Google News API

There is no Google News API. Here’s what to use instead.

Google deprecated its News Search API in 2011, and its Custom Search JSON API is closed to new customers, with existing ones moving off it by January 1, 2027. If you need news in an app or an AI agent, these are the options that are actually left — ours included.

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Your options, side by side

What each one is, whether a new project can still use it, and what it costs.

Option	What it is	New projects	Cost
Google News RSS	Topic and search feeds from news.google.com. Not a documented API: no key, no filters beyond the query, and links that point to Google News rather than to the article.Fine for a prototype. Nothing to rely on in production.	Yes, unofficially	Free
Custom Search JSON API	Google’s programmable web search, restricted to sites you choose. It searched the web, not Google News.Only if you already have it — and not for long.	No: closed to new customers; existing ones must move by January 1, 2027	$5 per 1,000 queries after 100 free a day, for existing customers
Vertex AI Search	The alternative Google suggests for searching up to 50 domains. It searches the sites you give it, not Google News.For searching a fixed list of your own sites.	Yes	Google Cloud pricing
SERP scraping APIs	Third-party services that fetch Google News result pages for you and return them as JSON.Google News results, through a middleman you depend on.	Yes	Per search; depends on the provider
A news search APIThat’s us	An index of news sites of its own, searched through a documented API with keys, quotas and support. typesearch is one, built for AI agents.For production, and for agents that need filters and fresh results.	Yes	typesearch: from $1.40 per 1,000 searches

Google News RSS
Topic and search feeds from news.google.com. Not a documented API: no key, no filters beyond the query, and links that point to Google News rather than to the article.
New projects:
Yes, unofficially
Cost:
Free
Fine for a prototype. Nothing to rely on in production.
Custom Search JSON API
Google’s programmable web search, restricted to sites you choose. It searched the web, not Google News.
New projects:
No: closed to new customers; existing ones must move by January 1, 2027
Cost:
$5 per 1,000 queries after 100 free a day, for existing customers
Only if you already have it — and not for long.
Vertex AI Search
The alternative Google suggests for searching up to 50 domains. It searches the sites you give it, not Google News.
New projects:
Yes
Cost:
Google Cloud pricing
For searching a fixed list of your own sites.
SERP scraping APIs
Third-party services that fetch Google News result pages for you and return them as JSON.
New projects:
Yes
Cost:
Per search; depends on the provider
Google News results, through a middleman you depend on.
A news search APIThat’s us
An index of news sites of its own, searched through a documented API with keys, quotas and support. typesearch is one, built for AI agents.
New projects:
Yes
Cost:
typesearch: from $1.40 per 1,000 searches
For production, and for agents that need filters and fresh results.

What we say about Google comes from its developer documentation, checked in September 2026: the Custom Search JSON API overview and the News Search API deprecation notice (archived). SERP API prices vary by provider; we don’t quote them here. Custom Search JSON API · News Search API

From Google News RSS

Swap the feed for one request.

The same query, with a time window, and JSON you don’t have to parse out of RSS. Every result links to the original article and says who published it and when.

The article’s own URLNot a redirect through news.google.com: the link your agent cites is the publisher’s.
Filters that are parametersdays, published_after, include_domains and sections, instead of query tricks.
A score on every resultThe calibrated probability that it answers your query, so your agent can threshold instead of trusting position.
Keys, limits and a contractPer-key quotas, stable error codes and an OpenAPI 3.1 contract that only changes by adding.

import feedparser
 
feed = feedparser.parse(
    "https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=lithium+royalties+chile&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en"
)
for e in feed.entries:
    print(e.title, e.link)  # the link goes through news.google.com

270+
news sources
130+
countries
30+
languages
66,000+
articles indexed in the last 7 days

Our index on September 25, 2026. GET /v1/sources returns these numbers live. We don’t publish the list of sources; every result shows its own.

Google News API questions

Does Google have a News API?

No. Google deprecated its News Search API in 2011 and hasn’t offered one since. Google News publishes RSS feeds, but they aren’t a documented API.

Can I still use the Custom Search JSON API for news?

Only if you already had access: Google closed it to new customers, and existing ones have until January 1, 2027 to move. It also searched the web or a list of sites, not Google News.

Is Google News RSS good enough?

For a prototype, often yes. In production it has no key, no support and no filters beyond the query, and its links point to Google News instead of the article. If it changes or stops, nothing tells you.

What is the best Google News API alternative for AI agents?

A news search API with its own index, clear parameters and results sized for a model’s context. typesearch returns ranked articles with source, publication time, a calibrated relevance score and short verbatim excerpts, from $1.40 per 1,000 searches.

Can I get news from a specific country or outlet?

Use include_domains for the outlets you want, and sections for parts of a site. GET /v1/sources tells you how many sources we cover in each country and language, and whether a given domain is covered.

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