# Google News API via fetcher.sh — Health Check

> Google News API via fetcher.sh — Health Check is a paid API for AI agents from google-news.fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Health check endpoint that verifies the Google News API service on fetcher.sh is operational and accepting requests

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/health
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-news-api-via-fetcher-sh-health-check-5aa170fc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gx6IvG85qHzfV4ZwHYczN

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability google-news-api-via-fetcher-sh-health-check-5aa170fc
```

Example prompt: Before I start pulling Google News headlines from fetcher.sh, can you check if the API is healthy and responding?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint as a lightweight pre-flight check before making paid API calls to the Google News fetcher.sh service. Prefer this over calling data endpoints when you simply need to verify service availability without incurring costs for news data retrieval.

## Known failure modes

- Service downtime returns 503 or connection refused
- Rate limiting or payment issues may return 402 even on health endpoint
- Timeout if the service is overloaded or unreachable
- Unexpected 500 error if internal service components are failing

## How this service works

Google News (headlines) data and scraping API: Headlines by section (world, business, technology, ...), keyword search, topics, and article URL decoding. 12 REST endpoints from $0.005 per call — no account, no OAuth, no subscription. Pay with x402 (USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana) or prepaid credits.

## Output

A simple health status response indicating whether the Google News API service on fetcher.sh is operational, typically returning a status code and/or JSON payload confirming service availability.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-news-api-via-fetcher-sh-health-check-5aa170fc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from google-news.fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/google-news.fetcher.sh/llms.txt)