POST
/
api
/
latest_headlines
curl --request POST \
  --url https://local-news.newscatcherapi.com/api/latest_headlines \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '{
  "when": "7d",
  "locations": [
    "New York City, New York",
    "Los Angeles, California"
  ],
  "detection_methods": [
    "dedicated_source",
    "proximity_mention",
    "ai_extracted"
  ],
  "lang": [
    "en",
    "es"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "nytimes.com",
    "theguardian.com"
  ],
  "not_sources": [
    "cnn.com",
    "wsj.com"
  ],
  "parent_url": [
    "wsj.com/politics",
    "wsj.com/tech"
  ],
  "is_paid_content": false,
  "page": 2,
  "page_size": 100,
  "word_count_min": 300,
  "word_count_max": 1000,
  "clustering": true,
  "theme": [
    "Business",
    "Finance"
  ],
  "PER_entity_name": [
    "Elon Musk",
    "Jeff Bezos"
  ],
  "LOC_entity_name": [
    "California",
    "New York"
  ],
  "MISC_entity_name": [
    "Bitcoin",
    "Blockchain"
  ],
  "ORG_entity_name": [
    "Apple",
    "Microsoft"
  ],
  "title_sentiment_min": -0.5,
  "title_sentiment_max": 0.5,
  "content_sentiment_min": -0.5,
  "content_sentiment_max": 0.5
}'
{
  "status": "ok",
  "total_hits": 123,
  "page": 123,
  "total_pages": 123,
  "page_size": 123,
  "articles": [],
  "user_input": {}
}

Authorizations

​
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

Response

200
application/json

A successful response containing the latest headlines since the specified time. The response may include clustering information if enabled.

The response model for the Latest headlines request.

The response model for the Search, Latest headlines, and Search by requests, including search results and metadata.

Response field behavior:

  • Required fields are guaranteed to be present and non-null.
  • Optional fields may be null/undefined if the data 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 base response model containing common fields for search operations.