Google News is a free news aggregator by Google that surfaces headlines from thousands of publishers worldwide. Use this skill to fetch top stories, topic feeds, location-specific news, and keyword searches via the public Google News RSS feeds. No API key or authentication is required.

Google News RSS API [Google News](https://news.google.com) is a free news aggregator that collects headlines from thousands of publishers around the world. Google exposes its feeds via public RSS 2.0 endpoints that require no authentication or API key . Base URL All feed URLs are built by appending paths and query parameters to this base. Query Parameters Every feed URL accepts the following query parameters to control region and language: Parameter Required Description Example hl Yes Interface language / locale code en US , fr , de , ja , pt BR , es 419 gl Yes Country / geographic location (ISO 3166 1 alpha 2) US , GB , IN , DE , JP , BR ceid Yes Compound locale key in the form {gl}:{language} US:en , GB:en , DE:de , JP:ja , BR:pt 419 Important: All three parameters should be consistent. Mismatched values may return unexpected or empty results. Supported Locations (Validated) The following locations have been tested and confirmed to return valid RSS feeds (HTTP 200): Location hl gl ceid Example URL 🇺🇸 United States en US US US:en https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en US&gl=US&ceid=US:en 🇬🇧 United Kingdom en GB GB GB:en https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB:en 🇮🇳 India en IN IN IN:en https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en 🇦🇺 Australia en AU AU AU:en https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en AU&gl=AU&ceid=AU:en 🇨🇦 Canada en CA CA CA:en https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA:en 🇩🇪 Germany de DE DE:de https://news.google.com/rss?hl=de&gl=DE&ceid=DE:de 🇫🇷 France fr FR FR:fr https://news.google.com/rss?hl=fr&gl=FR&ceid=FR:fr 🇯🇵 Japan ja JP JP:ja https://news.google.com/rss?hl=ja&gl=JP&ceid=JP:ja 🇧🇷 Brazil pt BR BR BR:pt 419 https://news.google.com/rss?hl=pt BR&gl=BR&ceid=BR:pt 419 🇲🇽 Mexico es 419 MX MX:es 419 https://news.google.com/rss?hl=es 419&gl=MX&ceid=MX:es 419 🇮🇱 Israel en IL IL IL:en https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en IL&gl=IL&ceid=IL:en Feed Types 1. Top Stories (Headlines) Returns the current top stories for a given location. URL pattern: Example — US top stories: 2. Topic Feeds Returns articles for a specific news topic / section. URL pattern: Known Topic IDs (English, US): Topic Topic ID World CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGx1YlY4U0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB Nation / U.S. CAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNRGxqTjNjU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ Business CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGx6TVdZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB Technology CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGRqTVhZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB Entertainment CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNREpxYW5RU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB Sports CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRFp1ZEdvU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB Science CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRFp0Y1RjU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB Health CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNR3QwTlRFU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ Example — Technology news (US): Note: Topic IDs are base64 encoded protocol buffer strings. They can differ by language/region. The IDs above are for en US . To find topic IDs for other locales, inspect the RSS link on the Google News website for that locale. 3. Keyword / Search Feeds Returns articles matching a search query. URL pattern: Query modifiers: Modifier Description Example + or space AND (default) q=artificial+intelligence OR OR operator q=Tesla+OR+SpaceX Exclude term q=Apple+ fruit "..." Exact phrase (URL encode the quotes) q=%22climate+change%22 when:7d Time filter — last N days/hours q=Bitcoin+when:7d when:1h Time filter — last 1 hour q=breaking+news+when:1h after:YYYY MM DD Articles after a date q=Olympics+after:2024 07 01 before:YYYY MM DD Articles before a date q=Olympics+before:2024 08 15 site: Restrict to a domain q=AI+site:reuters.com Example — search for "artificial intelligence" in the last 7 days: RSS Response Format All feeds return RSS 2.0 XML . Here is the general structure: Key Fields per <item Field Description <title Headline text followed by Publisher Name <link Google News redirect URL. Visiting it in a browser redirects to the actual article. <guid Unique identifier (same as <link ) <pubDate Publication date in RFC 2822 format <description HTML snippet containing an ordered list ( <ol ) of related/clustered articles with links and publisher names <source url="..." Publisher name and homepage URL Common Patterns Fetch Top Headlines (curl + grep) Fetch Top Headlines (Python) Fetch Topic Feed (curl + xmllint) Search for Articles (Python) Fetch News for a Specific Location (Node.js) Extract Related Articles from Description (Python) Build a Multi Region News Aggregator (Python) Monitor a Topic with Polling (bash) Resolving Google News Redirect URLs Article links in the RSS feed point to https://news.google.com/rss/articles/... which redirect (HTTP 302/303) to the actual publisher URL. To resolve the final URL: curl Python Rate Limits Google does not publish official rate limits for the RSS feeds. Based on community observations: Guideline Recommendation Polling interval ≥ 60 seconds between requests for the same feed Concurrent requests Keep below ~10 concurrent connections Burst behavior Rapid bursts may trigger HTTP 429 or CAPTCHA challenges User Agent Use a descriptive User Agent; empty or bot like strings may be blocked If you receive an HTTP 429 response, back off exponentially (e.g., 1 min → 2 min → 4 min). Error Handling HTTP Status Meaning Action 200 Success Parse the RSS XML 301/302 Redirect Follow the redirect (most HTTP clients do this automatically) 404 Feed not found Check the URL, topic ID, or locale parameters 429 Rate limited Back off and retry after a delay 5xx Server error Retry with exponential backoff Tips No auth needed — all feeds are fully public. Start fetching immediately. Use feedparser in Python — it handles RSS parsing, date normalization, and encoding edge cases. Combine search modifiers — q=Tesla+site:reuters.com+when:30d for precise results. Topic IDs are locale specific — an English topic ID may not work with hl=de . Inspect the Google News page in that locale to find the correct ID. The <description field is HTML — it contains clustered/related articles as an <ol list. Parse the HTML to extract multiple sources per story. The <title includes the publisher — the format is Headline text Publisher Name . Split on (space dash space) from the right to separate them. Feed results are limited — Google typically returns ~100 items per feed. Use search with date filters to paginate through older results. Respect the copyright notice — Google's RSS feeds are intended for personal, non commercial use in feed readers. Review Google's terms for other uses. Resolve redirects lazily — only resolve the Google redirect URL to the publisher URL when you actually need the final link. This saves requests. Set a proper User Agent — e.g., User Agent: MyNewsBot/1.0 (contact@example.com) . Some environments may get blocked without one. Changelog 0.1.0 — Initial release with top stories, topic feeds, search feeds, multi region support, and common usage patterns.

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