NewsAPI.org

by newsapi.org

News search APIs Added on October 31st, 2026 Checked and working on November 1st, 2026

What it does

NewsAPI.org gives headlines and articles from news sources and blogs worldwide. Search everything by keyword, date and source, or get the top headlines by country and category. Responses are JSON. The free Developer plan needs a free API key but is for development and testing only; using it in production needs a paid plan.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Needed, free · More APIs with a free key
Pricing: The free Developer plan needs a free API key but is for development and testing only; using it in production needs a paid plan.
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: newsapi.org
Last checked: Working on November 1st, 2026

More information: https://newsapi.org/docs

Compare: NewsAPI.org vs GNews

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HTML

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Markdown

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?country=us' \
  -H 'X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?country=us", {
  headers: {
    "X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?country=us",
    headers={
        "X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your own key.