API Overview

Learn more about NewswireAPI and what it can do for you.

NewswireAPI Introduction

Your introduction to the NewswireAPI service.

About NewswireAPI


The NewswireAPI (Application Programming Interface) provides direct access to our fast and powerful internally developed search engine. Through our search engine, you can search for news and content based on keywords, topics, sources, feeds and any combination of those.


NewswireAPI indexes thousands of sites including many that other news sites and services ignore or are unable to index and we continue to add more sites regularly to offer a very diverse amount of content from a wide variety of sources.


Whether you are a web developer, app developer, site owner or simply using an RSS reader and want to search and retrieve news and content based on keywords, topics, sources, feeds and any combination of those, the NewswireAPI is a great solution.


To start using the NewswireAPI, visit the NewswireAPI Plans page and Select Your API Plan when you are ready!

NewswireAPI Features

Primary Features

No Overage Fees Start a new billing period if credits are depleted early instead of paying expensive overage fees.
Developer Friendly Simple API integration process backed by solid documentation and enterprise servers.
Non-developer Friendly Get started quickly with the NewswireAPI command line app without any development.
Powerful Search Engine Use our internally developed search engine for fast and customizable searches.
Multiple Search Options Search content by topic, source, feed, word or string using any combination.
Multiple Data Formats Get search result responses in JSON, RSS, CSV, TSV or HTML formats.
High Quality Content All sources indexed by NewswireAPI are hand-selected by our staff.
Fast Content Discovery Get the latest content very soon after most sources publish it.

Automation Tools

API Search Wizard Create and save API request configurations without having to read the documentation.
API Page Wizard Create and save simple HTML/PHP pages that handle the API integration process for you.
API Project Wizard Organize and manage your API Searches and Pages by assigning them to projects.
NewswireAPI-cli Make API requests using our command line app for Windows, Linux and MacOS.

Content Filters

Filter Political Content Exclude known polical content from search results.
Filter Left-biased Sources Exclude content from known left-biased sources from search results.
Filter Right-biased Sources Exclude content from known right-biased sources from search results.
Filter Paywall Sources Exclude content from sources with known paywalls from search results.
Filter Duplicate Content Remove duplicate and syndicated content from search results.

Customize Response Data

Custom Field Selection Reduce bandwidth usage by only selecting the specific fields you need.
Custom Field Order Get response fields in the order you want.
Remove Empty Fields Reduce bandwidth and increase response speed by eliminating empty fields.
Use Custom Timezones Automatically adjust date and time fields to a variety of timezones.
Pre-formatted Dates/Times Choose from several pre-formatted date and time fields to bypass need for development.
Pagination Support Select which start row and number of rows to return with each request.

