Google News Scraper

Extract Google News articles by keyword or topic: headlines, sources, publication dates, snippets, and URLs. Pure HTTP, no browser or API key needed. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

newsmarketinggoogle

$0.0029

per result + $0.005 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Actor charges $0.0023 per result; Cracked adds 25% plus a $0.005 call fee

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /automation-lab/google-news-scraper for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
queries	array	Search queries for Google News. Each query runs a separate search. Leave empty if using a topic instead.
topic	string ( \| WORLD \| NATION \| BUSINESS \| TECHNOLOGY \| ENTERTAINMENT)	Scrape a predefined Google News topic instead of (or in addition to) search queries. default ""
language	string	Language code for Google News results (e.g., en, es, fr, de, ja, pt). default "en"
country	string	Country code for Google News results (e.g., US, GB, DE, FR, JP, BR). default "US"
publishedAfter	string	Optional ISO 8601 date or datetime. Only emit articles published at or after this instant. Useful for scheduled monitoring; for example, 2026-08-31 or 2026-08-31T12:00:00Z.
maxArticles	integer	Maximum number of articles to extract per query or topic. Google News RSS feeds typically return up to ~100 articles per query. default 100
maxRequestRetries	integer	Number of retry attempts for failed HTTP requests. default 3

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/automation-lab/google-news-scraper","input":{"queries":["artificial intelligence"],"language":"en","country":"US","maxArticles":3},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /automation-lab/google-news-scraper -i '{"queries":["artificial intelligence"],"language":"en","country":"US","maxArticles":3}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/automation-lab/google-news-scraper", input: {"queries":["artificial intelligence"],"language":"en","country":"US","maxArticles":3}, wait: false })

Try it

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