Google News API

Google News API

Our Google News API allows you to scrape results from the Google News search page.

Api Details

Endpoint GET https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search

Description Retrieve comprehensive user profile including basic info, account status and optional permission sets.

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Request

HTTP Request

cURL

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=google_news" \
  -d "q=Coffee" \
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_news",
    "q": "Coffee",
    "no_cache": "false",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", params=params)
print(response.json())

Node.js

const axios = require('axios');

const params = {
  engine: "google_news",
  q: "Coffee",
  no_cache: "false",
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

axios.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", { params })
  .then(response => console.log(response.data));

HTTP

GET /search?engine=google_news&q=Coffee&no_cache=false&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY HTTP/1.1
Host: serpapi.abcproxy.com

PHP

<?php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search', [
    'query' => [
        'engine' => 'google_news',
        'q' => 'Coffee',
        'no_cache' => 'false',
        'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    ]
]);
echo $response->getBody();

Golang

package main

import (
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
    "log"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", nil)
    
    q := req.URL.Query()
    q.Add("engine", "google_news")
    q.Add("q", "Coffee")
    q.Add("no_cache", "false")
    q.Add("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    resp, _ := client.Do(req)
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    log.Println(string(body))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var query = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
        query["engine"] = "google_news";
        query["q"] = "Coffee";
        query["no_cache"] = "false";
        query["api_key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        var response = await client.GetAsync(
            $"https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?{query}"
        );
        Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
    }
}

Java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" +
            "?engine=google_news" +
            "&q=Coffee" +
            "&no_cache=false" +
            "&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())
        );
        String response = in.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());
        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

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API Parameters

Search Query

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
q	string	Yes	Parameter defines the query you want to search. You can use anything that you would use in a regular Google News search	coffee

Localization

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
gl	string	No	Parameter defines the country to use for the Google News search. It's a two-letter country code. (e.g., us for the United States (default), uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France). Head to the Google countries page for a full list of supported Google News countries.	Amgola-ao
hl	string	No	Parameter defines the language to use for the Google News search. It's a two-letter language code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French). Head to the Google languages page for a full list of supported Google languages.	Akan-ak

Advanced Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
topic_token	string	No	Parameter defines the Google News topic token. It is used for accessing the news results for a specific topic . Parameter can not be used together with q, story_token, and publication_token parameters	World
publication_token	string	No	Parameter defines the Google News publication token. It is used for accessing the news results from a specific publishe. Parameter can’t be used together with q, story_token, and topic_token parameters.	CNN BBC
section_token	string	No	Parameter defines the Google News section token. It is used for accessing the sub-section of a specific topic. The token can be found in our JSON response or the URL of the Google News page (in the URL, it is a string of characters preceded by /sections/) Parameter can only be used in combination with topic_token or publication_token parameters.	Business -> Economy
story_token	string	No	Parameter defines the Google News story token. It is used for accessing the news results with full coverage of a specific story. The token can be found in our JSON response or the URL of the Google News page (in the URL, it is a string of characters preceded by /stories/) Parameter can’t be used together with q, topic_token, and publication_token parameters.	-
so	string	No	Parameter defines the sorting method. Results can be sorted by relevance or by date. By default, the results are sorted by relevance. List of supported values are:0 - Relevance;1 - Date Parameter can only be used in combination with story_token parameter.	-

Serpapi Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
engine	string	Yes	Set parameter to google_news to use the Google News API engine.	google_news
no_cache	boolean	No	Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the Google News results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache. no_cache and async parameters should not be used together.	trueorfalse
api_key	string	Yes	Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.	YOUR_API_KEY

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Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
  "code": 200,
  "search_metadata":
    {				 
        "json_endpoint":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/35422250ed41076e/533d1496-06f8-43e7-8c09-b97b0554c1d9.json",
        "created_at":"2025-04-02 16:54:57",
        "google_news_url":"https://news.google.com/search?q=coffee",
        "raw_html_file":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/35422250ed41076e/533d1496-06f8-43e7-8c09-b97b0554c1d9.html",
        "xray_html_file":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/35422250ed41076e/533d1496-06f8-43e7-8c09-b97b0554c1d9.xray",
        "total_time_taken":"7.7934",
        "id":"533d1496-06f8-43e7-8c09-b97b0554c1d9",
    },
  "search_parameters":
    {
        "engine":"google_news",
        "q":"Coffee",
        "api_key":"YOUR_API_KEY",
        "hl":"en",
        "gl":"us",
    },
    "news_results":
    [
        {
            "position":1,
            "title":"Dunkin' April Fools' Day giveaway",
            "stories":
             [
                {
                    "position":1,
                    "thumbnail":"/api/attachments/CC8iK0NnNXRkVWRUUm5OeWFuQmpOVzB5VFJERUF4aW1C......4-h64-p-df-rw",
                    "date":"2025-04-01T04:01:00Z",
                    "title":"No Pranks, Just Perks: Dunkin’ Is Giving Away a Million Free Coffees on April 1",
                    "link":....,
                }
                 ......
            ]
            ......
        }
    ],
   "related_topics":
    [
        {
        "name":"Coffeezilla",
        "topic_token":"CAAqKAgKIiJDQkFTRXdvTkwyY3ZNVEYwWnpWNU5uZzJlUklDWlc0b0FBUAE",
        }
        ......
    ],
}

Response Fields

Name	Type	Remark
search_metadata	object	Contains timing and status information
search_parameters	object	Contains query parameters and search context
title	string	page title
top_stories_link	object	Focus news link
news_results	object[]	News search results
menu_links	object[]	Menu link
sub_menu_links	object[]	Submenu link
related_topics	object[]	related subject
related_publications	object[]	Related publications
stories	object	story
highlight	string	Highlight the results section
story_token	string	Story token

Error Responses

Common Errors

HTTP Status	Error Code	Description
200	400	API Key can not be empty
200	401	Param error
200	402	API Key error
200	403	Insufficient Balance
200	404	Deduction failed
200	405	Failed to record usage count
200	406	Unsupported engine
200	407	Network error
200	408	File not found
200	409	Limit param error
200	410	Build url error
200	411	Failed to QueryRecentRecord
200	412	Failed to find json
200	413	Get html error
200	414	HTML is empty
200	429	Too many request

Error Example

{
  "code": 400,
  "message": "API Key can not be empty"
}

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