A Google News API alternative on fetcher.sh — pay-per-call in USDC via x402, or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no RSS scraping. Use when the user wants keyword search across Google News scoped to a language edition, section headlines (world, business, technology, entertainment, sport, science, h

Google News API Google News headlines and search as clean JSON — one plain HTTP GET per call, paid as you go. No RSS feed scraping, no redirect URL decoding by hand, no undocumented internal endpoints. Base URL: https://google news.fetcher.sh Authentication Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the [ fetcher skill](../fetcher/SKILL.md): Every response is { "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... } ; the HTTP status mirrors status . Endpoints (12 — all GET, $0.005/call) Endpoint What it returns /api/search Headlines matching a keyword, in one language edition /api/latest Latest headlines /api/world World section headlines /api/business Business section headlines /api/technology Technology section headlines /api/entertainment Entertainment section headlines /api/sport Sport section headlines /api/science Science section headlines /api/health Health section headlines /api/topic/{topicId} Headlines for an arbitrary topic ID /api/language regions Every supported languageCode value /api/decode article url Resolves a Google News redirect URL to the real article URL languageCode (e.g. en US , en GB , fr FR ) is required on every endpoint except /api/language regions , which takes no parameters at all and exists specifically to list the valid values. keyword is additionally required on /api/search ; url is required on /api/decode article url . Scenarios Keyword search, US English edition: Same search, UK English edition: Section headlines (technology, business): Headlines for a specific topic ID: List every supported language/region code before picking one: Decode a Google News redirect URL into the real article link: MCP Free: search endpoints , describe endpoint , check balance . Paid: fetch data (any endpoint above), topup credits , plus the named shortcut google news search . Drop the headers block to pay per call with x402 instead — see the [ fetcher skill](../fetcher/SKILL.md) for the full flow. Errors 400 — missing/invalid parameter (message names it) — most commonly a missing languageCode 401 — unknown or rotated key 402 — payment required (x402 challenge) or topup required (credits exhausted) 404 — not a priced path No rate limits; no refunds on upstream failures (settlement precedes delivery) Reference Full agent setup: <https://google news.fetcher.sh/skill.md OpenAPI 3.1 contract: <https://google news.fetcher.sh/openapi.json Condensed catalog: <https://google news.fetcher.sh/llms.txt Payment, credits, and MCP deep dive: [ fetcher skill](../fetcher/SKILL.md) Site: <https://google news.fetcher.sh

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