Top headlines of Google News for a country and language, about 30 to 40 stories. Each item has position, title (publisher name removed), link, source (name and url), date (ISO 8601), guid and related_articles (the other articles of the same story). The channel block has the feed title, language, build time and topic token. Costs 1 credit. Failed requests cost nothing.
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This endpoint has no required query parameters.
2 optional filters available.
string
Optional
Language of the feed, 2 letters, e.g. en, de, fr. Default: en.
en
string
Optional
Country of the feed, 2 letters, e.g. us, de, gb. Default: us.
us
Response Schema
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Example response fields
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channel
news_results
search_parameters
Common news_results fields
date
guid
link
title
{
"channel": {
"name": "Top stories",
"title": "Top stories - Google News",
"language": "en-US",
"topic_token": null,
"last_build_date": "2026-11-01T02:39:41+00:00"
},
"news_results": [
{
"date": "2026-11-01T02:29:35+00:00",
"guid": "CBMidkFVX3lxTE9YR1owcUlLb3d1ajhFeWJacmU2aXAwV1g2Uk9aUjhtNFFNSlRSMXFxR2RCaWlIUWZ5M0w2M2kwODVndGNuSFdUangydkM0b0p5WERGOFY5QjZtSzNnYnhZTFd5NW1yZ2d6amJwMk9sdll6ZXdQeWc",
"link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMidkFVX3lxTE9YR1owcUlLb3d1ajhFeWJacmU2aXAwV1g2Uk9aUjhtNFFNSlRSMXFxR2RCaWlIUWZ5M0w2M2kwODVndGNuSFdUangydkM0b0p5WERGOFY5QjZtSzNnYnhZTFd5NW1yZ2d6amJwMk9sdll6ZXdQeWc?oc=5",
"title": "2026 Elections Live Updates: Candidates Campaign in Battleground States on Final Weekend",
"source": {
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com",
"name": "The New York Times"
},
"position": 1,
"related_articles": [
{
"link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijAFBVV95cUxOWmp6ZkYyZTFHVXB5NzhGaENaN2tQZXBlUWxKcG1aYVVMZ3dBOUJhZTNhdmNmVEk4dmFuVm1STFFNa05uZElRdGhYYUhxcVVLUDQtb1RfTDV2a0dmQlN2M2xVMGtOZ2c5eXYyWVdmSVNqV05TTTlGY0pIVDg5dnhaSDVjS0RwVkVNQU44aA?oc=5",
"title": "El-Sayed campaign wants Stevens to stay away after day of back-and-forth sniping",
"source": {
"name": "Politico"
}
}
]
},
{
"date": "2026-10-31T22:48:51+00:00",
"guid": "CBMie0FVX3lxTE9uUFZpekxGX1haSlJXNUMzU29KaUF1WTFzQm9wMGk3TlVCQklydzFxakRnV2xSZkk2dkFIQTF3aTNKVjhnTFY5dG5CLVJNeHJfUGIxcHFXQ3VDT19rcTVwUk5sTGx6aHUxVzFKZ2xmX0dON2lELTlFNmZGNA",
"link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMie0FVX3lxTE9uUFZpekxGX1haSlJXNUMzU29KaUF1WTFzQm9wMGk3TlVCQklydzFxakRnV2xSZkk2dkFIQTF3aTNKVjhnTFY5dG5CLVJNeHJfUGIxcHFXQ3VDT19rcTVwUk5sTGx6aHUxVzFKZ2xmX0dON2lELTlFNmZGNA?oc=5",
"title": "Virginia and D.C. sue to block construction of Trump arch",
"source": {
"url": "https://www.npr.org",
"name": "NPR"
},
"position": 2,
"related_articles": [
{
"link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNTExNUU1ORVBtRDZ2N0R3R2J6OHpDS2tMbmNfOExQM2UwT3lBcUY5czZ4ZHFBZ2JnalNXb1B4MDlpUWM5eGR1ZlVVR1RGWWM2QXFmZUZrU0FIbmNrWUs4d1VSODQzeU80Q2lsUmE1cG5Cak1xTm5tdUZzSjRKNEVJdmFaN09GYmpBa0Mya0dwWXhRSm1ROVZ2T2hoMkZyM1FtUGFpcldXUQ?oc=5",
"title": "D.C. and Virginia sue to block Trump\u2019s proposed triumphal arch",
"source": {
"name": "The Washington Post"
}
}
]
}
],
"search_parameters": {
"gl": "US",
"hl": "en-US",
"ceid": "US:en",
"engine": "google_news_headlines"
}
}Errors
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Validation Error
A parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"hl": [
"The language is a 2 letter code like en or de."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Service Unavailable
Google News could not be reached or gave an unreadable answer. This response is not billable. Retry later.
{
"error": "Google News could not be reached. Try again."
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