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google-news

by fetcher-shProductivity & Automation

A Google News API alternative on fetcher.sh — pay-per-call in USDC via x402, or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no RSS scraping. Use when the user wants keyword search across Google News scoped to a language edition, section headlines (world, business, technology, entertainment, sport, science, health, or a specific topic ID), the latest headlines, a list of supported language-region codes, or to decode a Google News redirect URL into the real article URL. Also covers news monitoring, headline aggregation, media tracking, and press-mention alerts without scraping Google News' RSS feeds directly.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-news
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads google-news automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Google News API

Google News headlines and search as clean JSON — one plain HTTP GET per call, paid as you go. No RSS feed scraping, no redirect-URL decoding by hand, no undocumented internal endpoints.

Base URL: https://google-news.fetcher.sh

Authentication

Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the fetcher skill:

# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
#    or via POST /api/credits/topup, see the fetcher skill)
export FETCHER_API_KEY="bby_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/search?keyword=hello&languageCode=en-US"

# 2. x402 pay-per-call — omit the header; a GET with no payment returns 402
#    with machine-readable payment requirements (USDC on Base, Polygon,
#    Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana). @x402/fetch signs and retries automatically.

Every response is { "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... }; the HTTP status mirrors status.

Endpoints (12 — all GET, $0.005/call)

EndpointWhat it returns
/api/searchHeadlines matching a keyword, in one language edition
/api/latestLatest headlines
/api/worldWorld section headlines
/api/businessBusiness section headlines
/api/technologyTechnology section headlines
/api/entertainmentEntertainment section headlines
/api/sportSport section headlines
/api/scienceScience section headlines
/api/healthHealth section headlines
/api/topic/{topicId}Headlines for an arbitrary topic ID
/api/language-regionsEvery supported languageCode value
/api/decode-article-urlResolves a Google News redirect URL to the real article URL

languageCode (e.g. en-US, en-GB, fr-FR) is required on every endpoint except /api/language-regions, which takes no parameters at all and exists specifically to list the valid values. keyword is additionally required on /api/search; url is required on /api/decode-article-url.

Scenarios

Keyword search, US English edition:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "keyword=stablecoin regulation" -G \
  --data-urlencode "languageCode=en-US" \
  "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/search"

Same search, UK English edition:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "keyword=ai policy" -G \
  --data-urlencode "languageCode=en-GB" \
  "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/search"

Section headlines (technology, business):

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "languageCode=en-US" -G \
  "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/technology"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "languageCode=en-US" -G \
  "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/business"

Headlines for a specific topic ID:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "languageCode=en-US" -G \
  "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/topic/CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGxqTVdZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB"

List every supported language/region code before picking one:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/language-regions"

Decode a Google News redirect URL into the real article link:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" -G \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi..." \
  "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/decode-article-url"

MCP

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-news": {
      "url": "https://google-news.fetcher.sh/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer bby_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Free: search_endpoints, describe_endpoint, check_balance. Paid: fetch_data (any endpoint above), topup_credits, plus the named shortcut google_news_search. Drop the headers block to pay per call with x402 instead — see the fetcher skill for the full flow.

Errors

  • 400 — missing/invalid parameter (message names it) — most commonly a missing languageCode
  • 401 — unknown or rotated key
  • 402 — payment required (x402 challenge) or topup_required (credits exhausted)
  • 404 — not a priced path
  • No rate limits; no refunds on upstream failures (settlement precedes delivery)

Reference

FAQ

What does the google-news skill do?

A Google News API alternative on fetcher.sh — pay-per-call in USDC via x402, or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no RSS scraping. Use when the user wants keyword search across Google News scoped to a language edition, section headlines (world, business, technology, entertainment, sport, science, health, or a specific topic ID), the latest headlines, a list of supported language-region codes, or to decode a Google News redirect URL into the real article URL. Also covers news monitoring, headline aggregation, media tracking, and press-mention alerts without scraping Google News' RSS feeds directly.

How do I install google-news?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-news in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/google-news/ (personal) or .claude/skills/google-news/ (project).

Which AI agents can use google-news?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is google-news safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains google-news?

It is published by fetcher-sh in fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills. It has 3,730 recorded installs.

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