POST
/
api
/
latest_headlines
Retrieve latest headlines
curl --request POST \
  --url https://v3-api.newscatcherapi.com/api/latest_headlines \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '{
  "when": "7d",
  "page_size": 1
}'
{
  "status": "<string>",
  "total_hits": 123,
  "page": 123,
  "total_pages": 123,
  "page_size": 123,
  "articles": [],
  "user_input": {}
}

Authorizations

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x-api-token
string
header
required

API Key to authenticate requests.

To access the API, include your API key in the x-api-token header. To obtain your API key, complete the form or contact us directly.

Body

application/json

Request body for retrieving the latest headlines based on specified criteria such as language, country, source, and more.

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when
string
default:7d

The time period for which you want to get the latest headlines.

Format examples:

  • 7d: Last seven days
  • 30d: Last 30 days
  • 1h: Last hour
  • 24h: Last 24 hours
Example:

"7d"

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by_parse_date
boolean
default:false

If true, the from_ and to_ parameters use article parse dates instead of published dates. Additionally, the parse_date variable is added to the output for each article object.

Example:

true

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lang

The language(s) of the search. The only accepted format is the two-letter ISO 639-1 code. To select multiple languages, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "en,es"
  • ["en", "es"]

To learn more, see Enumerated parameters > Language.

Example:
["en", "es"]
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not_lang

The language(s) to exclude from the search. The accepted format is the two-letter ISO 639-1 code. To exclude multiple languages, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "fr,de"
  • ["fr", "de"]

To learn more, see Enumerated parameters > Language.

Example:
["fr", "de"]
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countries

The countries where the news publisher is located. The accepted format is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. To select multiple countries, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "US,CA"
  • ["US", "CA"]

To learn more, see Enumerated parameters > Country.

Example:
["US", "CA"]
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not_countries

The publisher location countries to exclude from the search. The accepted format is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. To exclude multiple countries, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "UK,FR"
  • ["UK", "FR"]

To learn more, see Enumerated parameters > Country.

Example:
["UK", "FR"]
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predefined_sources

Predefined top news sources per country.

Format: start with the word top, followed by the number of desired sources, and then the two-letter country code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. Multiple countries with the number of top sources can be specified as a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "top 100 US"
  • "top 33 AT"
  • "top 50 US, top 20 GB"
  • ["top 50 US", "top 20 GB"]
Example:
["top 50 US", "top 20 GB"]
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sources

One or more news sources to narrow down the search. The format must be a domain URL. Subdomains, such as finance.yahoo.com, are also acceptable. To specify multiple sources, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "nytimes.com, theguardian.com"
  • ["nytimes.com", "theguardian.com"]
Example:
["nytimes.com", "theguardian.com"]
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not_sources

The news sources to exclude from the search. To exclude multiple sources, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "cnn.com, wsj.com"
  • ["cnn.com", "wsj.com"]
Example:
["cnn.com", "wsj.com"]
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not_author_name

The list of author names to exclude from your search. To exclude articles by specific authors, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "John Doe, Jane Doe"
  • ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"]
Example:
["John Doe", "Jane Doe"]
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ranked_only
boolean
default:true

If true, limits the search to sources ranked in the top 1 million online websites. If false, includes unranked sources which are assigned a rank of 999999.

Example:

true

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is_headline
boolean

If true, only returns articles that were posted on the home page of a given news domain.

Example:

true

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is_opinion
boolean

If true, returns only opinion pieces. If false, excludes opinion-based articles and returns news only.

Example:

true

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is_paid_content
boolean

If false, returns only articles that have publicly available complete content. Some publishers partially block content, so this setting ensures that only full articles are retrieved.

Example:

false

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parent_url

The categorical URL(s) to filter your search. To filter your search by multiple categorical URLs, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "wsj.com/politics,wsj.com/tech"
  • ["wsj.com/politics", "wsj.com/tech"]
Example:
["wsj.com/politics", "wsj.com/tech"]
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all_links

The complete URL(s) mentioned in the article. For multiple URLs, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "https://aiindex.stanford.edu/report/, https://www.stateof.ai/"
  • ["https://aiindex.stanford.edu/report/", "https://www.stateof.ai/"]

For more details, see Search by URL.

Example:
{
  "string-input": {
    "summary": "Comma-separated string",
    "value": "https://aiindex.stanford.edu/report/, https://www.stateof.ai/"
  },
  "array-input": {
    "summary": "Array of strings",
    "value": [
      "https://aiindex.stanford.edu/report/",
      "https://www.stateof.ai/"
    ]
  }
}
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all_domain_links

The domain(s) mentioned in the article. For multiple domains, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "who.int, nih.gov"
  • ["who.int", "nih.gov"]

For more details, see Search by URL.

