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Content examples

Add Subscribe with Google button

There are two methods of showing Subscribe with Google button on your website.

Standard Button

Smart Button

Smart Button renders the button with a contextual message underneath the button.

Read the documentation.

Offer Button

Try it yourself

Standard Button

  1. Add swg.js.
  2. Create a <button> DOM element in your page where you want the Subscribe with Google button to appear.
  3. Use the attachButton() function from swg.js to render a standard button.
  4. Include button options and callback functions. For more options, please refer to our GitHub reference.
<html>
  <head>
    <!-- 1. Configure swg.js ... -->
    <script async type="application/javascript"
            src="https://news.google.com/swg/js/v1/swg.js"></script>
    <script>
      (self.SWG = self.SWG || []).push( subscriptions => {
          // 3. Render the smart button onto the DOM element
          let swgStdButton = document.getElementById("swg-standard-button");
          subscriptions.attachButton(
            swgStdButton,
             // 4. Include options i.e. light styles or languages..
            {theme: 'light', lang: 'en'},
             // .. and onclick functions in the callback i.e. showOffersor subscribe(SKU)
            function() {
              subscriptions.showOffers({ isClosable: true }) // Show offers carousel
            });
      });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <!-- 2. Add the button DOM element -->
    <button id="swg-standard-button"></button>

    <!-- ...include structured markup data in step 1. -->
    <script type="application/ld+json">{....}</script>
  </body>
</html>

Smart Button

  1. Add swg.js.
  2. Create a <button> DOM element in your page where you want the Subscribe with Google button to appear.
  3. Use the attachSmartButton() function from swg.js to render the smart button.
  4. Include button options and callback functions. For more options, please refer to our GitHub reference.
<html>
  <head>
    <!-- 1. Add swg.js ... -->
    <script async type="application/javascript"
            src="https://news.google.com/swg/js/v1/swg.js"></script>
    <script>
      (self.SWG = self.SWG || []).push( subscriptions => {
          // 3. Render the smart button onto the DOM element
          let swgSmartButton = document.getElementById("swg-smart-button");
          subscriptions.attachSmartButton(
            swgSmartButton,
             // 4. Include options i.e. light styles or languages..
            {theme: 'light', lang: 'en'},
             // .. and onclick functions in the callback i.e. showOffersor subscribe(SKU)
            function() {
              subscriptions.showOffers({ isClosable: true }) // Show offers carousel
           });
      });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <!-- 2. Add the button DOM element -->
    <button id="swg-smart-button"></button>

    <!-- ...include structured markup data in step 1. -->
    <script type="application/ld+json">{....}</script>
  </body>
</html>