Search Google News
/v1/tools/google.news.search/calls Needs an API keyReturns 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
querystringRequiredThe search query.
countrystringTwo-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.
languagestringTwo-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.
locationstringGoogle location name, such as "New York, New York, United States".
pageintegerPage of results.
At least 1.
time_rangestringOnly articles from the last hour, day, week, month or year.
hourdayweekmonthyearautocorrectbooleanWhether 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.
titlestringRequiredurlstringRequiredAddress of the article. May be a Google News link that redirects to the article.
sourcestringName of the publisher.
snippetstringpositionintegerRank among news results, starting at 1.
published_atstringWhen the article was published, in ISO 8601.
published_labelstringAge of the article as Google shows it, such as "3 hours ago". Not a timestamp.
image_urlstringAddress of the article's thumbnail image.