# google-news

This skill queries Google News through an HTTP API, covering keyword search, section headlines, and article-link decoding. Use it for topic or press monitoring.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3700 installs · ★ 2
- Author: fetcher-sh
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/google-news/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/google-news

## What it does

The skill connects to Google News through `https://google-news.fetcher.sh`. It can search by keyword within a language edition, return the latest headlines or a named section, list supported language-region codes, and resolve a Google News redirect into the source article URL.

Its reference covers GET endpoints for search, latest news, world, business, technology, entertainment, sport, science, health, arbitrary topic IDs, language regions, and URL decoding. It also includes the MCP server at `https://google-news.fetcher.sh/mcp`. Payment uses prepaid credits with a Bearer key or x402 in USDC; each call costs `$0.005/call`.

Every endpoint except `/api/language-regions` needs `languageCode`. Search also needs `keyword`, while URL decoding needs `url`. A request without `languageCode` returns `400`, so that parameter belongs in each regular query.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-news -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/google-news/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/google-news/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-news -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/google-news/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-news -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/google-news/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills google-news
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/google-news/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-news -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --path skills/google-news
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/google-news/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-news -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/google-news/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- search news by keyword and language edition
- collect headlines from a news section
- fetch the latest Google News headlines
- resolve a Google News redirect URL
- list supported language-region codes

## Example prompts
- Search Google News for `stablecoin regulation` in the `en-US` edition.
- Fetch the latest headlines from the technology section.
- Resolve this Google News redirect and return the original article URL.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: google-news
description: >-
  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.
keywords:
  - google-news
  - google-news-api
  - news-api-alternative
  - headline-monitoring
  - media-monitoring
  - x402
  - ai-agent
---

# 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](../fetcher/SKILL.md):

```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
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