Google News Scraper

An Apify actor that searches Google News and returns structured results. It's optimized for speed and reliability, delivering clean JSON data for news articles without extracting the full content.

Key Features

• Fast and Focused: Average execution under 5 seconds, exclusively searching Google News.
• Structured JSON Output: Returns news titles, URLs, and publication dates in a consistent format.
• Reliable: Built-in error handling, retries, and timeout management with a high success rate.
• Memory Efficient: Runs optimally on 1GB-2GB of memory.
• Easy Integration: Simple input/output structure with ready-to-use client examples.

How to Use

Run the actor via the Apify CLI or integrate it directly into your application.

Basic CLI call:

apify call google-news-scraper --query "your news search terms" --maxResults 10

Python Integration:

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("google-news-scraper").call(
    input={
        "query": "technology news 2024",
        "maxResults": 15
    }
)

JavaScript Integration:

const { ApifyClient } = require('apify-client');
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('google-news-scraper').call({
    query: "tech news updates",
    maxResults: 10
});

Input & Output

Input Parameters:
* query (required): Your Google News search string.
* maxResults (optional, default: 20): Number of results to return (1-100).

Output Format:
The actor returns a JSON object with the search query and an array of news results.

{
  "query": "search terms",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "Article Title",
      "url": "https://example.com/article",
      "published_date": "2024-01-20T08:00:00"
    }
  ]
}

Performance & Notes

• Runtime: Typically 2-5 seconds.
• Use Cases: News research, real-time monitoring, trend analysis, and API integration.
• Compliance: Respects robots.txt, only collects public article metadata, and follows ethical scraping practices.
• Pricing: Pay-per-use with a free tier available for testing.