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Google News API

Google News API uses /api/v1/search?engine=google_news API endpoint to scrape real-time results.

Google News API offers an automated news aggregation service. It collects headlines from various sources globally, categorizes similar articles and presents them based on each user's interests. The API provides access to multiple links for each news story, allowing users to choose their topic of interest and select from different publishers' versions of the story. The selection and ranking of articles are performed by algorithms that assess factors such as the frequency and location of online appearance. It also prioritizes attributes like timeliness, relevance, diversity, and location. The system is impartial, enabling access to a wide range of perspectives for any story. Google is continuously improving News by adding new sources and enhancing its technology, extending its reach to more regions worldwide.

API Parameters

Search Query

  • Name
    q
    Required
    Required
    Description

    Parameter defines the query you want to search. You can use anything that you would use in a regular Google search. e.g. inurl:, site:, intitle:. We also support advanced search query parameters such as as_dt and as_eq.

Device

  • Name
    device
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    The default parameter desktop defines the search on a desktop device. The mobile parameter defines the search on a mobile device. The tablet parameter defines the search on a tablet device.

Geographic Location

  • Name
    location
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    Parameter defines from where you want the search to originate. If several locations match the location requested, we'll pick the most popular one. Head to the Locations API if you need more precise control.

  • Name
    uule
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    Parameter is the Google encoded location you want to use for the search. SearchApi automatically generated the uule parameter when you use the location parameter but we allow you to overwrite it directly. uule and location parameters can't be used together.

Localization

  • Name
    google_domain
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    The default parameter google.com defines the Google domain of the search. Check the full list of supported Google google_domain domains.

  • Name
    gl
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    The default parameter us defines the country of the search. Check the full list of supported Google gl countries.

  • Name
    hl
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    The default parameter en defines the interface language of the search. Check the full list of supported Google hl languages.

  • Name
    lr
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    The lr parameter restricts search results to documents written in a particular language or a set of languages. The accepted format for this parameter is lang_{2-letter country code}. For instance, to filter documents written in Japanese, the value should be set to lang_jp. To incorporate multiple languages, a value like lang_it|lang_de restricts the search to documents written in either Italian or German. Google identifies the document language based on the top-level domain (TLD) of the document's URL, any language meta tags present, or the language utilized within the document's body text. Check the full list of supported Google lr languages.

  • Name
    cr
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    The cr parameter restricts search results to documents originating in a particular country. Google determines the country of a document by the top-level domain (TLD) of the document's URL or by Web server's IP address geographic location. Check the full list of supported Google cr countries.

Filters

  • Name
    time_period
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    This parameter restricts results to URLs based on date. Supported values are:

    • last_hour - data from the past hour.
    • last_day - data from the past 24 hours.
    • last_week - data from the past week.
    • last_month - data from the past month.
    • last_year - data from the past year.
    • Using time_period_min or time_period_max parameters, you can specify a custom time period.
    Note, that the time_period_min and time_period_max parameters could be used separately as well.

  • Name
    time_period_min
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    This parameter specifies the start of the time period. It could be used in combination with the time_period_max parameter. The value should be in the format MM/DD/YYYY.

  • Name
    time_period_max
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    This parameter specifies the end of the time period. It could be used in combination with the time_period_min parameter. The value should be in the format MM/DD/YYYY.

  • Name
    sort_by
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    By default, news results are sorted by relevance. To get the most recent articles, set it to most_recent.

  • Name
    nfpr
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    This parameter controls whether results from queries that have been auto-corrected for spelling errors are included. To exclude these auto-corrected results, set the value to 1. By default, the value is 0, meaning auto-corrected results are included.

  • Name
    filter
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    This parameter controls whether the "Duplicate Content" and "Host Crowding" filters are enabled. Set the value to 1 to enable these filters, which is the default setting. To disable these filters, set the value to 0.

  • Name
    safe
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    This parameter toggles the SafeSearch feature for the results. SafeSearch operates by filtering out adult content from your search results. Google's filters use proprietary technology to check keywords, phrases and URLs. While no filters are 100 percent accurate, SafeSearch will remove the overwhelming majority of adult content from your search results. Set the value to active to enable SafeSearch. To disable it, set the value to off. By default, SafeSearch is disabled.

