News API is a simple and easy-to-use API that returns JSON metadata for headlines and articles live all over the web right now.
News API is a simple HTTP REST API for searching and retrieving live articles from all over the web. It can help you answer questions like:
- What top stories is the NY Times running right now?
- What new articles were published about the next iPhone today?
- Has my company or product been mentioned or reviewed by any blogs recently?
- How many social shares has an article received? Coming soon!
You can search for articles with any combination of the following criteria:
- Keyword or phrase. Eg: find all articles containing the word ‘Microsoft’.
- Date published. Eg: find all articles published yesterday.
- Source name. Eg: find all articles by ‘TechCrunch’.
- Source domain name. Eg: find all articles published on nytimes.com.
- Language. Eg: find all articles written in English.
You can sort the results in the following orders:
- Date published
- Relevancy to search keyword
- Popularity of source
- Social shares Coming soon!
You need an API key to use the API – this is a unique key that identifies your requests. They’re free for development, open-source, and non-commercial use. You can get one here: get API key.
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