Google News

Search Google News for articles. Supports time range filtering, language/country targeting, and relevance/date sorting. Returns article metadata including source, date, and thumbnail.

Execution model

Live request

Runtime depends on endpoint, target, pagination, rendering mode, and active plan limits.

Credit weight

Live catalog

Current weights are managed from the Data API Weights admin table and shown on pricing before use.

Parameters

Name	Type	Requirement	Description
query	string	Required	News search query (1-2048 characters).
num_results	number	Optional	Number of articles to return (1-500).
language	string	Optional	Language code (hl parameter).
country	string	Optional	Country code for geo-targeting (gl parameter, e.g. us, uk, in).
time_range	string	Optional	Time filter: "hour", "day", "week", "month", "year".
sort_by	string	Optional	Sort order: "relevance", "date".

Code example

curl -X POST "https://api.datablue.dev/v1/data/google/news" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "query": "artificial intelligence regulation",
  "num_results": 10,
  "time_range": "week",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}'

System responses

200 OK

Request processed successfully.

401 UNAUTHORIZED

Missing or invalid API key.

429 RATE LIMIT

System capacity exceeded.

500 SYSTEM FAILURE

Internal core exception.

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "query": "artificial intelligence regulation",
  "total_results": "10",
  "time_taken": 2.14,
  "articles": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "EU AI Act Enforcement Begins: What Companies Need to Know",
      "url": "https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-ai-act-enforcement-2026-04-01",
      "source": "Reuters",
      "source_url": "reuters.com",
      "date": "3 hours ago",
      "published_date": "2026-04-03T09:00:00Z",
      "snippet": "The European Union's AI Act enters its enforcement phase today, requiring all AI systems classified as high-risk to undergo compliance assessments...",
      "thumbnail": "https://static.reuters.com/image/ai-regulation.jpg"
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "US Senate Proposes Comprehensive AI Safety Bill",
      "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/02/ai-safety-bill",
      "source": "The Washington Post",
      "source_url": "washingtonpost.com",
      "date": "1 day ago",
      "snippet": "Bipartisan legislation would create a federal AI licensing framework for frontier models..."
    }
  ],
  "related_searches": [
    {
      "query": "AI regulation news today"
    },
    {
      "query": "EU AI Act requirements"
    }
  ]
}