A robust Python client library for the Google News RSS feed API that provides both synchronous and asynchronous implementations with built-in rate limiting, caching, and error handling.
GoogleNewsClient for synchronous operationsAsyncGoogleNewsClient for async/await support# Install using Poetry
poetry add google-news-api
# Or clone and install from source
git clone https://github.com/ma2za/google-news-api.git
cd google-news-api
poetry install
pip install google-news-api
from google_news_api import GoogleNewsClient
# Initialize client with custom configuration
client = GoogleNewsClient(
language="en",
country="US",
requests_per_minute=60,
cache_ttl=300
)
try:
# Get top news by topic
world_news = client.top_news(topic="WORLD", max_results=5)
tech_news = client.top_news(topic="TECHNOLOGY", max_results=3)
# Search with date range
date_articles = client.search(
"Ukraine war",
after="2024-01-01",
before="2024-03-01",
max_results=5
)
# Search with relative time
recent_articles = client.search(
"climate change",
when="24h", # Last 24 hours
max_results=5
)
# Batch search multiple queries
batch_results = client.batch_search(
queries=["AI", "machine learning", "deep learning"],
when="7d", # Last 7 days
max_results=3
)
# Process results
for topic, articles in batch_results.items():
print(f"\nTop {topic} news:")
for article in articles:
print(f"- {article['title']} ({article['source']})")
print(f" Published: {article['published']}")
print(f" Summary: {article['summary'][:100]}...")
except Exception as e:
print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
finally:
# Clean up resources
del client
from google_news_api import AsyncGoogleNewsClient
import asyncio
async def main():
async with AsyncGoogleNewsClient(
language="en",
country="US",
requests_per_minute=60
) as client:
# Fetch multiple news categories concurrently
world_news = await client.top_news(topic="WORLD", max_results=3)
tech_news = await client.top_news(topic="TECHNOLOGY", max_results=3)
# Batch search with concurrent execution
batch_results = await client.batch_search(
queries=["AI", "machine learning", "deep learning"],
when="7d",
max_results=3
)
# Decode Google News URLs to original sources
for topic, articles in batch_results.items():
print(f"\nTop {topic} news:")
for article in articles:
original_url = await client.decode_url(article['link'])
print(f"- {article['title']} ({article['source']})")
print(f" Original URL: {original_url}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())
The library provides extensive configuration options through the client initialization:
| Parameter | Description | Default | Example Values |
|---|---|---|---|
language | Two-letter language code (ISO 639-1) or language-country format | "en" | "en", "fr", "de", "en-US", "fr-FR" |
country | Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) | "US" | "US", "GB", "DE", "JP" |
requests_per_minute | Rate limit threshold for API requests | 60 | 30, 100, 120 |
cache_ttl | Cache duration in seconds for responses | 300 | 600, 1800, 3600 |
The top_news() method supports the following topics:
"WORLD" - World news"NATION" - National news"BUSINESS" - Business news"TECHNOLOGY" - Technology news"ENTERTAINMENT" - Entertainment news"SPORTS" - Sports news"SCIENCE" - Science news"HEALTH" - Health newsThe library supports two types of time-based search:
Date Range Search
after and before parametersYYYY-MM-DDafter="2024-01-01", before="2024-03-01"Relative Time Search
when parameter"1h" to "101h""7d", "30d")after/beforewhen="24h" for last 24 hoursEach article in the results contains the following fields:
title: Article titlelink: Google News article URLpublished: Publication date and timesummary: Article summary/descriptionsource: News source nameThe library provides specific exceptions for different error scenarios:
from google_news_api.exceptions import (
ConfigurationError, # Invalid client configuration
ValidationError, # Invalid parameters
HTTPError, # Network or server issues
RateLimitError, # Rate limit exceeded
ParsingError # RSS feed parsing errors
)
try:
articles = client.search("technology")
except RateLimitError as e:
print(f"Rate limit exceeded. Retry after {e.retry_after} seconds")
except HTTPError as e:
print(f"HTTP error {e.status_code}: {str(e)}")
except ValidationError as e:
print(f"Invalid parameters: {str(e)}")
except Exception as e:
print(f"Unexpected error: {str(e)}")
async with) for async clientsrequests_per_minute based on your requirements# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ma2za/google-news-api.git
cd google-news-api
# Install development dependencies
poetry install --with dev
# Set up pre-commit hooks
pre-commit install
# Run tests with Poetry
poetry run pytest
# Run tests with coverage
poetry run pytest --cov=google_news_api
# Run pre-commit on all files
pre-commit run --all-files
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)poetry run pytest and poetry run flake8)git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')git push origin feature/amazing-feature)This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Paolo Mazza (mazzapaolo2019@gmail.com)
For issues, feature requests, or questions:
The library supports two types of time-based search:
Use after and before parameters to search within a specific date range:
articles = client.search(
"Ukraine war",
after="2024-01-01", # Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
before="2024-03-01", # End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
max_results=5
)
Use the when parameter for relative time searches:
# Last hour
articles = client.search("climate change", when="1h")
# Last 24 hours
articles = client.search("climate change", when="24h")
# Last 7 days
articles = client.search("climate change", when="7d")
Notes:
after/before) must be in YYYY-MM-DD formatwhen) supports:
when parameter cannot be used together with after or beforeFAQs
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