Event Registry Events API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Event Registry (NewsAPI.ai) Articles Events API
  description: 'Event Registry (NewsAPI.ai) is the world''s leading news intelligence platform providing a REST API for accessing global news articles, trending topics, event detection, named entities, sentiment analysis, and media monitoring across 150,000+ sources in 60+ languages, with historical archive access dating back to 2014. All requests are POST with JSON bodies and require an apiKey field.

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  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Event Registry Support
    email: info@eventregistry.org
    url: https://newsapi.ai
  termsOfService: https://newsapi.ai/terms
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://newsapi.ai/plans
servers:
- url: https://eventregistry.org/api/v1
  description: Production API server
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Events
  description: Search and retrieve clustered news events (deduplicated story groups).
paths:
  /event/getEvents:
    post:
      operationId: searchEvents
      summary: Search news events
      description: 'Search events — clusters of related articles about the same real-world happening. Events deduplicate coverage: one entry per story instead of per article. Returns up to 50 events per call. Ideal for high-level overviews and trend analysis.

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      tags:
      - Events
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyParam'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentFilterParams'
              properties:
                resultType:
                  type: string
                  default: events
                  description: Must be "events".
                minArticlesInEvent:
                  type: integer
                  description: Minimum number of articles in the event.
                maxArticlesInEvent:
                  type: integer
                  description: Maximum number of articles in the event.
                reportingDateStart:
                  type: string
                  format: date
                  description: Filter by average article publishing date >= this (YYYY-MM-DD).
                reportingDateEnd:
                  type: string
                  format: date
                  description: Filter by average article publishing date <= this (YYYY-MM-DD).
                eventsPage:
                  type: integer
                  description: Page number (starting from 1). Default 1.
                eventsCount:
                  type: integer
                  maximum: 50
                  description: Events per page (max 50). Default 50.
                eventsSortBy:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - date
                  - rel
                  - size
                  - socialScore
                  description: Sort order. Default "date". Use "size" for biggest stories.
                eventsSortByAsc:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Ascending sort order. Default false.
                minSentimentEvent:
                  type: number
                  minimum: -1
                  maximum: 1
                  description: Minimum event sentiment score.
                maxSentimentEvent:
                  type: number
                  minimum: -1
                  maximum: 1
                  description: Maximum event sentiment score.
                query:
                  description: Advanced Query Language object for complex boolean logic.
            example:
              apiKey: YOUR_API_KEY
              conceptUri: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
              dateStart: '2026-01-01'
              eventsCount: 10
              eventsSortBy: size
              resultType: events
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with events array.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  events:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      results:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
                      totalResults:
                        type: integer
                      page:
                        type: integer
                      count:
                        type: integer
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /event/getEvent:
    post:
      operationId: getEventDetails
      summary: Get full event details by URI
      description: 'Retrieve full details for one or more events by their URI(s), including all grouped articles, concepts, categories, and geographic data.

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      tags:
      - Events
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyParam'
              properties:
                eventUri:
                  oneOf:
                  - type: string
                  - type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  description: Event URI or array of URIs.
                articleBodyLen:
                  type: integer
                  description: Article body length in characters. Default 1000.
              required:
              - eventUri
            example:
              apiKey: YOUR_API_KEY
              eventUri: eng-12345678
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Event details object keyed by event URI.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /event/getEventsForTopicPage:
    post:
      operationId: getTopicPageEvents
      summary: Get events for a topic page
      description: 'Returns events matching a user-created topic page (pre-configured search profile).

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      tags:
      - Events
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyParam'
              properties:
                uri:
                  type: string
                  description: Topic page URI.
                eventsPage:
                  type: integer
                  description: Page number (starting from 1). Default 1.
                eventsCount:
                  type: integer
                  maximum: 50
                  description: Events per page (max 50). Default 50.
              required:
              - uri
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Events matching the topic page.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  events:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      results:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
                      totalResults:
                        type: integer
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    Category:
      type: object
      properties:
        uri:
          type: string
        label:
          type: string
        wgt:
          type: integer
    Location:
      type: object
      properties:
        uri:
          type: string
        label:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        type:
          type: string
        lat:
          type: number
        long:
          type: number
    Concept:
      type: object
      properties:
        uri:
          type: string
        label:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - person
          - org
          - loc
          - wiki
        score:
          type: number
    Event:
      type: object
      properties:
        uri:
          type: string
          description: Unique event identifier.
        title:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: Event title keyed by language code.
        summary:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: Event summary keyed by language code.
        articleCount:
          type: integer
          description: Number of articles grouped in this event.
        date:
          type: string
          format: date
        concepts:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Concept'
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
        sentiment:
          type: number
          minimum: -1
          maximum: 1
        location:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
    ApiKeyParam:
      type: object
      required:
      - apiKey
      properties:
        apiKey:
          type: string
          description: Your NewsAPI.ai API key.
    ContentFilterParams:
      type: object
      properties:
        keyword:
          type: string
          description: 'