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Search Google News by keyword, date, site and country, or read headlines by topic
Searches Google News by keyword, date, site and country, or returns headlines by topic.

Request

Exactly one of query or topic is required.
This endpoint can be called without an API key, subject to per-address limits. Pagination requires a key.

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data.results[] contains the articles, each with its publisher and time. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.
For every field, see the response schema on this page.

Optional parameters

Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

Pagination

Results are paginated. To retrieve the next page, increment page. An empty data.results indicates the last page. The maximum value of page is 20.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
query
string
Required string length: 1 - 400
topic
enum<string>

The top 10 headlines in one section instead of a search. Send query or topic, not both.

Available options:
world,
nation,
business,
technology,
entertainment,
sports,
science,
health
country
string

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, e.g. us. Any case is accepted.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2}$
language
string

Two-letter language code like en or pt. Any case is accepted.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2}$
includeDomains
string[]
Maximum array length: 10
excludeDomains
string[]
Maximum array length: 10
time
enum<string>

Google's Tools time filter. Leave out for any time.

Available options:
pastHour,
past24Hours,
pastWeek,
pastMonth,
pastYear
sort
enum<string>
default:relevance

Google News' own sort: by relevance or newest first.

Available options:
relevance,
newest
page
integer
default:1

Page number, starting at 1.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 20

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success
any
required
data
object
required
creditsUsed
integer
required
requestId
string
required