Google News

Search Google News to retrieve news articles from thousands of sources in JSON format.

Endpoint

GET /v1/news/{query}

The Google News Search endpoint allows you to search for news articles from Google News. The query parameter should be a URL-encoded query string. News can be filtered by country and language using the ceid parameter.

Authentication

All requests require authentication using the X-Api-Key header. See the Authentication guide for more details.

Path Parameters

`query` (required)

Type: string

A URL-encoded query string for Google News search. You can use simple queries or include country/language filters.

Examples:

Simple query: q=president
Multiple keywords: q=news+about+president+trump
Filtered by country and language:
- US news in English: q=trump&ceid=US:en
- Great Britain news in English: q=trump&ceid=GB:en

Request Headers

`X-Proxy-Location` (optional)

Type: string

Specify the proxy location for the search. Available options:

EU - European Union
CA - Canada
US - United States
IE - Ireland
GB - United Kingdom
FR - France
DE - Germany
SE - Sweden
IN - India
JP - Japan
KR - South Korea
SG - Singapore
AU - Australia
BR - Brazil

`X-User-Agent` (optional)

Type: string

Specify the user agent type. Available options:

desktop - Desktop user agent (default)
mobile - Mobile user agent

Request Example

Using cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.serply.io/v1/news/q=stock+market' \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' | jq

Using JavaScript/Node.js

const response = await fetch('https://api.serply.io/v1/news/q=stock+market', {
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  }
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Using Python

import requests

headers = {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
}

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.serply.io/v1/news/q=stock+market',
    headers=headers
)
data = response.json()
print(data)

Response

The API returns a JSON object containing a feed object with news feed metadata and an entries array of news articles.

Response Structure

{
  "feed": {
    "title": "News Feed Title",
    "generator": "Google News",
    "generator_detail": {},
    "link": "https://news.google.com/...",
    "links": {},
    "language": "en",
    "publisher": "Google News",
    "publisher_detail": "...",
    "rights": "...",
    "rights_detail": "...",
    "updated": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_parsed": "...",
    "subtitle": "...",
    "subtitle_detail": "...",
    "entries": [
      {
        "title": "Article Title",
        "title_detail": {},
        "links": [{"link": "https://example.com/article"}],
        "link": "https://example.com/article",
        "id": "article-id",
        "guidislink": false,
        "published": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "published_parsed": "...",
        "summary": "Article summary...",
        "summary_detail": {},
        "source": "Source Name",
        "sub_articles": "..."
      }
    ]
  },
  "entities": [
    {
      "title": "Article Title",
      "links": []
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

feed (object): News feed metadata and entries
- title (string): Feed title
- generator (string): Feed generator name
- link (string): Feed URL
- language (string): Feed language
- publisher (string): Publisher name
- updated (string): Last update timestamp
- entries (array): Array of news article objects
  - title (string): Article title
  - link (string): Article URL
  - summary (string): Article summary/description
  - published (string): Publication date
  - source (string): News source name
entities (array): Array of entity objects with titles and links

Example Response

{
  "feed": {
    "title": "stock market - Google News",
    "generator": "Google News",
    "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=stock+market",
    "language": "en",
    "publisher": "Google News",
    "updated": "2024-01-15T12:00:00Z",
    "entries": [
      {
        "title": "Stock Market Reaches New High",
        "link": "https://example.com/news/stock-market-high",
        "summary": "The stock market reached a new all-time high today...",
        "published": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z",
        "source": "Financial Times"
      }
    ]
  },
  "entities": [
    {
      "title": "Stock Market Reaches New High",
      "links": []
    }
  ]
}

Status Codes

200 OK - Successful response
404 Not Found - The requested resource was not found
422 Unprocessable Entity - The request was well-formed but contains semantic errors
429 Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded

Error Responses

See the Errors guide for information on error response formats.