API referenceGoogle News
Google news topic
Google News top stories, or one of its eight editorial sections.
Section feeds are story clusters, not flat articles: each row carries the
other outlets that covered the same story in related_articles, plus
coverage_count for how widely it was picked up, 70 rows on Business came
with 318 related articles behind them. total_articles counts the cluster,
returned counts the rows.
An unknown topic is rejected here because Google does not reject one: it redirects to the HTML homepage and returns an empty feed with HTTP 200, which reads exactly like a section with no news.
Authorization
ApiKeyAuth X-API-Key<token>
Your API key. Sent on every request.
In: header
Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Response Body
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
curl -X POST "https://example.com/v1/scrapers/google-news-topic-v4" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "topic": "BUSINESS", "language": "en", "country": "US" }'{ "request_id": "req_8f2c1d94e7b0", "success": true, "status": { "code": "OK", "message": "Scrape completed.", "retryable": false }, "data": { "country": "US", "edition": "US:en", "language": "en", "returned": 70, "stories": [ { "coverage_count": 5, "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQa21VLTBTd0w5c282cEFBQ2JMYXZ3b1pWdndFOW9PaVBXN3RFaEhCUHBEVllYR0pUb1FBemJ3OFZPaE5POGQ4MXZlVVIwb0FsOHRROGZxUEF0dE5EcVN4Y0szajM3TTN5RThNOHllZXpaUFJvSkhmZUNLWGprTEZ1NTg5TEswc28tWHZuTEhnRXR2M1VwSkVzQ1VsV3JHZFgyUjBGY09lNG10UQ", "id": "CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQa21VLTBTd0w5c282cEFBQ2JMYXZ3b1pWdndFOW9PaVBXN3RFaEhCUHBEVllYR0pUb1FBemJ3OFZPaE5POGQ4MXZlVVIwb0FsOHRROGZxUEF0dE5EcVN4Y0szajM3TTN5RThNOHllZXpaUFJvSkhmZUNLWGprTEZ1NTg5TEswc28tWHZuTEhnRXR2M1VwSkVzQ1VsV3JHZFgyUjBGY09lNG10UQ", "published_at": "2026-08-23T05:00:00Z", "publisher": "AP News", "publisher_domain": "apnews.com", "publisher_url": "https://apnews.com", "related_articles": [ { "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQdEZQSGRJTGpVYU1GR1I5XzBqdDNUZWJZV0tXY3ZmcC1meFlsMDRHY2VFaVkwbUc0QVhVT0toS3BfVWhPT2tSTnlmMkEtS0hfcllCaUFWdHI2SkhWbFY1YXZoY3ZEWEhaTE5IYURhcjFkZnFvNjhwc0NYUTBUbzVnSTVPUTE5eDlKeVoyR0NYLXBqeDVuQnk0VHEyNHlJUmxNc0swRkZicndnRnpiMnc", "id": "CBMirgFBVV95cUxQdEZQSGRJTGpVYU1GR1I5XzBqdDNUZWJZV0tXY3ZmcC1meFlsMDRHY2VFaVkwbUc0QVhVT0toS3BfVWhPT2tSTnlmMkEtS0hfcllCaUFWdHI2SkhWbFY1YXZoY3ZEWEhaTE5IYURhcjFkZnFvNjhwc0NYUTBUbzVnSTVPUTE5eDlKeVoyR0NYLXBqeDVuQnk0VHEyNHlJUmxNc0swRkZicndnRnpiMnc", "publisher": "USA Today", "title": "Buc-ee's growth is fueling more trademark lawsuits. Here's why" }, { "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihANBVV95cUxNM0xfZHpQamZMWm5KaS1XbXhYeFFKQlJjclctRFprUWtRb3R2LXFYZ1lhLWw3cmZqYk01OWJKejczeG5TSXhtRU52ck9ncDZQajFVQkNNN3pJbjZFbWJvYWQ3OW9zS19UdHYwNkRUNF9OTENXcFNuTzMxeGhzQjJKTkJULVVQNzZwRDBIZVNFNXhuN2lreF9qN3VQcG9DTGtJY0RHRTNvamFNbzloanR1VjVHTTdDa3V4VG85dnk5X2ZLWVRuelZSWlpiTHpZVy1… (+241 