Google News RSS

Google News provides RSS feeds that deliver news headlines organized by topic, location, and search query. The feeds expose structured XML data that can be consumed programmatically to retrieve top stories, topic-based headlines (World, Business, Technology, Sports, etc.), location-specific news, and keyword search results across multiple languages and regions.

Google News RSS publishes 3 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network: Headlines API, Search API, and Topics API. Tagged areas include Aggregation, Google News, Headlines, Media, and News.

The Google News RSS catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Google News RSS’s developer surface includes developer portal, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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35.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract

Aggregation Google News Headlines Media News RSS

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 35.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 4.0 / 17

Access Clarity 4.9 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.0 / 11

Contract Governance 1.4 / 10

Discoverability 5.6 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 23.8 — up to +15.2 composite points
Access Clarity scores 28.9 — up to +14.2 composite points
Contract Quality scores 51.8 — up to +12.1 composite points

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

RSS

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google News RSS Headlines API

Retrieve top news headlines

Google News RSS Search API

Search for news articles

Google News RSS Topics API

Retrieve news by topic

Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Google News RSS Headlines API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google News RSS Headlines Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google News RSS Headlines Topics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google News RSS API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google News RSS API pricing

Not yet checked against Google News RSS's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Google News RSS's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google News Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google News Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Google News RSS

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google News Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Google News Context

0 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google News RSS — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Google News RSS API Rules

15 rules · 10 errors 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Google News RSS Feed Schema

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google News Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google News Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google News Agentic Access

4 operations

4 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: google-news
name: Google News RSS
description: Google News provides RSS feeds that deliver news headlines organized by topic, location, and search query. The
  feeds expose structured XML data that can be consumed programmatically to retrieve top stories, topic-based headlines (World,
  Business, Technology, Sports, etc.), location-specific news, and keyword search results across multiple languages and regions.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-news.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-news/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
tags:
- Aggregation
- Google News
- Headlines
- Media
- News
- RSS
apis:
- aid: google-news:google-news-headlines-api
  name: Google News RSS Headlines API
  description: Retrieve top news headlines
  humanURL: https://news.google.com
  baseURL: https://news.google.com/rss
  tags:
  - Headlines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-news-headlines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://news.google.com/rss/help
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://news.google.com
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-news/refs/heads/main/json-schema/google-news.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-news/refs/heads/main/json-ld/google-news.jsonld
- aid: google-news:google-news-search-api
  name: Google News RSS Search API
  description: Search for news articles
  humanURL: https://news.google.com
  baseURL: https://news.google.com/rss
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-news-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://news.google.com/rss/help
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://news.google.com
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-news/refs/heads/main/json-schema/google-news.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-news/refs/heads/main/json-ld/google-news.jsonld
- aid: google-news:google-news-topics-api
  name: Google News RSS Topics API
  description: Retrieve news by topic
  humanURL: https://news.google.com
  baseURL: https://news.google.com/rss
  tags:
  - Topic
  tags_raw:
  - Topics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-news-topics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://news.google.com/rss/help
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://news.google.com
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-news/refs/heads/main/json-schema/google-news.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-news/refs/heads/main/json-ld/google-news.jsonld
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/google-news-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/google-news-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/google-news-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.google.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-news-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-news-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-news-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/google-news-initiative
- type: Portal
  url: https://news.google.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://news.google.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://policies.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://support.google.com/news
- type: JSONLD
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-news/refs/heads/main/json-ld/google-news.jsonld
- url: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/rss/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: google
x-relationship: product

Google News RSS API — frequently asked questions

Does Google News RSS have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 3 APIs from Google News RSS, including Google News RSS Headlines API, Google News RSS Search API and Google News RSS Topics API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Google News RSS API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for Google News RSS, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Google News RSS API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Google News RSS, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Google News RSS API ready for AI agents?

Google News RSS has a Kin Score of 35.5 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.8 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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