# finlight

Category: [News search APIs](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/news/search/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/news/search/finlight-api.html  
Documentation: https://docs.finlight.me/

finlight is a financial news API that returns articles with sentiment and the companies and tickers they mention, for example to feed a trading dashboard or a news alert. Searches are POST calls with a JSON body and an X-API-KEY header, and the answers are JSON. Free with a free API key for 5,000 requests a month, with news 12 hours late; WebSocket streams, webhooks and real-time news are on paid plans. An official MCP server at https://mcp.finlight.me lets AI agents search the articles.

- API key: Needed, free
- Pricing: Free with a free API key for 5,000 requests a month, with news 12 hours late; WebSocket streams, webhooks and real-time news are on paid plans.
- From the browser: Yes (CORS)
- Formats: JSON
- Interface: REST, MCP
- Provider: docs.finlight.me
- Last checked: Working on November 7th, 2026

Example request:

```sh
curl -X POST 'https://api.finlight.me/v2/articles' \
  -H 'X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"query": "Apple"}'
```

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your own key. The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.