SerpApi Google News compatible

The call, before and after

# Before
curl "https://serpapi.com/search.json?engine=google_news&q=Nvidia+earnings&api_key=$SERPAPI_API_KEY"

# After
curl "https://api.specstream.ai/serpapi-news/search.json?engine=google_news&q=Nvidia+earnings&api_key=$SPECSTREAM_API_KEY"

With SerpApi's Python client, serpapi 1.2.0, the change is one line: client = serpapi.Client(api_key=SPECSTREAM_KEY); client.BASE_DOMAIN = "https://api.specstream.ai/serpapi-news". client.search() and next_page() then run as before.

What the route reads, and what it refuses

Read and applied with engine=google_news: q, gl, hl, so=1 for the newest first, and num. With engine=google and tbm=nws: q, num, start, tbs with qdr and sbd, hl, and the client's next_page().

Refused: another engine, such as engine=bing, gets 400, and a call with no api_key gets 401, both in SerpApi's error form. Every parameter was measured on production on Nov 10, 2026, and the full pass table lists each one and its result.

Every field that comes back

Google News replies carry search_metadata with id, status, created_at and total_time_taken, search_parameters with engine and q, and news_results[] with position, title, source.name, link, date and iso_date. News tab replies add search_information with query_displayed and total_results, each result's source, snippet and published_at, and serpapi_pagination with current and next.

The route does not return thumbnail, favicon, source.icon, source.authors, highlight, stories, top_news, menu_links or related_topics. One field is added, specstream, with the call's price_usd.

One price a search, no hourly cap

On SerpApi the plan sets the searches a month and the searches an hour. On SpecStream a Google News call of 10 results costs $0.005, each started block of 10 more on num adds $0.006, and there is no plan to renew. A busy call gets 429 with Retry-After and charges nothing.

The most accurate web search API, in about one second

On SimpleQA Verified the SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official questions, 978 of them correct. On WideSearch it scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official tasks. The Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. Every score and its method is on the benchmarks page.

Every drop-in route runs the fast search. Measured on production on November 9, 2026, its median was 0.82 s at 1 search a second and 1.07 s at 20 a second, the 95th percentile stayed between 1.09 and 1.73 s, and it answered 718 of 720. One account can send up to 26,666 searches a minute.

You decide what is kept, on each key

Create the key with zero_retention and a search made with it keeps no request text and no answer after the reply. spend_cap_cents is the most the key can spend.

curl -X POST https://api.specstream.ai/v1/account/keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "production", "scopes": ["account:read", "finds:spend"], "spend_cap_cents": 500000, "zero_retention": true}'

Search, pages and rows on one key

The same key answers SerpApi's Google web search at https://api.specstream.ai/serpapi, and reads the full article behind each link with the Extract API, up to 20 pages a call at $0.80 per 1,000 pages. A page with no text is not charged. Deep Search returns every match for a request in plain words as structured rows, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with a source URL on every value. The most a run can cost is approved before it starts. The full comparison is on the SerpApi alternative page.

Serper

Google results in credit packs from $1.00 per 1,000 for 50,000 credits, valid for 6 months, with 2,500 free queries. SpecStream credit never expires, and the same key answers Serper's /news call at /serper/news.

GNews

A news API sold as a daily cap: Essential is €49.99 a month for 1,000 requests per day and up to 25 articles a request. SpecStream answers GNews's own /api/v4/search call at $0.005, with no daily cap to reset.