Search: News
Recent articles with publisher, date, and thumbnail. Use it when freshness matters and your workflow depends on publication timestamps.
const page = await google('artificial intelligence', { type: 'news' })Result fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
title | string | Article headline |
url | string | Publisher URL |
description | string | Article snippet |
date | string | ISO 8601 publication date |
publisher | string | Source name |
image | { url }? | Thumbnail image |
const page = await google('artificial intelligence', { type: 'news' })
page.results[0]
// {
// title: 'Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits',
// url: 'https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/artificial-intelliegence-courts.html',
// description: 'For years, courts have welcomed cases brought by self-represented litigants. Now those plaintiffs have A.I., and their filings are consuming...',
// date: '2026-05-25T15:13:08.232Z',
// publisher: 'The New York Times',
// image: { url: 'https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaMy...' }
// }Combine with
period to narrow the time window:await google('tech acquisitions', { type: 'news', period: 'week' })Combine with
location for regional coverage:await google('regulatory update', { type: 'news', location: 'de', period: 'day' })See also
- Web Search — when you need broad web retrieval instead of time-sensitive articles.
- Integration patterns — news monitoring with multi-region queries.