NewswireAPI Search  —  Sample Data

JSON RSS CSV TAB HTML
[ { "title": "Long Covid symptoms in older Americans are often difficult to recognize, experts say", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/health/long-covid-older-americans-khn/index.html", "source": "cnn.com", "author": "Judith Graham,Kaiser Health News", "date": "2022-05-18T19:49:12+00:00", "content": "Nearly 18 months after getting covid-19 and spending weeks in the hospital, Terry Bell struggles with hanging up his shirts and pants after doing the laundry.", "image_url": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/220501202711-covid-long-hauler-symptoms-gupta-dnt-vpx.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill" } ]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"> <channel> <title>Search Results for @cnn.com / NewswireAPI</title> <atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://api.newswireapi.com/search?format=rss&rows=1&start=20&noduplicates=1&popular=1&q=%40cnn.com"/> <link>http://api.newswireapi.com/search?format=rss&rows=1&start=20&noduplicates=1&popular=1&q=%40cnn.com</link> <description><![CDATA[This feed was generated by NewswireAPI -- Breaking News API!]]></description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 00:50:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://newswireapi.com</generator> <item> <title>Long Covid symptoms in older Americans are often difficult to recognize, experts say</title> <description><![CDATA[Nearly 18 months after getting covid-19 and spending weeks in the hospital, Terry Bell struggles with hanging up his shirts and pants after doing the laundry.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 19:49:12 +0000</pubDate> <link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/health/long-covid-older-americans-khn/index.html</link> <media:content url="https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/220501202711-covid-long-hauler-symptoms-gupta-dnt-vpx.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_800,c_fill"/> <guid>https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/health/long-covid-older-americans-khn/index.html</guid> <dc:creator>cnn.com</dc:creator> </item> </channel> </rss>
"title","url","source","author","date","content","image_url" "Long Covid symptoms in older Americans are often difficult to recognize, experts say","https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/health/long-covid-older-americans-khn/index.html","cnn.com","Judith Graham,Kaiser Health News","2022-05-18T19:49:12+00:00","Nearly 18 months after getting covid-19 and spending weeks in the hospital, Terry Bell struggles with hanging up his shirts and pants after doing the laundry.","https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/220501202711-covid-long-hauler-symptoms-gupta-dnt-vpx.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill"
title url source author date content image_url Long Covid symptoms in older Americans are often difficult to recognize, experts say https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/health/long-covid-older-americans-khn/index.html cnn.com Judith Graham,Kaiser Health News 2022-05-18T19:49:12+00:00 Nearly 18 months after getting covid-19 and spending weeks in the hospital, Terry Bell struggles with hanging up his shirts and pants after doing the laundry. https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/220501202711-covid-long-hauler-symptoms-gupta-dnt-vpx.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill
<article> <a class="field_url" href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/health/long-covid-older-americans-khn/index.html">Long Covid symptoms in older Americans are often difficult to recognize, experts say</a> <span class="field_source">cnn.com</span> <span class="field_author">Judith Graham,Kaiser Health News</span> <span class="field_date">2022-05-18T19:49:12+00:00</span> <span class="field_content">Nearly 18 months after getting covid-19 and spending weeks in the hospital, Terry Bell struggles with hanging up his shirts and pants after doing the laundry.</span> </article>


NewswireAPI  —  Questions and Answers



Why should I use NewswireAPI?

The best reason to use NewswireAPI over other services is that you gain direct access to our powerful internally developed search engine and filtering system. Through our search engine, you can search for news and content based on keywords, topics, sources, feeds and any combination of those.

The NewswireAPI search engine indexes thousands of sites including many that other services ignore or unable to index and we continue to add more sites regularly to offer a diverse amount of content from a wide variety of sources.

NewswireAPI includes access to several filters such as blocking content from known left, right or both leaning media sources as well as local known paywalled, political and local content.

In addition, NewswireAPI also provides a filter for blocking syndicated/duplicated content from multiple sources so when several sites get the same article at once, your feed only contains one entry.


Do you provide full content of articles?

No, we provide a summary or snippet of most articles because distributing or publishing full article content without permission from each source would violate several criminal and civil copyright laws in most countries.

We recommend avoiding using any API service that provides full article content to avoid putting you or your company at legal risk for violating copyright laws in many countries.


What is the main difference between NewswireAPI and other news API services?

We hand pick and review all of the sites indexed by NewswireAPI rather than adding every site on the internet.

While other services boast about the number of sites they index, we prefer to focus on quality over quantity.

That said, NewswireAPI indexes thousands of sites constantly every day so you get access to a wide variety of content that is updated and made available soon after being published.


Do you offer a free version of NewswireAPI?

NewswireAPI provides all accounts with TEST MODE access that provides FREE limited access to integrate and test NewswireAPI. The number of daily free requests allowed for test mode resets every 24 hours.


How can I start using NewswireAPI?

To learn more about NewswireAPI and get started using it, visit the NewswireAPI Plans page.


What is a NewswireAPI key?

A NewswireAPI key is a way of authenticating your access to the NewswireAPI service so that you can interact with the search engine directly using NewswireAPI endpoints (special URLs).


What can I do with an NewswireAPI key?

The main benefit of a NewswireAPI key is that you (or your site, app, software, etc.) can search and retrieve content directly from the NewswireAPI search engine using any authenticated device.
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