> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lobstr.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Update Settings

> Configure the Google News Search Export parameters

Configure the scraper parameters to control how Google News articles are collected. These settings include language, recency filters, and result limits.

## Headers

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required>
  Your API authentication token. Value: `Token YOUR_API_KEY`
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="Content-Type" type="string" required>
  Request body format. Value: `application/json`
</ParamField>

## Scraper Parameters

Set these parameters in the `params` object:

| Parameter        | Type    | Description                                                                       |
| ---------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **language**     | string  | Country edition and UI language for Google News (e.g., `English (United States)`) |
| **time\_range**  | string  | Filter by recency: `Any time`, `Past hour`, `Past 24h`, `Past week`, `Past year`  |
| **max\_results** | integer | Maximum articles to scrape. Leave blank to extract all news since 2005.           |

## Max Results Behavior

The `max_results` setting affects how the scraper operates:

* **≤ 100**: No date filter is applied, fetches recent articles
* **> 100**: Scraper breaks the span into daily windows and fetches news day by day
* **Blank**: Pulls every article back to 2005-01-01 (when combined with `Any time`)

<Warning>
  Leaving max\_results blank with time\_range as 'Any time' will pull every article back to 2005 - this can be very large.
</Warning>

<Tip>
  Use time\_range filters like 'Past week' for recent news monitoring.
</Tip>

## Code Examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/YOUR_SQUID_HASH" \
    -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "name": "Google News Search Export",
      "concurrency": 1,
      "export_unique_results": true,
      "to_complete": false,
      "no_line_breaks": true,
      "params": {
        "language": "English (United States)",
        "time_range": "Past week",
        "max_results": 100
      }
    }'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
  BASE_URL = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1"
  headers = {"Authorization": f"Token {API_KEY}"}

  squid_id = "YOUR_SQUID_HASH"

  # Update scraper settings
  response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/squids/{squid_id}",
      headers=headers,
      json={
          "name": "Google News Search Export",
          "concurrency": 1,
          "export_unique_results": True,
          "to_complete": False,
          "no_line_breaks": True,
          "params": {
              "language": "English (United States)",
              "time_range": "Past week",
              "max_results": 100
          }
      }
  )

  data = response.json()
  print(f"Updated: {data['name']}")
  print(f"Time range: {data['params']['time_range']}")
  print(f"Max results: {data['params']['max_results']}")
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

```json 201 theme={null}
{
  "name": "Google News Search Export",
  "no_line_breaks": true,
  "params": {
    "language": "English (United States)",
    "time_range": "Past week",
    "max_results": 100
  },
  "to_complete": false,
  "export_unique_results": true
}
```