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News APIFree REST Service

Live breaking news feeds and search across 80,000+ global sources

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GET
curl -X GET "https://newsapi.org/api/v1/resource?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
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Rate Limit
100 req/day
Auth Mode
Key Required
Security & CORS
HTTPS • CORS Ready
Protocol
REST / JSON

An external API key is required to authenticate requests with News API. Allowance: 100 req/day.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Technical and integration answers for News API.

Yes, News API is listed as a free endpoint on FreeAPI Directory with an allowance of: 100 req/day.
Official Service Provider Ownership: News API

All data feeds, trademarks, and documentation belong directly to the original API provider. FreeAPI serves purely as a discovery index and documentation reference for developers.

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Quota & Cost Analysis

News API Limitations & Free Alternatives

50x Higher Quota & Production Allowed
News API Bottlenecks & Caps

Restricted to 100 requests/day, 24-hour article delay, and hard 426 Upgrade Required block on non-localhost production domains ($449/mo commercial tier).

Alternative Advantage

The Guardian, Hacker News, Dev.to, and Spaceflight News APIs allow live production deployment without $449/mo paywalls.

Direct Higher-Quota Drop-in Replacements:
The Guardian API5,000 calls/day (Free)

50x more daily requests than News API, full article body text, and archives back to 1999.

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Spaceflight News APIUnlimited (Zero Auth)

Zero-auth live science and spaceflight news articles allowed on production frontend apps.

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GNews100 requests/day (Free)

Google News-style topic clustering and multilingual global headline filtering.

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GNews

Real-time news headlines, full article search, and Google News alternative API.

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The Guardian API

Official open platform for The Guardian newspaper articles and archives

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New York Times API

NYT top stories, book reviews, archive articles, and movie reviews

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Hacker News API

Official Firebase Hacker News top stories, comments, and user profiles

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Dev.to API

Developer articles, published listings, tech tags, and community comments

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Spaceflight News API

Live spaceflight news, rocket launches, and aerospace articles

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Currents API

Curated global news search and breaking alert feeds

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NewsData.io

Worldwide news article aggregator across 150+ countries and languages

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