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POST
/
api
/
breaking_news
Get breaking news
curl --request POST \
  --url https://v3-api.newscatcherapi.com/api/breaking_news \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "sort_by": "relevancy",
  "ranked_only": true,
  "top_n_articles": 1
}
'
{
  "status": "<string>",
  "total_hits": 123,
  "page": 123,
  "total_pages": 123,
  "page_size": 123,
  "breaking_news_events": [],
  "user_input": {}
}

Authorizations

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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

Request body for retrieving breaking news articles with sorting and filtering options.

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sort_by
enum<string>
default:relevancy

The sorting order of the results. Possible values are:

  • relevancy: The most relevant results first.
  • date: The most recently published results first.
  • rank: The results from the highest-ranked sources first.
Available options:
relevancy,
date,
rank
Example:

"date"

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ranked_only
boolean
default:true

If true, limits the search to sources ranked in the top 1 million online websites. If false, includes unranked sources which are assigned a rank of 999999.

Example:

true

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from_rank
integer<int32>
default:1

The lowest boundary of the rank of a news website to filter by. A lower rank indicates a more popular source.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 999999
Example:

100

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to_rank
integer<int32>
default:999999

The highest boundary of the rank of a news website to filter by. A lower rank indicates a more popular source.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 999999
Example:

100

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page
integer
default:1

The page number to scroll through the results. Use for pagination, as a single API response can return up to 1,000 articles.

For details, see How to paginate large datasets.

Required range: x >= 1
Example:

2

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page_size
integer
default:100

The number of articles to return per page.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 1000
Example:

50

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top_n_articles
integer
default:1

Controls the number of top articles to include for each breaking news event.

Important limitations:

  • Maximum value is 100.
  • The product of top_n_articles x page_size must not exceed 1,000 (total articles limit).
Required range: 1 <= x <= 100
Example:

5

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include_translation_fields
boolean
default:false

If true, includes English translation fields in the response (title_translated_en, content_translated_en, and NLP translation fields).

Example:

true

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include_nlp_data
boolean
default:false

If true, includes an NLP object for each article in the response. This object provides results of NLP analysis, including article theme, summary, sentiment, tags, and named entity recognition if available.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Example:

true

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has_nlp
boolean
default:false

If true, filters results to include only articles that have NLP data.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Example:

true

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theme

Filters articles based on their general topic, as determined by NLP analysis. To select multiple themes, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "Finance, Tech"
  • ["Finance", "Tech"]

Note: The theme parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Available options: Business, Economics, Entertainment, Finance, Health, Politics, Science, Sports, Tech, Crime, Financial Crime, Lifestyle, Automotive, Travel, Weather, General.

Example:
["Business", "Finance"]
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not_theme

Inverse of the theme parameter. Excludes articles based on their general topic, as determined by NLP analysis. To exclude multiple themes, use a comma-separated string or an array of strings.

Examples:

  • "Crime, Tech"
  • ["Crime", "Tech"]

Note: The not_theme parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Example:
["Crime"]
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ORG_entity_name
string

Filters articles that mention specific organization names, as identified by NLP analysis.

  • To specify multiple organizations, use AND, OR, NOT operators, and \" escape literals for exact matches.
  • To search in translations, combine with the translation options of the search_in parameter (e.g., title_content_translated).

To learn more, see Search by entity.

Example:

"\"Apple Inc\" OR Microsoft"

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PER_entity_name
string

Filters articles that mention specific person names, as identified by NLP analysis.

  • To specify multiple names, use AND, OR, NOT operators, and \" escape literals for exact matches.
  • To search in translations, combine with the translation options of the search_in parameter (e.g., title_content_translated).

To learn more, see Search by entity.

Example:

"\"Elon Musk\" OR \"Jeff Bezos\""

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LOC_entity_name
string

Filters articles that mention specific location names, as identified by NLP analysis.

  • To specify multiple locations, use AND, OR, NOT operators, and \" escape literals for exact matches.
  • To search in translations, combine with the translation options of the search_in parameter (e.g., title_content_translated).

To learn more, see Search by entity.

Example:

"\"San Francisco\" OR \"New York City\""

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MISC_entity_name
string

Filters articles that mention other named entities not falling under person, organization, or location categories. Includes events, nationalities, products, works of art, and more.

  • To specify multiple entities, use AND, OR, NOT operators, and \" escape literals for exact matches.
  • To search in translations, combine with the translation options of the search_in parameter (e.g., title_content_translated).

To learn more, see Search by entity.

Example:

"AWS OR \"Microsoft Azure\""

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title_sentiment_min
number<float>

Filters articles based on the minimum sentiment score of their titles.

Range is -1.0 to 1.0, where:

  • Negative values indicate negative sentiment.
  • Positive values indicate positive sentiment.
  • Values close to 0 indicate neutral sentiment.

Note: The title_sentiment_min parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Required range: -1 <= x <= 1
Example:

-0.5

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title_sentiment_max
number<float>

Filters articles based on the maximum sentiment score of their titles.

Range is -1.0 to 1.0, where:

  • Negative values indicate negative sentiment.
  • Positive values indicate positive sentiment.
  • Values close to 0 indicate neutral sentiment.

Note: The title_sentiment_max parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Required range: -1 <= x <= 1
Example:

0.5

​
content_sentiment_min
number<float>

Filters articles based on the minimum sentiment score of their content.

Range is -1.0 to 1.0, where:

  • Negative values indicate negative sentiment.
  • Positive values indicate positive sentiment.
  • Values close to 0 indicate neutral sentiment.

Note: The content_sentiment_min parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Required range: -1 <= x <= 1
Example:

-0.5

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content_sentient_max
number<float>

Filters articles based on the maximum sentiment score of their content.

Range is -1.0 to 1.0, where:

  • Negative values indicate negative sentiment.
  • Positive values indicate positive sentiment.
  • Values close to 0 indicate neutral sentiment.

Note: The content_sentiment_max parameter is only available if NLP is included in your subscription plan.

To learn more, see NLP features.

Required range: -1 <= x <= 1
Example:

0.5

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robots_compliant
boolean

If true, returns only articles/sources that comply with the publisher's robots.txt rules. If false, returns only articles/sources that do not comply with robots.txt rules. If omitted, returns all articles/sources regardless of compliance status.

Example:

true

Response

A successful response containing breaking news articles with additional breaking news event information.

The response model for the breaking news requests. Response field behavior:

  • Required fields are guaranteed to be present and non-null.
  • Optional fields may be null or undefined if the data point is not presented or 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 nlp property within the article object articles[n].nlp is only available with NLP-enabled subscription plans.
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status
string
required

The status of the response.

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total_hits
integer
required

The total number of articles matching the search criteria.

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page
integer
required

The current page number of the results.

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total_pages
integer
required

The total number of pages available for the given search criteria.

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page_size
integer
required

The number of articles per page.

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breaking_news_events
Breaking News Event Object · object[]

A list of breaking news events, each containing relevant articles.

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user_input
object

The user input parameters for the request.