# Search Google News > News articles for any search from Google News: headline, publisher and publish time, up to about 100 per call. - **Request:** `GET https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/news` - **Auth:** `x-api-key` header ([get a free key](https://lurkapi.com/login?next=/dashboard)) - **Cost:** 1 credit per call. Validation errors, `401`/`402`/`429` rejections and `5xx` failures are free; `not_found` is charged ([how charging works](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#credits)). - **MCP tool:** `google_news` on `https://api.lurkapi.com/mcp` - **Freshness:** responses are cached for up to 10 minutes - **Try it live:** https://lurkapi.com/docs/google/news#try (no signup) - **Platform:** [Google](https://lurkapi.com/docs/google.md) (google.com) - **Web page:** https://lurkapi.com/docs/google/news ## When to use this Use it to track coverage of a brand, person or topic. Google News' search operators work in `query`: quotes, OR, `-word`, `site:reuters.com`, `intitle:`, `before:` and `after:` (YYYY-MM-DD). `date_posted` keeps only recent articles. `region` and `language` pick the Google News edition, US English by default. Leave `language` out for the region's own edition (DE gives German); a language Google News has no edition for in that region is a 400. Articles come in Google News' order, most relevant first; sort by `published_at` for the newest. Each one links through Google News (`google_news_url` opens the article in a browser): Google encrypts the publisher's own URL in that link, so we can't return it. No pagination: one call returns everything Google News lists, up to about 100. ## Parameters All parameters go in the query string. | Name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `query` | string | yes | | | What to search for, e.g. `nvidia` or `"climate bill" site:reuters.com`. | `nvidia` | | `region` | string | no | `US` | | The Google News edition's country: a 2-letter code (US, GB, DE, IN…). | | | `language` | string | no | | | The edition's language, e.g. `en`, `es` or `hi`, for countries with several (US: en, es; IN: en, hi…). Default: the country's own. | | | `date_posted` | string | no | `any` | `any`, `last-hour`, `last-day`, `last-week`, `last-month`, `last-year` | Only articles published this recently. | | ## Example request Replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with your key, or set `LURKAPI_KEY` for the code. [Get a free key](https://lurkapi.com/login?next=/dashboard). curl: ```bash curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/news?query=nvidia" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" ``` JavaScript: ```js const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "nvidia", }); const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/news?${params}`, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY }, }); const data = await res.json(); if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`); console.log(data.articles); ``` Python: ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/news", params={ "query": "nvidia", }, headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]}, timeout=60, ) data = res.json() if not data["success"]: raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}") print(data["articles"]) ``` ## Example response A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in `…`. 200 OK (application/json): ```json { "success": true, "credits_remaining": 999999, "credits_charged": 1, "articles": [ { "title": "Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs", "source": "TechCrunch", "source_url": "https://techcrunch.com", "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPNThVa0RMWlZyclBfYi0…", "published_at": "2026-10-19T15:37:09.000Z" }, { "title": "Exclusive | Nvidia-Backed Startup doubleAI Launches Model to Pare Cost of Compute", "source": "WSJ", "source_url": "https://www.wsj.com", "google_news_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirwFBVV95cUxNODZ3djBBc0dFbnhMb2N…", "published_at": "2026-10-19T12:00:00.000Z" } ] } ``` ## Response fields Every field of a successful response. `[]` marks a list: `a[].b` is the `b` of each item in `a`. **nullable** fields can be `null`; **optional** fields can be missing. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `success` | `true` | Always true here; errors have `success: false`. | | `credits_remaining` | `number` | Your balance after this call. On anonymous playground calls: free tries left today. | | `credits_charged` | `number` | Credits this call cost; 0 on free endpoints. On anonymous playground calls: tries used (1). | | `articles` | `object[]` | Matching articles in Google News' order, most relevant first. Empty when nothing matches. | | `articles[].title` | `string` | The headline, without the publisher's name Google News appends. | | `articles[].source` | `string`, nullable | The publisher's name, e.g. `Reuters`. | | `articles[].source_url` | `string`, nullable | The publisher's website, e.g. `https://www.reuters.com`. | | `articles[].google_news_url` | `string` | The article's Google News link (news.google.com/rss/articles/…). It opens the article in a browser; it isn't the publisher's own URL. | | `articles[].published_at` | `string`, nullable | When it was published, ISO 8601 (UTC). | ## Caching and freshness Responses are cached for up to 10 minutes, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit. ## Errors Errors return `{ success: false, error, code, docs }` with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, `401`/`402`/`429` rejections and `5xx` failures are free; `not_found` is charged ([how charging works](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#credits)). [All error codes](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#errors). | Status | Code | Meaning | | --- | --- | --- | | 401 | `missing_api_key` | No API key. Send it in the `x-api-key` header. | | 401 | `invalid_api_key` | The key is unknown or was revoked. | | 402 | `insufficient_credits` | Not enough credits for this call. Buy a pack or wait for tomorrow's top-up. | | 403 | `account_suspended` | This account is suspended. Contact support@lurkapi.com. Never charged. | | 405 | `method_not_allowed` | Endpoints take GET with query params. | | 429 | `rate_limited` | Too many calls at once. Wait for the `retry-after` seconds, then retry. | | 500 | `internal_error` | Something broke on our side. Retry; 5xx errors are free. | | 502 | `upstream_error` | The platform didn't give a usable answer. Retry; 5xx errors are free. | | 503 | `upstream_busy` | All our connections to the platform are busy. Retry in a few seconds; 5xx errors are free. | | 504 | `upstream_timeout` | The platform took over 30 seconds to answer (90 for web pages). Retry; timeouts are free. | ## Use it in Claude Once LurkAPI is [connected to Claude](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#claude), this endpoint is the `google_news` tool. Ask in plain English, for example: Ask Claude: ```text Use LurkAPI's google_news with query "nvidia" and summarize what you find. ``` Claude calls `google_news` with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit: Tool arguments: ```json { "query": "nvidia" } ``` Tool results are compact to save tokens: no nulls or empty lists, one URL per image or video, transcripts as plain text unless you pass `timestamps=true`. A result over 45,000 characters comes in parts: its `_note` gives the `offset` for the rest, and later parts are free for 15 minutes. `trim=false` returns the full response. --- Previous: [Google Maps reviews](https://lurkapi.com/docs/google/maps-reviews.md) · Next: [Google autocomplete](https://lurkapi.com/docs/google/autocomplete.md)