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s/thread/206351447/how-can-i-get-google-news-api-and-its-pricing-details?hl=en), it unfortunately cannot be more clear, there **is strictly no official Google News API**: ![An answer from Google support thread by a product expert confirming there is no official Gooogle News API](https://lobstr-blog-assets.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/community_answer_no_api_0753e0019a.png) Thanks Chris. We could also have used **a third-party API**, such as the powerful and widely-used [News API](https://newsapi.org/pricing). But these commercial APIs are **restricted, and substantially expensive**: starting from USD 450 per day, and articles available with 24h delay with the free plan. ![NewsAPI.org pricing page screenshot](https://lobstr-blog-assets.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/third_party_api_pricing_bbc0a5d1b7.png?updated_at=2023-11-08T11:07:56.147Z) Do we have any cost-competitive alternative — with fresh data and competitive price? ### Scrape Google News through Google SERPs Intuitively, the first idea is to pick data from **[Google SERPs](https://mailchimp.com/marketing-glossary/serp/), when using the News tab**. This is, after all, the easiest way to access Google News. ![How to get to the news tab from Google Search Results Page example](https://lobstr-blog-assets.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/google_news_serp_crab_cac1c59b86.png?updated_at=2023-11-08T11:07:55.511Z) But when exploring the data source, it does look that **the HTML structure is extremely complex**, with intricate HTML elements and meaningless class names: ![Checking HTML structure of Google SERP using inspect element](https://lobstr-blog-assets.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/google_news_serp_inspect_36c3a533a8.png?updated_at=2023-11-08T11:07:59.832Z) More concerning, **the SERPs results do not provide the exact date and time of publication** of news articles. Instead, we have rough and unreliable estimates. Annoying if you want to build a [live news-based programmatic investment machine](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/111313/how-trade-news.asp). ![Screenshot of Google News results page showing it doesn't show exact date and time of publication](https://lobstr-blog-assets.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/no_exact_date_google_news_4a7e6eadb6.png?updated_at=2023-11-08T11:08:00.260Z) If only we had another source of data, simply structured and making exhaustive data available. Does this exist? In the next part, we will see how to leverage the **old-but-gold powerful Google News RSS feed**. ### Scrape Google News with RSS feed RSS, [invented in 1999](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS), stands for Really Simple Syndication, which means a really simple way to convey information between organizations. Nice, this is exactly what we need. It is actually similar to an HTML structure, apart from **3 key differences:** * **Flat**: the data structure is easy * **Explicit**: each element has a clear explicit name * **Simple**: there is no class name or additional attributes with no functional purpose Basically, an RSS feed does look like this: ```xml The Pros And Cons Of Each Cooking Method For Crab - Tasting Table https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiRWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRhc3Rpbmd0YWJsZS5jb20vMTQzOTk5My9wcm9zLWNvbnMtZWFjaC1tZXRob2QtY29vay1jcmFiL9IBAA?oc=5 CBMiRWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRhc3Rpbmd0YWJsZS5jb20vMTQzOTk5My9wcm9zLWNvbnMtZWFjaC1tZXRob2QtY29vay1jcmFiL9IBAA Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:00:40 GMT The Pros And Cons Of Each Cooking Method For Crab Tasting Table ``` > An RSS feed is actually built upon the **XML language** and structure. It’s a language which is for instance used by AWS, to display data saved in a S3 storage bucket. Feel free to explore further [here](https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/xml/). And the good news is that **Google News does provide an easy-to-access, hig

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