZmJHOVBVMHh0VTJkSlNsa3lMVmMxZVMxMWVtYxAB",
      "published": "2026-09-28T22:45:10Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Chicago Tribune",
        "url": "https://www.chicagotribune.com"
      }
    }
  ],
  "total": 2,
  "meta": {
    "source": "google_news",
    "wire_bytes": 8678,
    "elapsed_s": 0.412,
    "egress_mode": "direct"
  }
}

Errors#

Errors return a JSON body with a detail field. Failed requests are not charged. See Errors for the full list and retry advice.

Try it#

1. Export your key: export SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY=sk_... (no key yet? request access).
2. Copy the cURL example above and run it in a terminal.
3. Or open the interactive playground on api.scrapercompany.com, paste your key and pick this endpoint.