Scrape Google News — Headlines, Articles & Trends at Scale

Extract structured news data from Google News. Returns headlines, article titles, source names, publish dates, and URLs. Search by keyword, topic, or region. HTTP-only — no Chrome, no Playwright.

What You Can Scrape

• Top headlines — latest news across all categories or specific topics
• Search results — articles matching any keyword or phrase
• Article metadata — title, source, publish date, snippet, URL
• Topic-based news — business, technology, sports, health, science, entertainment
• Regional news — filter by country or language edition
• Trending stories — currently trending topics and coverage clusters

Primary Use Cases

• Media monitoring — track brand mentions, competitor news, and industry developments
• Sentiment analysis — feed headlines into NLP pipelines for market sentiment
• Trend detection — identify emerging topics before they go mainstream
• Content aggregation — build news feeds, digests, or dashboards
• Academic research — analyze media coverage patterns and news framing

API Example

# Start a run via the Apify API
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~google-news-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "searchQueries": ["artificial intelligence"],
    "language": "en",
    "maxResults": 100
  }'

# Or use with AI agents via MCP:
# https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/google-news-scraper

Integrations

• n8n / Make / Zapier — trigger runs and process results via webhook
• AI Agents (MCP) — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex
• Python / Node.js — Apify SDK for programmatic access
• Google Sheets / Airtable — export via Apify integrations

How It Compares

Output Fields