POST/v1/data/google/news

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.

Target Latency

1.2s - 4.5s

Credits

1 cr/req

Parameters

NameTypeRequirementDescription
querystringREQUIREDNews search query (1-2048 characters).
num_resultsnumberoptionalNumber of articles to return (1-500).
languagestringoptionalLanguage code (hl parameter).
countrystringoptionalCountry code for geo-targeting (gl parameter, e.g. us, uk, in).
time_rangestringoptionalTime filter: "hour", "day", "week", "month", "year".
sort_bystringoptionalSort order: "relevance", "date".

cURL 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,
  "source_strategy": "searxng_google_news",
  "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"
    }
  ]
}