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POST/v1/tools/google.news.search/callsNeeds an API key

Returns Google News articles for a query, with source, snippet and publish date. Use it to follow coverage of a topic or brand.

Tool google.news.search on Google. Contract version 1, released 2026-10-27.

Over REST, send the input in the body. Over MCP, pass the same input to call_tool.

Both return the full response: the call's ID, status and cost, with this tool's result in output.

Input

querystringRequired

The search query.

countrystring

Two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code. Case-insensitive.

One of the 249 values of the countries list: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes, lowercase.

languagestring· default en

Two-letter ISO 639-1 language code. Case-insensitive.

One of the 184 values of the languages list: ISO 639-1 two-letter language codes, lowercase.

locationstring

Google location name, such as "New York, New York, United States".

pageinteger· default 1

Page of results.

At least 1.

time_rangestring

Only articles from the last hour, day, week, month or year.

hour
day
week
month
year
autocorrectboolean

Whether Google may correct the spelling of the query.

Output

A successful call returns these blocks in its output. A field not marked required can be null.

results

A list of rows. Always present, possibly empty.

titlestringRequired
urlstringRequired

Address of the article. May be a Google News link that redirects to the article.

sourcestring

Name of the publisher.

snippetstring
positioninteger

Rank among news results, starting at 1.

published_atstring

When the article was published, in ISO 8601.

published_labelstring

Age of the article as Google shows it, such as "3 hours ago". Not a timestamp.

image_urlstring

Address of the article's thumbnail image.