Google News API

Built for media monitoring, PR tracking, and trend research. One POST returns real-time Google News headlines with source, publication date, snippet, and thumbnail — fresh stories indexed within minutes.

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q="Tesla"

Visual SERP

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Google News API screenshot — 'Tesla' real-time news headlines with source, snippet and timestamp

Set "html": 1 in your request body to receive the raw SERP HTML alongside structured JSON data.

API Endpoint

POST https://www.searchcans.com/api/v1/search

Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://www.searchcans.com/api/v1/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "t": "google_news",
    "s": "Tesla",
    "country": "us",
    "page": 1
  }'

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://www.searchcans.com/api/v1/search",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
        "t": "google_news",
        "s": "Tesla",
        "country": "us",
        "page": 1,
    }
)
data = response.json()
for article in data["data"]["news_results"]:
    print(f'{article["position"]}. {article["title"]}')
    if article.get("source"):
        print(f'   Source: {article["source"]["name"]}')
    if article.get("date"):
        print(f'   Published: {article["date"]}')

const response = await fetch("https://www.searchcans.com/api/v1/search", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    t: "google_news",
    s: "Tesla",
    country: "us",
    page: 1,
  }),
});
const { data } = await response.json();
data.news_results.forEach((article) => {
  console.log(`${article.position}. ${article.title}`);
  if (article.source) console.log(`   Source: ${article.source.name}`);
  if (article.date) console.log(`   Published: ${article.date}`);
});

Example Response

news_results

{
  "code": 0,
  "data": {
    "id": "q_2053070531531378688_d131205a-0f33-4136-a58c-89aa534439e6",
    "news_results": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Tesla Recalls Cybertruck Because Wheels May Fall Off",
        "source": null,
        "link": null,
        "date": null,
        "iso_date": null,
        "snippet": null
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "title": "Tesla recalls over 218K vehicles. See the affected models",
        "source": null,
        "link": null,
        "date": null,
        "iso_date": null,
        "snippet": null
      },
      {
        "position": 3,
        "title": "Sell Tesla Because It Is An Unlikely Comeback Story (NASDAQ:TSLA)",
        "source": null,
        "link": null,
        "date": null,
        "iso_date": null,
        "snippet": null
      },
      {
        "position": 4,
        "title": "Is Tesla (TSLA) the Best Quality Stock to Buy and Hold for the Next 5 Years?",
        "source": null,
        "link": null,
        "date": null,
        "iso_date": null,
        "snippet": null
      },
      {
        "position": 5,
        "title": "Tesla 4680 Battery Falls Short On Range And Charging After Years Of Hype",
        "source": {
          "name": "Autoblog"
        },
        "link": "https://www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-4680-battery-falls-short-on-range-and-charging-after-years-of-hype",
        "date": "14 hours ago",
        "iso_date": "2026-05-08T21:12:25.992Z",
        "snippet": "Tesla's 4680 batteries are missing their mark and trailing competitors across the board."
      },
      {
        "position": 6,
        "title": "Family sues Riverside County after sheriff's deputy runs red light, killing a man and injuring his fiancée",
        "source": {
          "name": "Los Angeles Times"
        },
        "link": "https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-08/family-sues-riverside-county-after-sheriffs-deputy-runs-red-light-killing-man-injuring-his-fiance",
        "date": "14 hours ago",
        "iso_date": "2026-05-08T21:12:25.992Z",
        "snippet": "Gavin Hinkley, 21, and his fiancée, Madeline Fox, 20, were running errands when their car was hit at an intersection in the city of Calimesa..."
      },
      {
        "position": 7,
        "title": "Elon Musk Wanted Tesla to Take Over OpenAI, Romantic Partner Testifies in Court",
        "source": null,
        "link": null,
        "date": null,
        "iso_date": null,
        "snippet": null
      },
      {
        "position": 8,
        "title": "Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla",
        "source": null,
        "link": null,
        "date": null,
        "iso_date": null,
        "snippet": null
      },
      {
        "position": 9,
        "title": "Tesla’s Record Semi Order Tests Valuation And Freight Growth Expectations",
        "source": null,
        "link": null,
        "date": null,
        "iso_date": null,
        "snippet": null
      },
      {
        "position": 10,
        "title": "With Tesla Big Rigs Rolling Out, California Can Breathe Easier",
        "source": null,
        "link": null,
        "date": null,
        "iso_date": null,
        "snippet": null
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request Body (JSON)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
t	string	Required	Search engine type `"google_news"`
s	string	Required	Search query `"Tesla"`
country	string	Optional	Country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) `"us"`
page	integer	Optional	Page number (starts from 1) `1`
p	integer	Optional	Specific page to fetch (default: 1). Use page to batch-fetch pages 1–N in one call. `1`
d	integer	Optional	Timeout in milliseconds (default: 30000) `30000`
html	integer	Optional	1 = include raw News HTML, 0 = omit (default) `1`

API Response — Google News Headlines, Source, URL & Timestamp

JSON output includes structured news data from Google News. Set "html": 1 in the request body to also receive the raw News HTML.

news_results[]

News articles with title, source, link, date, snippet, and thumbnail.

title

Headline of the news article as displayed on Google News.

source

Publisher name and icon (e.g. Reuters, CNN, BBC).

date / iso_date

Relative time (e.g. "14 hours ago") and ISO 8601 timestamp.

snippet

Short excerpt or description of the news article.

link / thumbnail

Direct URL to the article and associated thumbnail image.

News API for Developers — Alerts, Aggregators & Media Monitoring

The Google News API returns structured article data in real time — title, source, publication date, and snippet per result. Use it for media monitoring dashboards, news aggregators, AI-powered briefing tools, or content intelligence pipelines. Supports country targeting and pagination for bulk news retrieval.

Google News API Alternative — Real-Time Google Index vs Third-Party Feeds

Unlike third-party news feeds or syndicated datasets, the Google News API returns results directly from Google’s live news index — the same articles users see when they search. No delayed batches, no licensing restrictions per source. Coverage updates in real time as Google indexes new articles.

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