chars)", "id": "CBMihANBVV95cUxNM0xfZHpQamZMWm5KaS1XbXhYeFFKQlJjclctRFprUWtRb3R2LXFYZ1lhLWw3cmZqYk01OWJKejczeG5TSXhtRU52ck9ncDZQajFVQkNNN3pJbjZFbWJvYWQ3OW9zS19UdHYwNkRUNF9OTENXcFNuTzMxeGhzQjJKTkJULVVQNzZwRDBIZVNFNXhuN2lreF9qN3VQcG9DTGtJY0RHRTNvamFNbzloanR1VjVHTTdDa3V4VG85dnk5X2ZLWVRuelZSWlpiTHpZVy1SNENNbnozV0g4ampObzhJZlk2WjJFWktST2Ro… (+204 chars)", "publisher": "WKRC", "title": "Buc-ee's highway sign vandalized amid controversial lawsuit in Ohio" }, "… 2 more items in the full response" ], "title": "Buc-ee’s chain draws outcry in Ohio for launching fight over a mini mart’s beaver logo" }, { "coverage_count": 5, "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiYkFVX3lxTE9SOEx0RHVSMHhQRi1vVVh5alBocmdtN0NDTm1NRHNUWDBic01oTEdPUkZYQkNMamdvNTZKMWo3T1hUTGlMbmtIQlVoa2tWblc5MkE1LTZCMWdpeWRhdE0zNGdR", "id": "CBMiYkFVX3lxTE9SOEx0RHVSMHhQRi1vVVh5alBocmdtN0NDTm1NRHNUWDBic01oTEdPUkZYQkNMamdvNTZKMWo3T1hUTGlMbmtIQlVoa2tWblc5MkE1LTZCMWdpeWRhdE0zNGdR", "published_at": "2026-08-22T13:06:00Z", "publisher": "Global Times", "publisher_domain": "globaltimes.cn", "publisher_url": "https://www.globaltimes.cn", "related_articles": [ { "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPM1BqLTJsOE1xcHpZa3RxVTR1Tno5azlWcXo0QUFVRmhQUm5Cb2hVOWhDc1ZOekpxMmtVU0xZVWJDcWhGRER2QmhBUV91bUVMSERvNGEzOTBsbGxIMDY0bjNmXy1pUE51RkgtZzFtNG51WmctMkVLV2lYLS1ZbWYtblpVSVk1OFhvUmNPcVhmb3l5eFpQZUswNXZEOFpmbkZC", "id": "CBMioAFBVV95cUxPM1BqLTJsOE1xcHpZa3RxVTR1Tno5azlWcXo0QUFVRmhQUm5Cb2hVOWhDc1ZOekpxMmtVU0xZVWJDcWhGRER2QmhBUV91bUVMSERvNGEzOTBsbGxIMDY0bjNmXy1pUE51RkgtZzFtNG51WmctMkVLV2lYLS1ZbWYtblpVSVk1OFhvUmNPcVhmb3l5eFpQZUswNXZEOFpmbkZC", "publisher": "Reuters", "title": "Robots can outrun humans, but can they plug in a cable?" }, { "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQSTVwZUVpSUF6TEF2eDdVbjJNak50d1NOc2l3Z3ZEQTJQWFVoeFJrblBXYkJXZmFpaTAtZ3pNYWpLLWJCbUllcGxfeEM0Mi1Jam1vb3ViNnk1a21hVVU5cG50X3BzT3RlQktoUHBiamRESGl5bmFvcTViQkJoMGNvVnE0Y0xNSUVlSGVhX2ZpaFA5WUdiRFVR", "id": "CBMilwFBVV95cUxQSTVwZUVpSUF6TEF2eDdVbjJNak50d1NOc2l3Z3ZEQTJQWFVoeFJrblBXYkJXZmFpaTAtZ3pNYWpLLWJCbUllcGxfeEM0Mi1Jam1vb3ViNnk1a21hVVU5cG50X3BzT3RlQktoUHBiamRESGl5bmFvcTViQkJoMGNvVnE0Y0xNSUVlSGVhX2ZpaFA5WUdiRFVR", "publisher": "The Economist", "title": "China wants its humanoids to be taken seriously" }, "… 2 more items in the full response" ], "title": "Robot archer lights up 'Zhixin' as 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games open in Beijing" }, "… 68 more items in the full response" ], "topic": "BUSINESS", "total_articles": 318 }, "error": null, "meta": { "client_id": "client_abc123", "scraper": "google-news-topic-v4", "billable": true, "duration_ms": 1994 }}