Fast SERP news search

Bright Data offers a fast SERP service for News, available to selected enterprise customers only. This service responds with a compact JSON to power real-time applications that need up-to-date news results. To gain access, please contact your Bright Data account manager.

Google News endpoints

Google offers two endpoints for news search results: news.google.com and https://www.google.com/search/q=[searchTerm]&tbm=nws Bright Data offers Fast SERP results only for: https://www.google.com/search/q=[searchTerm]&tbm=nws . Bright Data will provide results for news.google.com , but with in our regular SERP.

Fast News Search Request

Fast SERP for Google News works best with the native proxy interface. If you need a REST API interface for your architecture, one can be provided.

For Fast SERP, both the x-unblock-data-format: parsed_lightrequest header and the brd_json=1 URL parameter are required. Omitting either will result in an unexpected response format.

Native proxy request

curl -i --proxy fserp.brd.superproxy.io:44445 \
  --proxy-user brd-customer-<CUSTOMER>-zone-<ZONE>:<PASSWORD> \
  -k \
  -H 'x-unblock-data-format: parsed_light' \
  "https://www.google.com/search?q=earthquake&tbm=nws&brd_json=1"

Fast SERP news search supports automatic search query optimization. Add the x-unblock-search-rewrite: on header to enable it.

Response Format

A successful response returns a JSON object with the following top-level fields.

`general` object

Reports the effective query Bright Data sent to Google and the query Bright Data detected that Google returned results for.

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	The effective query Bright Data sent to Google. When automatic query optimization is enabled, this includes any eligible adjustments
`detected_query`	string	The query Bright Data detected that Google returned results for. It can differ from `query` when Google modifies, corrects, or truncates the search

When automatic search query optimization is enabled, general.query contains the effective query Bright Data sent to Google after any eligible optimization. If your application needs the original query exactly as submitted, retain it in your application.If general.query and general.detected_query differ, check for a spelling object. When present, spelling contains the correction or suggestion displayed by Google, such as a “Did you mean” prompt.

Choosing image format

For news articles search results in Fast SERP, Bright Data offers to receive the data either as embedded Base64 binary code or as a URL. The default is Base64. In order to get the image links use this header: -H 'x-unblock-img-format: link' Example:

curl  --proxy fserp.brd.superproxy.io:44445 --proxy-user [username]:[password] -k -H 'x-unblock-data-format: parsed_light' -H 'x-unblock-img-format: link' "https://www.google.com/search?q=earthquake&tbm=nws&brd_json=1" --output nws_links.json

`news` array

The primary array of individual news results.

Field	Type	Description
`link`	string	URL of the news article
`title`	string	Headline of the article
`source`	string	Name of the news publisher
`source_logo`	string	URL of the publisher’s logo image or Base64 image binary code
`date`	string	Publication date/time of the article
`image`	string	URL of the article’s thumbnail image or Base64 image binary code
`global_rank`	integer	Rank position of the result on the page

`article_sets` array

Grouped article clusters organized by topic, each containing a heading label and an items array of articles.

article_sets is not guaranteed to appear in every response. Your implementation should handle its absence gracefully.

Example response with image links

{
  "general": {
    "query": "earthquake",
    "detected_query": "earthquake"
  },
  "organic": [],
  "news": [
    {
      "link": "https://www.example-news.com/world/earthquake-latest",
      "title": "Major Earthquake Strikes Pacific Region",
      "source": "Example News",
      "source_logo": "https://www.example-news.com/logo.png",
      "date": "2 hours ago",
      "image": "https://www.example-news.com/images/earthquake.jpg",
      "global_rank": 1
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.another-outlet.com/earthquake-update",
      "title": "Rescue Operations Underway After Earthquake",
      "source": "Another Outlet",
      "source_logo": "https://www.another-outlet.com/logo.png",
      "date": "3 hours ago",
      "image": "https://www.another-outlet.com/images/rescue.jpg",
      "global_rank": 2
    }
  ],
  "article_sets": [
    {
      "heading": "Latest Updates",
      "items": [
        {
          "link": "https://www.example-news.com/world/earthquake-latest",
          "title": "Major Earthquake Strikes Pacific Region",
          "source": "Example News",
          "date": "2 hours ago"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Response schema: https://api.brightdata.com/data_schemas/fast_serp/google_search_news.schema.json

Supported parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Notes
`q`	Search query (must be first in URL)	`q=earthquake`	Query size must be under 8,000 charachters. Longer queries fail with error.
`gl`	Two-letter country code for search country	`gl=us`
`hl`	Two-letter language code for page language	`hl=en`
`brd_json`	Required.`1` = parsed JSON	`brd_json=1`

Headers

Header	Description	Example
`x-unblock-data-format`	Required. Must be `parsed_light`	`parsed_light`
`x-unblock-img-format`	Image format: `link` (URL) or default (Base64)	`link`
`x-unblock-search-rewrite`	Enables automatic optimization of eligible search queries	`on`

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Google News endpoints

Fast News Search Request

Native proxy request

Response Format

`general` object

Choosing image format

`news` array

`article_sets` array

Example response with image links

Supported parameters

​Google News endpoints

​Fast News Search Request

​Native proxy request

​Response Format

​general object

​Choosing image format

​news array

​article_sets array

​Example response with image links

​Supported parameters

Google News endpoints

Fast News Search Request

Native proxy request

Response Format

`general` object

Choosing image format

`news` array

`article_sets` array

Example response with image links

Supported parameters