Pagination

  • Name
    num
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    This parameter specifies the number of results to display per page. Use in combination with the page parameter to implement pagination functionality.

  • Name
    page
    Required
    Optional
    Description

    This parameter indicates which page of results to return. By default, it is set to 1. Use in combination with the num parameter to implement pagination.

Engine

  • Name
    engine
    Required
    Required
    Description

    Parameter defines an engine that will be used to retrieve real-time data. It must be set to google_news.

API key

  • Name
    api_key
    Required
    Required
    Description

    The api_key authenticates your requests. Use it as a query parameter (https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY) or in the Authorization header (Bearer YOUR_API_KEY).

API Examples

Full Response

Full Response
GET
https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?engine=google_news&location=New+York%2CUnited+States&q=Jeff+Bezos+news
Request
import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "google_news",
  "q": "Jeff Bezos news",
  "location": "New York,United States"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)
Response
{
  "search_metadata": {
    "id": "search_KQrlGNWjgNE7ub7GpZVeALdm",
    "status": "Success",
    "created_at": "2023-06-15T12:00:53Z",
    "request_time_taken": 1.45,
    "parsing_time_taken": 0.03,
    "total_time_taken": 1.48,
    "request_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=Jeff+Bezos+news&oq=Jeff+Bezos+news&gl=us&hl=en&uule=w+CAIQICIWTmV3IFlvcmssVW5pdGVkIFN0YXRlcw&tbm=nws&ie=UTF-8",
    "html_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_KQrlGNWjgNE7ub7GpZVeALdm.html",
    "json_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_KQrlGNWjgNE7ub7GpZVeALdm"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google",
    "q": "Jeff Bezos news",
    "location": "New York",
    "location_used": "New York,United States",
    "google_domain": "google.com",
    "hl": "en",
    "gl": "us"
  },
  "search_information": {
    "query_displayed": "Jeff Bezos news",
    "total_results": 14400,
    "time_taken_displayed": 0.35,
    "detected_location": "New York"
  },
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Larry Ellison Overtakes Jeff Bezos As World’s Third-Richest Person",
      "link": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2023/06/14/larry-ellison-overtakes-jeff-bezos-as-worlds-third-richest-person/",
      "source": "Forbes",
      "date": "19 hours ago",
      "snippet": "The Oracle boss and GOP megadonor Ellison now trails just his friend Elon Musk on the list of richest Americans.",
      "favicon": "data:image/png;base64,...",
      "thumbnail": "data:image/jpeg;base64,..."
    },
    ...
  ],
  "top_stories": [
    {
      "title": "Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Enjoy a Walk In Portofino",
      "link": "https://people.com/jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-go-for-walk-in-portofino-7515121",
      "source": "People",
      "date": "1 day ago",
      "thumbnail": "data:image/jpeg;base64,..."
    },
    ...
  ],
  "top_stories_more_link": {
    "link": "https://www.google.com/search?gl=us&hl=en&q=Jeff+Bezos+news&ie=UTF-8&tbm=nws&oq=Jeff+Bezos+news&uule=w+CAIQICIWTmV3IFlvcmssVW5pdGVkIFN0YXRlcw&story=GiYSJEplZmYgQmV6b3MgYW5kIExhdXJlbiBTYW5jaGV6IHBob3RvczIxCif4gJuGvvGDnsMB_5v5mYPQmt08n8jdroHJuPzJAdeS5Pycj7W2qAEQn6WB7wcYBVgC&fcs=AGY3Bfsod9t7KXSk4CwIx9PtWPdnlSruIg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0oreQncX_AhW1EVkFHXsJBzAQ7IUHegQIGhAF"
  },
  "pagination": {
    "current": 1,
    "next": "https://www.google.com/search?q=Jeff+Bezos+news&sca_esv=574427856&hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&ei=dccvZfOSNc-u0PEPwfesEA&start=10&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwizoZnqxP-BAxVPFzQIHcE7CwIQ8NMDegQIBBAW",
    "other_pages": {
      "2": "https://www.google.com/search?q=Jeff+Bezos+news&sca_esv=574427856&hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&ei=dccvZfOSNc-u0PEPwfesEA&start=10&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwizoZnqxP-BAxVPFzQIHcE7CwIQ8tMDegQIBBAE",
      ...
    }
  }
}