# DataForSEO, free, $1 trial credit, POST /v3/serp/google/news/task_post, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (priority queue): News API

> Google News SERP API delivers results from Google News search: news articles and top stories for any keyword, location, and language.

DataForSEO's news API on its $1 trial credit plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Snippet, Image.
We rank 354 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.15.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/250-pack/llms.txt), [SerpBase](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/100-monthly/llms.txt) and [treg](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/treg/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/dataforseo/free-1-trial-credit-post-v3-serp-google-news-task-post-setting-google-news-serp-tasks-priority-queue
- [Best news API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://dataforseo.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/news/task_post`, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (priority queue)
- API key: with the plan, on https://dataforseo.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/news/task_post/
- Sold by: DataForSEO (https://dataforseo.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Source: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Snippet: ✓
- Image: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Repeat free: never
- Extra fields: news result rectangle: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: SERP API · AI Optimization API · Backlinks API · Content Analysis API · DataForSEO Labs API · Keywords Data API · OnPage API · Merchant API · App Data API · Business Data API · Reviews API · Domain Analytics API · Live Google Organic SERP Advanced · Live Google Organic SERP Regular · Live Google Organic SERP HTML · Setting Google Organic SERP Tasks (standard queue) · Setting Google Organic SERP Tasks (priority queue) · Live Bing Organic SERP Advanced · Live Google News SERP Advanced · Setting Google News SERP Tasks (standard queue)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Google News SERP API delivers results from Google News search: news articles and top stories for any keyword, location, and language.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: any search engine results page (SERP) data or content obtained through the Service, including but not limited to data from Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other search engine providers, shall not be used to compete with or adversely affect the business interests of the search engine providers from which such data originates

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: about 833 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 166.67
- Batch: 100

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: keyword, location_code, language_code, priority "2". Optional: location_name, location_coordinate, language_name, depth, os, se_domain, search_param, tag, pingback_url, postback_url, postback_data, max_crawl_pages, calculate_rectangles, browser_screen_width, browser_screen_height, browser_screen_resolution_ratio, url
- Method: POST
- Path: /v3/serp/google/news/task_post

## About the plan

- Plan: $1 trial credit
- Who can get it: new accounts, one each, not in Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, North Korea or Russian-occupied Ukraine

## The 26 fields the plan's answer can hold

keyword, search engine domain, location code, language code, check URL, datetime, spell, refinement chips, includes non-news results, item types, total results, items count, news results, top stories, news result rank group, news result rank absolute, news result XPath, news result domain, news result title, news result link, news result thumbnail, news result snippet, news result date, news result ISO date, news result source, news result AMP version

## DataForSEO's plans (3)

- [DataForSEO, free, $1 trial credit, POST /v3/serp/google/news/task_post, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (priority queue)](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/dataforseo/free-1-trial-credit-post-v3-serp-google-news-task-post-setting-google-news-serp-tasks-priority-queue/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go, POST /v3/serp/google/news/task_post, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (priority queue)](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-serp-google-news-task-post-setting-google-news-serp-tasks-priority-queue/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [DataForSEO, contact us, Custom pricing quote, POST /v3/serp/google/news/task_post, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (priority queue)](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/dataforseo/contact-us-custom-pricing-quote-post-v3-serp-google-news-task-post-setting-google-news-serp-tasks-priority-queue/llms.txt): 67% complete

## DataForSEO's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /v3/serp/google/news/live/advanced`: [DataForSEO, free, $1 trial credit, POST /v3/serp/google/news/live/advanced](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/dataforseo/free-1-trial-credit-post-v3-serp-google-news-live-advanced/llms.txt)
- `POST /v3/serp/google/news/task_post`, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (priority queue): [DataForSEO, free, $1 trial credit, POST /v3/serp/google/news/task_post, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (priority queue)](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/dataforseo/free-1-trial-credit-post-v3-serp-google-news-task-post-setting-google-news-serp-tasks-priority-queue/llms.txt)
- `POST /v3/serp/google/news/task_post`, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (standard queue): [DataForSEO, free, $1 trial credit, POST /v3/serp/google/news/task_post, Setting Google News SERP Tasks (standard queue)](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/dataforseo/free-1-trial-credit-post-v3-serp-google-news-task-post-setting-google-news-serp-tasks-standard-queue/llms.txt)

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## DataForSEO: news API alternatives

- [Zenserp, $299.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/zenserp/299-99-monthly/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $12 pack](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/ujeebu/12-pack/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ValueSERP, $240 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/valueserp/240-monthly/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [cloro, $100 monthly, Hobby, POST /v1/async/task](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/cloro/100-monthly-hobby-post-v1-async-task/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://dataforseo.com/apis/domain-analytics-api
- https://dataforseo.com/help-center/how-does-your-free-unlimited-trial-work
- https://dataforseo.com/pricing
- https://dataforseo.com/pricing/google-serp/google-news-serp-api
- https://dataforseo.com/terms-of-service/
- https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/domain_analytics/technologies/domain_technologies/live/
- https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/news/overview/
- https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/news/task_get/advanced/
- https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/news/task_post/