Response Fields

This page describes the structure and meaning of fields returned by the Google News API. The response contains metadata about the request and a list of hotel results extracted from Google Hotels.

Field Summary

The table below provides a quick overview of the main fields returned by the Google News API response.

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Final Google News search URL used to retrieve the results.
general	object	Metadata about the search environment and request configuration.
input	object	Information about the original request processed by the API.
newsResults	array	List of news article objects extracted from Google News.
pagination	object	Navigation data for paginating through result pages.
pagesProcessed	integer	Number of result pages processed in this request.

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News Result Object Fields Summary

Each element inside the newsResults array contains the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Headline of the news article.
source	string	Name of the publication or website that published the article.
timeSince	string	Human-readable string indicating when the article was published.
link	string	Direct URL to the full news article.
image	string	Thumbnail image for the article returned as a base64-encoded data URI.
description	string	Short excerpt or summary of the article content.
rank	integer	Position of the article in the current page of results.

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Top-Level Fields

url

The final Google News URL used to retrieve the results.

This URL reflects the fully constructed search query including language, country, and encoded Google parameters.

Example

"url": "https://www.google.com/search?gl=US&hl=en&q=ai&tbm=nws&uule=w+CAIQICINVW5pdGVkIFN0YXRlcw"

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general

Metadata describing the request environment and search configuration.

Fields

Field	Description
searchEngine	Search engine used for the request.
resultsCount	Approximate total number of results Google reports for the query.
searchTime	Time in seconds Google took to process the search.
language	Language used in the request.
device	Device type used for the request.
searchType	Type of search performed.
pageTitle	Title of the Google News results page.
timestamp	Timestamp when the request was processed.
render	Indicates whether rendering was enabled.

Example

"general": {
  "searchEngine": "google_news",
  "resultsCount": 13600000,
  "searchTime": 0.76,
  "language": "en",
  "device": "desktop",
  "searchType": "text",
  "pageTitle": "ai - Google Search",
  "timestamp": "2026-04-19T14:13:12.868546494Z",
  "render": false
}

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input

Information about the original request processed by the API.

Fields

Field	Description
originalUrl	Google search URL generated from the request parameters.
jobId	Unique identifier assigned to the scraping job.

Example

"input": {
  "originalUrl": "https://www.google.com/search?gl=US&hl=en&q=ai&tbm=nws",
  "jobId": "36344139-9f78-44f3-8d0c-f0d9f7e2d8ea"
}

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pagination

Navigation data for moving between pages of results.

Fields

Field	Description
nextPageLink	Full URL for the next page of results.
prevPageLink	Full URL for the previous page of results. Only present when not on page 1.
nextPageStart	The start offset value for the next page.
prevPageStart	The start offset value for the previous page.
currentPage	The current page number.
nextPage	The next page number.
prevPage	The previous page number.
otherPages	Map of available page numbers to their corresponding URLs.

Example

"pagination": {
  "nextPageLink": "https://www.google.com/search?q=ai&tbm=nws&start=10",
  "nextPageStart": 10,
  "currentPage": 1,
  "nextPage": 2,
  "otherPages": {
    "2": "https://www.google.com/search?q=ai&tbm=nws&start=10",
    "3": "https://www.google.com/search?q=ai&tbm=nws&start=20"
  }
}

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newsResults Array

The newsResults field contains a list of news article objects extracted from Google News. Each object represents a single article listing.

Example

"newsResults": [
  { ...article object... }
]

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News Result Object Fields

title

Headline of the news article.

"title": "Should you really trust health advice from an AI chatbot?"

source

Name of the publication or website that published the article.

"source": "BBC"

timeSince

Human-readable string indicating how long ago the article was published.

"timeSince": "15 hours ago"

link

Direct URL to the full news article.

"link": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyepyy82kxo"

image

Thumbnail image for the article, returned as a base64-encoded data URI.

"image": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/..."

description

Short excerpt or summary of the article content.

"description": "So should we trust the likes of ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok? Is using them any different to an old-fashioned internet search?"

rank

Position of the article in the current page of results.

"rank": 1

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Example News Result Object

{
  "title": "Should you really trust health advice from an AI chatbot?",
  "source": "BBC",
  "timeSince": "15 hours ago",
  "link": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyepyy82kxo",
  "image": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/...",
  "description": "So should we trust the likes of ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok? Is using them any different to an old-fashioned internet search?",
  "rank": 1
}