CryptoNews API

CryptoNews API Categories API

News by category or sector

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: CryptoNews Account Categories API
  description: REST API aggregating cryptocurrency news, Bitcoin sentiment analysis, and crypto market news from 50+ sources with filtering by currency and time range. Provides AI-powered sentiment analysis, delayed pricing for 600+ coins, whale transaction tracking, and historical data from December 2020.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    url: https://cryptonews-api.com/
  termsOfService: https://cryptonews-api.com/termsandconditions
servers:
- url: https://cryptonews-api.com/api/v1
  description: Production server
security:
- tokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Categories
  description: News by category or sector
paths:
  /category:
    get:
      summary: Get News by Category
      operationId: getNewsByCategory
      description: Retrieve cryptocurrency news articles filtered by category section. Use section=general for general crypto news or section=alltickers for all ticker-based news.
      tags:
      - Categories
      parameters:
      - name: section
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Category section to filter by. Use 'general' for general crypto news or 'alltickers' for all ticker news.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - general
          - alltickers
          example: general
      - name: items
        in: query
        description: Number of news articles to return per page (max 50).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 50
          maximum: 50
          example: 50
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number for pagination.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
          example: 1
      - name: token
        in: query
        required: true
        description: API authentication token.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with categorized news articles
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing token
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
components:
  schemas:
    NewsArticle:
      type: object
      description: A cryptocurrency news article
      properties:
        news_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the original news article
        image_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the article's featured image
        title:
          type: string
          description: Headline title of the news article
        text:
          type: string
          description: Summary or excerpt text of the article
        source_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the news source
        date:
          type: string
          description: Publication date and time of the article
        topics:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: List of topics associated with the article
        sentiment:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Positive
          - Negative
          - Neutral
          description: AI-computed sentiment classification for the article
        type:
          type: string
          description: Type of news content (article, video, etc.)
        tickers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Cryptocurrency tickers mentioned in the article
    NewsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing a list of cryptocurrency news articles
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsArticle'
        total_pages:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of pages available
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Total count of articles available
  securitySchemes:
    tokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: token
      description: API key passed as a query parameter named 'token'