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Google News Full Story Coverage API

GET https://scrappa.co/api/google/news/story

All articles of one Google News story, about 50 articles. Get the story_token from /api/google/news/stories. Each item has position, title, link, article_id, source, date (ISO 8601), author and thumbnail. Costs 1 credit. Failed requests cost nothing.

Google News Full Story Coverage API 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/google/news/story
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
story_token = example hl = en gl = us
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "news_results": [
        {
            "date": "2026-11-01T02:38:44+00:00",
            "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMidkFVX3lxTE9YR1owcUlLb3d1ajhFeWJacmU2aXAwV1g2Uk9aUjhtNFFNSlRSMXFxR2RCaWlIUWZ5M0w2M2kwODVndGNuSFdUangydkM0b0p5WERGOFY5QjZtSzNnYnhZTFd5NW1yZ2d6amJwMk9sdll6ZXdQeWc",
            "title": "2026 Elections Live Updates: Candidates Campaign in Battleground States on Final Weekend",
            "author": "By Ruth Igielnik, Reid Epstein & Lisa Lerer",
            "source": {
                "icon": "https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/faviconV2?url=https://www.nytimes.com&client=NEWS_360&size=96&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL",
                "name": "The New York Times"
            },
            "position": 1,
            "thumbnail": "https://news.google.com/api/attachments/CC8iK0NnNUVUMVp5YzJaNVVsVk1SRXRrVFJDbUJSakVBeWdLTWdZQlFKUlJHUW8=-w200-h200-p-df",
            "article_id": "CBMidkFVX3lxTE9YR1owcUlLb3d1ajhFeWJacmU2aXAwV1g2Uk9aUjhtNFFNSlRSMXFxR2RCaWlIUWZ5M0w2M2kwODVndGNuSFdUangydkM0b0p5WERGOFY5QjZtSzNnYnhZTFd5NW1yZ2d6amJwMk9sdll6ZXdQeWc"
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

3 required parameters needed before sending a request.

story_token string Required

Google News story token from the story_token field of /api/google/news/stories. An article id or a topic token does not work. Story tokens belong to one language and country.

Example value example
hl string Required

Language of the token, 2 letters. Required.

Example value en
gl string Required

Country of the token, 2 letters. Required.

Example value us

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

news_results search_parameters

Common news_results fields

date link title author
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "news_results": [
        {
            "date": "2026-11-01T02:38:44+00:00",
            "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMidkFVX3lxTE9YR1owcUlLb3d1ajhFeWJacmU2aXAwV1g2Uk9aUjhtNFFNSlRSMXFxR2RCaWlIUWZ5M0w2M2kwODVndGNuSFdUangydkM0b0p5WERGOFY5QjZtSzNnYnhZTFd5NW1yZ2d6amJwMk9sdll6ZXdQeWc",
            "title": "2026 Elections Live Updates: Candidates Campaign in Battleground States on Final Weekend",
            "author": "By Ruth Igielnik, Reid Epstein & Lisa Lerer",
            "source": {
                "icon": "https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/faviconV2?url=https://www.nytimes.com&client=NEWS_360&size=96&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL",
                "name": "The New York Times"
            },
            "position": 1,
            "thumbnail": "https://news.google.com/api/attachments/CC8iK0NnNUVUMVp5YzJaNVVsVk1SRXRrVFJDbUJSakVBeWdLTWdZQlFKUlJHUW8=-w200-h200-p-df",
            "article_id": "CBMidkFVX3lxTE9YR1owcUlLb3d1ajhFeWJacmU2aXAwV1g2Uk9aUjhtNFFNSlRSMXFxR2RCaWlIUWZ5M0w2M2kwODVndGNuSFdUangydkM0b0p5WERGOFY5QjZtSzNnYnhZTFd5NW1yZ2d6amJwMk9sdll6ZXdQeWc"
        },
        {
            "date": "2026-11-01T01:41:00+00:00",
            "link": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMigAFBVV95cUxNZGpsZ3E5SFJsNTRsOEd6b1hJbENHSDdmWFMyU0FRTmZCN081OGlISVB1RnpScHFvRFdwZlRJalpqTl85SjRaRHJfYmhDWDI4aW5IQ2ZsUzA3dTc4a1JUVTNkNExCeGsxaDI2ZEhkT1dFWnBzU3pkTjgxcEpCcnprdw",
            "title": "Midterm elections latest: Rift grows between Democrats Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens in Michigan",
            "author": "By Ethan Cohen, Holmes Lybrand & Ted Barrett",
            "source": {
                "icon": "https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/faviconV2?url=https://www.cnn.com&client=NEWS_360&size=96&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL",
                "name": "CNN"
            },
            "position": 2,
            "thumbnail": "https://news.google.com/api/attachments/CC8iMkNnNDViM1kxT1V4RmFWVTBOM013VFJDZkF4ampCU2dLTWd1QkFvcUJMcVkwSVNzTkxn=-w200-h200-p-df",
            "article_id": "CBMigAFBVV95cUxNZGpsZ3E5SFJsNTRsOEd6b1hJbENHSDdmWFMyU0FRTmZCN081OGlISVB1RnpScHFvRFdwZlRJalpqTl85SjRaRHJfYmhDWDI4aW5IQ2ZsUzA3dTc4a1JUVTNkNExCeGsxaDI2ZEhkT1dFWnBzU3pkTjgxcEpCcnprdw"
        }
    ],
    "search_parameters": {
        "gl": "US",
        "hl": "en-US",
        "ceid": "US:en",
        "engine": "google_news_story",
        "story_token": "CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2pIc0plakVoRktjaUhGVGNuc0t5Z0FQAQ"
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

A parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.

{
    "errors": {
        "story_token": [
            "This looks like an article id. Use stories to get a story token, or decode for an article id."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}
404

Not Found

The token does not belong to this language and country, or the story is gone. This response is not billable.

{
    "error": "This story does not exist for this language and country."
}
503

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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