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google-news

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.

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

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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:

bash

# 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)

Endpoint	What it returns
`/api/search`	Headlines matching a keyword, in one language edition
`/api/latest`	Latest headlines
`/api/world`	World section headlines
`/api/business`	Business section headlines
`/api/technology`	Technology section headlines
`/api/entertainment`	Entertainment section headlines
`/api/sport`	Sport section headlines
`/api/science`	Science section headlines
`/api/health`	Health section headlines
`/api/topic/{topicId}`	Headlines for an arbitrary topic ID
`/api/language-regions`	Every supported `languageCode` value
`/api/decode-article-url`	Resolves 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:

bash

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:

bash

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):

bash

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:

bash

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:

bash

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:

bash

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

json

{
  "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

Full agent setup: <https://google-news.fetcher.sh/skill.md>
OpenAPI 3.1 contract: <https://google-news.fetcher.sh/openapi.json>
Condensed catalog: <https://google-news.fetcher.sh/llms.txt>
Payment, credits, and MCP deep dive: `fetcher` skill
Site: <https://google-news.fetcher.sh>

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