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fetcher.sh Google News Article URL Decoder
x402
fetcher.sh Google News Article URL Decoder is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Decodes and resolves obfuscated Google News article redirect URLs to retrieve the actual destination article URL
Price / call$0.005
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How this service works
fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.
Output
Returns the decoded, canonical URL of the actual news article that the Google News redirect points to — bypassing Google's URL obfuscation layer to give the real source article link
Example use cases
Extract real link from news feed
“I'm parsing a Google News RSS feed and all the article URLs are obfuscated Google redirect links — can you decode this one and tell me the actual article URL? https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiXGh0...”
News monitoring pipeline cleanup
“My news monitoring agent keeps collecting Google News URLs that are just redirects. Can you resolve this Google News URL to the real article source so I can store the canonical link instead?”
Journalism research link verification
“I found this article link through Google News but I need the actual publisher URL, not the Google redirect. Can you decode this Google News link and give me the direct URL to the story?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://fetcher.sh/api/google-news/decode-article-urlWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you have Google News article URLs (from RSS feeds, Google News search results, or scraped Google News pages) and need the actual publisher URL rather than the Google redirect. Essential for building news aggregators, monitoring pipelines, or any workflow that requires canonical article URLs for deduplication, storage, or further scraping.
Side effects
- Invalid or malformed Google News URL returns an error
- Expired or deleted Google News links may fail to resolve
- Network timeout if Google's redirect service is slow
- Non-Google-News URLs passed as input will return an error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| required | string | |
| properties | string |
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