News Search

The google_search source is designed to retrieve Google Search results (SERPs). This sub-page specifically presents data related to Google News Search. To explore other result types, read here: Web Search, Image Search.

To scrape Google News search, include the context:udm parameter with value set to 12 or context:tbm parameter with the value set to nws.

Explore output data dictionary for each News SERP feature, offering a brief description, screenshot, parsed JSON code snippet, and a table defining each parsed field. Navigate through the details using the right-side navigation or scrolling down the page.

Request samples

In the examples below, we make a request to obtain News search result pages for the search term adidas on the google.nl domain.

udm

cURL

curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "google_search",
        "domain": "nl",
        "query": "adidas",
        "parse": true,
        "context": [
            {
                "key": "udm",
                "value": "12"
            }
        ]
    }'

Python

import requests
from pprint import pprint

# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'google_search',
    'domain': 'nl',
    'query': 'adidas',
    'parse': True,
    'context': [
        {'key': 'udm', 'value': '12'},
    ],
}

# Get response.
response = requests.post(
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload,
)

# Print prettified response to stdout.
pprint(response.json())

Node.js

const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "google_search",
    domain: "nl",
    query: "adidas",
    parse: true,
    context: [
        { key: "udm", value: "12" },
    ],
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();

HTTP

source=google_search&domain=nl&query=adidas&parse=true&context[0][key]=udm&context[0][value]=12&access_token=12345abcde

PHP

<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'google_search',
    'domain' => 'nl',
    'query' => 'adidas',
    'parse' => true,
    'context' => [
        [
            'key' => 'udm',
            'value' => '12',
        ]
    ]
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");


$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);

Golang

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	const Username = "USERNAME"
	const Password = "PASSWORD"

	payload := map[string]interface{}{
		"source": "google_search",
		"domain": "nl",
		"query":  "adidas",
		"parse":  true,
		"context": []map[string]interface{}{
			{"key": "udm", "value": "12"},
		},
	}

	jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

	client := &http.Client{}
	request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
		"https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
		bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
	)

	request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
	response, _ := client.Do(request)

	responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "google_search",
                domain = "nl",
                query = "adidas",
                parse = true,
                context = new dynamic [] {
                    new { key = "udm", value = "12" },
                }
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}

Java

package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "google_search");
        jsonObject.put("domain", "nl");
        jsonObject.put("query", "adidas");
        jsonObject.put("parse", true);
        jsonObject.put("context", new JSONArray()
                .put(new JSONObject()
                        .put("key", "udm")
                        .put("value", "12"))
        );

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}

JSON

{
    "source": "google_search",
    "domain": "nl",
    "query": "adidas",
    "parse": true,
    "context": [
        {
            "key": "udm",
            "value": "12"
        }
    ]
}

tbm

cURL

curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "google_search",
        "domain": "nl",
        "query": "adidas",
        "parse": true,
        "context": [
            {
                "key": "tbm",
                "value": "nws"
            }
        ]
    }'

Python

import requests
from pprint import pprint

# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'google_search',
    'domain': 'nl',
    'query': 'adidas',
    'parse': True,
    'context': [
        {'key': 'tbm', 'value': 'nws'},
    ],
}

# Get response.
response = requests.post(
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload,
)

# Print prettified response to stdout.
pprint(response.json())

Node.js

const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "google_search",
    domain: "nl",
    query: "adidas",
    parse: true,
    context: [
        { key: "tbm", value: "nws" },
    ],
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();

HTTP

source=google_search&domain=nl&query=adidas&parse=true&context[0][key]=tbm&context[0][value]=nws&access_token=12345abcde

PHP

<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'google_search',
    'domain' => 'nl',
    'query' => 'adidas',
    'parse' => true,
    'context' => [
        [
            'key' => 'tbm',
            'value' => 'nws',
        ]
    ]
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");


$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);

Golang

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	const Username = "USERNAME"
	const Password = "PASSWORD"

	payload := map[string]interface{}{
		"source": "google_search",
		"domain": "nl",
		"query":  "adidas",
		"parse":  true,
		"context": []map[string]interface{}{
			{"key": "tbm", "value": "nws"},
		},
	}

	jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

	client := &http.Client{}
	request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
		"https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
		bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
	)

	request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
	response, _ := client.Do(request)

	responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "google_search",
                domain = "nl",
                query = "adidas",
                parse = true,
                context = new dynamic [] {
                    new { key = "tbm", value = "nws" },
                }
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}