Example:
{
  "string-input": {
    "summary": "Comma-separated string",
    "value": "who.int, nih.gov"
  },
  "array-input": {
    "summary": "Array of strings",
    "value": ["who.int", "nih.gov"]
  }
}
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word_count_min
integer

The minimum number of words an article must contain. To be used for avoiding articles with small content.

Required range: x >= 0
Example:

300

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word_count_max
integer

The maximum number of words an article can contain. To be used for avoiding articles with large content.

Required range: x >= 0
Example:

1000

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page
integer
default:1

The page number to scroll through the results. Use for pagination, as a single API response can return up to 1,000 articles.

For details, see How to paginate large datasets.

Required range: x >= 1
Example:

2

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page_size
integer
default:100

The number of articles to return per page.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 1000
Example:

50

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clustering_enabled
boolean
default:false

Determines whether to group similar articles into clusters. If true, the API returns clustered results.

To learn more, see Clustering news articles.

Example:

true

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clustering_variable
enum<string>
default:content

Specifies which part of the article to use for determining similarity when clustering. Possible values are:

  • content: Uses the full article content (default).
  • title: Uses only the article title.
  • summary: Uses the article summary.

To learn more, see Clustering news articles.

Available options:
content,
title,
summary
Example:

"content"

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clustering_threshold
number
default:0.6

Sets the similarity threshold for grouping articles into clusters. A lower value creates more inclusive clusters, while a higher value requires greater similarity between articles.

For example:

  • 0.3: Results in larger, more diverse clusters.
  • 0.6: Balances cluster size and article similarity (default).
  • 0.9: Creates smaller, tightly related clusters.

To learn more, see Clustering news articles.

Required range: 0 < x <= 1
Example:

0.6

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include_translation_fields
boolean
default:false

If true, includes English translation fields in the response (title_translated_en, content_translated_en, and NLP translation fields).

Example:

true

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include_nlp_data
boolean
default:false

If true, includes an NLP object for each article in the response. This object provides results of NLP analysis, including article theme, summary, sentiment, tags, and named entity recognition if available.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Example:

true

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has_nlp
boolean
default:false

If true, filters results to include only articles that have NLP data.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Example:

true

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theme

Filters articles based on their general topic, as determined by NLP analysis. To select multiple themes, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "Finance, Tech"
  • ["Finance", "Tech"]

Note: The theme parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Available options: Business, Economics, Entertainment, Finance, Health, Politics, Science, Sports, Tech, Crime, Financial Crime, Lifestyle, Automotive, Travel, Weather, General.

Example:
["Business", "Finance"]
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not_theme

Inverse of the theme parameter. Excludes articles based on their general topic, as determined by NLP analysis. To exclude multiple themes, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "Crime, Tech"
  • ["Crime", "Tech"]

Note: The not_theme parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Example:
["Crime"]
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ORG_entity_name
string

Filters articles that mention specific organization names, as identified by NLP analysis.

  • To specify multiple organizations, use AND, OR, NOT operators, and \" escape literals for exact matches.
  • To search in translations, combine with the translation options of the search_in parameter (e.g., title_content_translated).

To learn more, see Search by entity.

Example:

"\"Apple Inc\" OR Microsoft"

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PER_entity_name
string

Filters articles that mention specific person names, as identified by NLP analysis.

  • To specify multiple names, use AND, OR, NOT operators, and \" escape literals for exact matches.
  • To search in translations, combine with the translation options of the search_in parameter (e.g., title_content_translated).

To learn more, see Search by entity.

Example:

"\"Elon Musk\" OR \"Jeff Bezos\""

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LOC_entity_name
string

Filters articles that mention specific location names, as identified by NLP analysis.

  • To specify multiple locations, use AND, OR, NOT operators, and \" escape literals for exact matches.
  • To search in translations, combine with the translation options of the search_in parameter (e.g., title_content_translated).

To learn more, see Search by entity.

Example:

"\"San Francisco\" OR \"New York City\""

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MISC_entity_name
string

Filters articles that mention other named entities not falling under person, organization, or location categories. Includes events, nationalities, products, works of art, and more.

  • To specify multiple entities, use AND, OR, NOT operators, and \" escape literals for exact matches.
  • To search in translations, combine with the translation options of the search_in parameter (e.g., title_content_translated).

To learn more, see Search by entity.

Example:

"AWS OR \"Microsoft Azure\""

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title_sentiment_min
number

Filters articles based on the minimum sentiment score of their titles.

Range is -1.0 to 1.0, where:

  • Negative values indicate negative sentiment.
  • Positive values indicate positive sentiment.
  • Values close to 0 indicate neutral sentiment.

