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# Fast SERP news search
> Use Bright Data's Fast SERP service (31 languages) to retrieve compact Google News search results in real time, for selected enterprise customers.
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](http://news.google.com) and [https://www.google.com/search/q=\[searchTerm\]\&tbm=nws](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](https://www.google.com/search/q=\[searchTerm]\&tbm=nws) . Bright Data will provide results for [news.google.com](http://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_light`request header **and** the `brd_json=1` URL parameter are required. Omitting either will result in an unexpected response format.
### Native proxy request
```shell theme={null}
curl -i --proxy fserp.brd.superproxy.io:44445 \
--proxy-user brd-customer--zone-: \
-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](/products/serp-api/features#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](/products/serp-api/features#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:
```text theme={null}
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
```JSON theme={null}
{
"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](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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