Google Trends Trending Now News API Documentation
Google Trends Trending Now News API allows you to retrieve news articles related to trending search queries, including article titles, sources, publication dates, links, and thumbnails. This API is complementary to the Google Trends Trending Now API and requires a news_token
obtained from its response.
It is accessible via the /api/v1/search?engine=google_trends_trending_now_news
endpoint.
API Parameters
Search Query
-
- Name
-
news_token
- Required
- Required
- Description
-
To retrieve the
news_token
, follow these steps:
- Make a search request using our Google Trends Trending Now API.
- Each trend in the response contains its own
news_token
field. - Select the desired trend and use its
news_token
as a parameter with this engine to fetch news articles.
Engine
-
- Name
-
engine
- Required
- Required
- Description
-
The
engine
parameter specifies the engine to use for retrieving data. It must be set togoogle_trends_trending_now_news
.
API Key
-
- Name
-
api_key
- Required
- Required
- Description
-
The
api_key
authenticates your requests. Include it either as a query parameter, likehttps://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
, or in the Authorization header asBearer YOUR_API_KEY
.
API Examples
Full Response

https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?engine=google_trends_trending_now_news&news_token=W1szNTgyNjQ1NTAzLCJlbiIsIlVTIl1d
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- requests
import requests
url = "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search"
params = {
"engine": "google_trends_trending_now_news",
"news_token": "W1szNTgyNjQ1NTAzLCJlbiIsIlVTIl1d"
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)
{
{
"search_metadata": {
"id": "search_V6QeGdKRg9qes4r5g8mBExyv",
"status": "Success",
"created_at": "2025-02-24T22:05:38Z",
"request_time_taken": 1.31,
"parsing_time_taken": 0.01,
"total_time_taken": 1.32,
"html_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_V6QeGdKRg9qes4r5g8mBExyv.html",
"json_url": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/searches/search_V6QeGdKRg9qes4r5g8mBExyv"
},
"search_parameters": {
"engine": "google_trends_trending_now_news",
"news_token": "W1szNTgyNjQ1NTAzLCJlbiIsIlVTIl1d"
},
"news": [
{
"title": "Roberta Flackās 11 Essential Songs",
"link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/arts/music/roberta-flack-songs.html",
"source": "The New York Times",
"iso_date": "2025-02-24T18:08:40+01:00",
"thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTd7ZzdGdOf7pG4TSYEsPRPsIIDS_pxrP8vkPoQiFQZ1OdZiPI3VYBdu2CtGnY"
},
...
]
}
}