Note: The title_sentiment_min parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Required range: -1 <= x <= 1
Example:

-0.5

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title_sentiment_max
number

Filters articles based on the maximum sentiment score of their titles.

Range is -1.0 to 1.0, where:

  • Negative values indicate negative sentiment.
  • Positive values indicate positive sentiment.
  • Values close to 0 indicate neutral sentiment.

Note: The title_sentiment_max parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Required range: -1 <= x <= 1
Example:

0.5

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content_sentiment_min
number

Filters articles based on the minimum sentiment score of their content.

Range is -1.0 to 1.0, where:

  • Negative values indicate negative sentiment.
  • Positive values indicate positive sentiment.
  • Values close to 0 indicate neutral sentiment.

Note: The content_sentiment_min parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Required range: -1 <= x <= 1
Example:

-0.5

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content_sentiment_max
number

Filters articles based on the maximum sentiment score of their content.

Range is -1.0 to 1.0, where:

  • Negative values indicate negative sentiment.
  • Positive values indicate positive sentiment.
  • Values close to 0 indicate neutral sentiment.

Note: The content_sentiment_max parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Required range: -1 <= x <= 1
Example:

0.5

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iptc_tags

Filters articles based on International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) media topic tags. To specify multiple IPTC tags, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "20000199, 20000209"
  • ["20000199", "20000209"]

Note: The iptc_tags parameter is only available in the v3_nlp_iptc_tags subscription plan.

To learn more, see IPTC Media Topic NewsCodes.

Example:
["20000199", "20000209"]
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not_iptc_tags

Inverse of the iptc_tags parameter. Excludes articles based on International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) media topic tags. To specify multiple IPTC tags to exclude, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "20000205, 20000209"
  • ["20000205", "20000209"]

Note: The not_iptc_tags parameter is only available in the v3_nlp_iptc_tags subscription plan.

To learn more, see IPTC Media Topic NewsCodes.

Example:
["20000205", "20000209"]
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iab_tags

Filters articles based on Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) content categories.These tags provide a standardized taxonomy for digital advertising content categorization. To specify multiple IAB categories, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "Business, Events"
  • ["Business", "Events"]

Note: The iab_tags parameter is only available in the v3_nlp_iptc_tags subscription plan.

To learn more, see the IAB Content taxonomy.

Example:
["Business", "Events"]
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not_iab_tags

Inverse of the iab_tags parameter. Excludes articles based on Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) content categories. These tags provide a standardized taxonomy for digital advertising content categorization. To specify multiple IAB categories to exclude, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "Agriculture, Metals"
  • ["Agriculture", "Metals"]

Note: The not_iab_tags parameter is only available in the v3_nlp_iptc_tags subscription plan.

To learn more, see the IAB Content taxonomy.

Example:
["Agriculture", "Metals"]
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custom_tags

Filters articles based on provided taxonomy that is tailored to your specific needs and is accessible only with your API key. To specify tags, use the following pattern:

  • custom_tags.taxonomy=Tag1,Tag2,Tag3, where taxonomy is the taxonomy name and Tag1,Tag2,Tag3 are comma-separated tags. For POST requests, you can also specify tags as an array of strings.

Examples:

  • custom_tags.industry="Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics"
  • "custom_tags.industry": ["Manufacturing", "Supply Chain", "Logistics"]

To learn more, see the Custom tags.

Example:
["Tag1", "Tag2", "Tag3"]
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robots_compliant
boolean

If true, returns only articles/sources that comply with the publisher's robots.txt rules. If false, returns only articles/sources that do not comply with robots.txt rules. If omitted, returns all articles/sources regardless of compliance status.

Example:

true

Response

A successful response containing articles that match the specified search criteria. The response may include clustering information if enabled.

The response model for the search requests applies to the Search, Latest Headlines, Search by link, and Authors endpoints. Response field behavior:

  • Required fields are guaranteed to be present and non-null.
  • Optional fields may be null or undefined if the data point is not presented or couldn't be extracted during processing.
  • To access article properties in the articles response array, use array index notation. For example, articles[n].title, where n is the zero-based index of the article object (0, 1, 2, etc.).
  • The nlp property within the article object articles[n].nlp is only available with NLP-enabled subscription plans.

The base response model containing common fields for search operations.

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status
string
required

The status of the response.

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total_hits
integer
required

The total number of articles matching the search criteria.

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page
integer
required

The current page number of the results.

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total_pages
integer
required

The total number of pages available for the given search criteria.

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page_size
integer
required

The number of articles per page.

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articles
Article Object · object[]

A list of articles matching the search criteria.

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user_input
object

The user input parameters for the request.