Java

package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "google_search");
        jsonObject.put("domain", "nl");
        jsonObject.put("query", "adidas");
        jsonObject.put("parse", true);
        jsonObject.put("context", new JSONArray()
                .put(new JSONObject()
                        .put("key", "tbm")
                        .put("value", "nws"))
        );

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}

JSON

{
    "source": "google_search",
    "domain": "nl",
    "query": "adidas",
    "parse": true,
    "context": [
        {
            "key": "tbm",
            "value": "nws"
        }
    ]
}

We use synchronous Realtime integration method in our examples. If you would like to use Proxy Endpoint or asynchronous Push-Pull integration, refer to the integration methods section.

Request parameter values

Generic

Basic setup and customization options for scraping Google News search results.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
source	Sets the scraper.	google_search
query	UTF-encoded keyword.	-
context: udm	To get News search results, set value to 12. Find other accepted values here.
context: tbm	To get News search results, set value to nws. Other accepted values are: app, blg, bks, dsc, isch, pts, plcs, rcp, lcl	-
render	Enables JavaScript rendering when set to html. More info.	-
parse	Returns parsed data when set to true. Explore output data dictionary.	false
callback_url	URL to your callback endpoint. More info.	-
user_agent_type	Device type and browser. The full list can be found here.	desktop

- mandatory parameter

- udm and tbm context parameters cannot be used together in a single scraping request; please select one of them. Using both simultaneously may lead to conflicts or unexpected behavior.

Google Advanced Search Operators

When scraping, you might find it useful to combine Google advanced search operators with your query. It enables you to customize the scope of the search, ensuring that the results are more relevant and focused. Explore these special commands here and here. See an example below.

{
    "source": "google_search",
    "query": "iphone 15 launch inurl:apple",
}

Localization

Adapt search results to specific geographical locations, domains, and languages.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
geo_location	The geographical location that the result should be adapted for. Using this parameter correctly is extremely important to get the right data. For more information, read about our suggested geo_location parameter structures here.	-
domain	Domain localization for Google. The full list of available domains can be found here.	com
locale	Accept-Language header value which changes your Google search page web interface language. More info.	-

Pagination

Controls for managing the pagination and retrieval of search results.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
start_page	Starting page number.	1
pages	Number of pages to retrieve.	1
limit	Number of results to retrieve in each page.	10
context: limit_per_page	If you want to scrape multiple pages with the same IP address, include a JSON array and specify the page numbers using the page key. You must also indicate the number of organic results on each page by adding a limit key. See example.	-

Limit per page

To use this feature, include a JSON array with JSON objects containing the following data:

Parameter	Description	Example
page	The number of the page you would like to scrape. Any integer value greater than 0 will work	1
limit	The number of results on the page in question. Any integer value between 1 and 100 (inclusive) will work.	90

Request sample

{
    "source": "google_search",
    "query": "adidas",
    "parse": true,
    "context": [
        {
            "key": "limit_per_page",
            "value": [
                {"page": 1, "limit": 10},
                {"page": 2, "limit": 90}
                    ]
        }]
}

Filtering

Options to filter and refine search results based on various criteria.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
context:safe_search	Safe search. Set to true to enable it.	false
context: tbs	tbs parameter. This parameter is like a container for more obscure google parameters, like limiting/sorting results by date as well as other filters some of which depend on the tbm parameter (e.g. tbs=app_os:1 is only available with tbm value app). More info here.	-

Other

Additional advanced settings and controls for specialized requirements.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
context: nfpr	true will turn off spelling auto-correction	false

Context parameters

All context parameters should be added to the context array as objects with key and value pairs, e.g.:

...
"context": [
    {
        "key": "filter",
        "value": "0"
    }
]
...

