Is There a Google News API? What Developers Use Instead

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=technology" \
  --data-urlencode "lang=en" \
  --data-urlencode "country=us" \
  --data-urlencode "max=5" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "technology", "lang": "en", "country": "us", "max": 5, "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "technology",
    lang: "en",
    country: "us",
    max: "5",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browser requests only work from localhost. Paid plans accept requests from any website. Keep in mind that a key in front-end code is visible to anyone, so on a public site it is safer to call the API from your backend.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "technology",
    "lang"     => "en",
    "country"  => "us",
    "max"      => 5,
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=technology&lang=en&country=us&max=5&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);