NewsData.io

Global news API aggregating 50,000+ sources across 150+ countries.

Status
🔴 Offline · 738 ms

30-day uptime
0%

Free tier
200 calls/day, free key, email signup

Auth
API key

Last 30 days

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does NewsData.io require an API key?

Yes, NewsData.io requires a free API key. You can sign up via https://newsdata.io/documentation.

What is NewsData.io's free tier?

200 calls/day, free key, email signup

Is NewsData.io currently online?

We check NewsData.io every hour. The current status is shown at the top of this page. You can also see the 30-day uptime history in the chart above.

Implementation notes

When to use NewsData.io

NewsData.io suits projects that need live news from non-English-speaking markets. Its 150-country and 50,000-source coverage is the widest of the news APIs with a functional free tier. It also supports filtering by sentiment (positive/negative) without requiring a paid plan.

Common pitfalls

The free tier's 200 calls/day sounds adequate, but each paginated result page costs one call. If a query returns 50 articles across 5 pages and you need to paginate through all of them, that consumes 5 of your 200 daily calls for one query.
The `pub_demo` key shown in the health check URL is rate-limited to a small subset of results and should not be used for development. Register for a real free key — it activates immediately.
Full article body text (`full_description`) is a paid feature. The free tier returns a description field truncated to approximately 200 characters, which is insufficient for content analysis or display purposes.
Date filtering uses `from_date` and `to_date` parameters in ISO 8601 format, but the free plan only returns articles from the last 30 days. Queries for older articles silently return results from within the 30-day window rather than an error.

Quick start (bash)

curl "https://newsdata.io/api/1/news?apikey=YOUR_KEY&q=technology&language=en&size=5"

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