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name: google-news-api description: Scrape structured news data from Google News automatically. Use when the user asks for news on a topic, industry trends, or PR monitoring. Triggers on keywords like "find news about", "track trends", or "monitor PR".

Google News Automation Scraper Skill

✨ Platform Compatibility

✅ Works Powerfully & Reliably On All Major AI Assistants

Why Choose BrowserAct Skills?

• 🚀 Stable & crash-free execution
• ⚡ Fast response times
• 🔧 No configuration headaches
• 📦 Plug & play installation
• 💬 Professional support

📖 Introduction

This skill provides a one-stop news collection service using BrowserAct's Google News API template. It allows the agent to retrieve structured news data with a single command.

🔑 API Key Guidance

Before running, check the BROWSERACT_API_KEY environment variable. If not set, do not proceed with script execution; instead, request the API key from the user.

Required Message to User:

"Since you haven't configured the BrowserAct API Key, please go to the BrowserAct Console to get your Key and provide it to me in this chat."

🛠️ Input Parameters

Flexibly configure these parameters based on user requirements:

1. Search_Keywords

   • Type: string
   • Description: Keywords to search on Google News (e.g., company names, industry terms).
   • Example: AI Startup, Tesla, SpaceX

2. Publish_date

   • Type: string
   • Description: Time range filter for articles.
   • Options:
     • any time: No restriction
     • past hours: Breaking news
     • past 24 hours: Daily monitoring (Recommended)
     • past week: Short-term trends
     • past year: Long-term research
   • Default: past week

3. Datelimit

   • Type: number
   • Description: Maximum news items to extract.
   • Default: 30
   • Suggestion: Use 10-30 for monitoring, higher for research.

🚀 Execution (Recommended)

Execute the following script to get results:

# Call Example
python .cursor/skills/google-news-api/scripts/google_news_api.py "Keywords" "TimeRange" Count

📊 Data Output

Successful execution returns structured data:

• headline: News title
• source: Publisher
• news_link: URL
• published_time: Timestamp
• author: Author name (if available)

⚠️ Error Handling & Retry Mechanism

1. Check Output:

   • If output contains "Invalid authorization", the API Key is invalid. Do not retry. Guide the user to provide a correct key.
   • For other failures (e.g., Error: or empty results), automatically retry once.

2. Retry Limit:

   • Maximum one automatic retry. If it still fails, stop and report the error to the user.