Structured data

SERP Scraper API is capable of extracting either an HTML or JSON object that contains Google search results, offering structured data on various elements of the results page.

google_search news structured output

{
    "results": [
        {
            "content": {
                "url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=adidas&tbm=nws&uule=w+CAIQICINdW5pdGVkIHN0YXRlcw&gl=us&hl=en",
                "page": 1,
                "results": {
                    "main": [
                        {
                            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/06/business/under-armour-stock-adidas-nike/index.html",
                            "desc": "Tripped-up supply chains and a coronavirus surge in China are causing \nheadaches for top athletic brands.",
                            "title": "Wall Street is fed up with Under Armour, Nike and Adidas",
                            "source": "CNN",
                            "pos_overall": 1,
                            "relative_publish_date": "2 days ago"
                        },
                        ...
                        {
                            "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/06/dsw-tests-layout-to-spotlight-brands-like-adidas-crocs-birkenstock.html",
                            "desc": "DSW is trying out a new store look and layout at a location opening this \nweekend in Houston, in an attempt to focus customers' attention on...",
                            "title": "DSW is testing a store layout that puts the spotlight on brands like \nAdidas, Crocs and Birkenstock",
                            "source": "CNBC",
                            "pos_overall": 10,
                            "relative_publish_date": "2 days ago"
                        }
                    ],
                    "total_results_count": 57300000
                },
                "parse_status_code": 12000
            },
            "created_at": "2022-05-09 07:25:03",
            "updated_at": "2022-05-09 07:25:07",
            "page": 1,
            "url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=adidas&tbm=nws&uule=w+CAIQICINdW5pdGVkIHN0YXRlcw&gl=us&hl=en",
            "job_id": "6929330379711060993",
            "status_code": 200,
            "parser_type": "v2"
        }
    ]
}

We only parse news search results for desktop searches.

Output data dictionary

HTML example

JSON structure

The Google News Search structured output includes fields like URL, page, results, and others. The table below presents a detailed list of each SERP feature we parse, along with its description and data type. The table also includes some metadata.

The number of items and fields for a specific result type may vary depending on the search query.

Key	Description	Type
url	The URL of the Google search page.	string
results	A dictionary containing the results of the search.	array
results.main	A list of unpaid news results with their respective details.	array
results.additional	A list of trending articles with their respective details.	object
results.total_results_count	The total number of results found for the search query.	array
parse_status_code	The status code of the parsing job. You can see the parser status codes described here.	integer
created_at	The timestamp when the scraping job was created.	timestamp
updated_at	The timestamp when the scraping job was finished.	timestamp
page	Page number relative to the Google SERP pagination.	integer
job_id	The ID of the job associated with the scraping job.	string
status_code	The status code of the scraping job. You can see the scraper status codes described here.	integer

In the following sections, parsed JSON code snippets are shortened where more than one item for the result type is available.

Main

Displays a list of unpaid news results, providing relevant details for each article.

...
"main": [
    {
        "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tiger-woods-nikes-epic-partnership-015311819.html",
        "desc": "That there could ever be a world in which Tiger Woods wasn't sponsored by \nNike seemed...",
        "title": "How Tiger Woods and Nike's Epic Partnership Fell Apart",
        "source": "Yahoo",
        "pos_overall": 1,
        "relative_publish_date": "1 day ago"
    },
                       ...
},

...

Key (results.main)	Description	Type
url	The URL to the full article.	string
desc	A short excerpt from the full article.	string
title	The title of the article.	string
source	The name of the website where the article is published.	string
pos_overall	Indicates the overall position of the result within the main results of News SERP.	integer
relative_publish_date	Describes how long ago the article was published.	string

Additional

Presents a list of trending articles, accompanied by relevant details.

...
"additional": [
    {
        "items": [
            {
                "pos": 1,
                "url": "https://www.complex.com/sneakers/a/brendan-dunne/nike-book-1-colorways-haven-hike-rattlesnake",
                "title": "Nike Book 1 Colorways Haven Hike Rattlesnake",
                "source": "Complex",
                "relative_publish_date": "1 day ago"
            },
         ...
        ],
        "pos_overall": 2,
        "section_title": "Devin Booker confirms issues with Nike Book 1 launch"
    }
...

Key (results.additional)	Description	Type
items	A list of articles with their respective details.	array
items.pos	A unique indicator denoting the article position in the list.	integer
items.url	The URL to the full article.	string
items.title	The title of the article.	string
items.source	The name of the website where the article is published.	string
items.relative_publish_date	Describes how long ago the article was published.	string
pos_overall	Indicates the overall position of the result within the additional results of News SERP.	integer
section_title	The name of the additional section.	string