{"categories":[{"label":"WWW/HTTP","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Decodes Google News redirect URLs to their original source URLs, with support for HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5 proxies to handle rate limiting.","skillfed_tags":["web-scraping","url-parsing","news-aggregation"],"use_cases":["Batch-decode multiple Google News URLs to their original sources for content aggregation or archival","Integrate into a news scraper to resolve obfuscated links before storing article metadata","Use with a proxy rotation service to decode large volumes of Google News links without hitting rate limits","Extract source URLs from Google News feeds for automated content distribution or analysis","Bypass Google News URL encoding in scripts that need direct access to publisher sites"],"what_it_does":"Google News Decoder is a utility that reverses Google News' URL obfuscation, converting redirect links back to their original article sources. It works by making HTTP requests to Google News endpoints and extracting the target URL from the response. The package is designed to save time when you need to access the actual source of a news article shared via Google News.\n\nThe package includes proxy support (HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5) to handle rate limiting and bypass restrictions, with optional request intervals to reduce HTTP 429 errors. It returns a dictionary with a status flag and either the decoded URL or an error message. The implementation uses requests for HTTP operations and selectolax for parsing, with pysocks enabling SOCKS5 proxy functionality.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you regularly work with Google News URLs. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with low friction, and solves a specific problem well. The MIT license is permissive. Consider it essential for news aggregation or scraping workflows; optional for one-off URL decoding."},"id":"googlenewsdecoder","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/googlenewsdecoder","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/googlenewsdecoder.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/googlenewsdecoder/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-01-18","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"googlenewsdecoder","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A Python package to decode Google News URLs to their original sources."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":278220,"position":8134,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.1.7"}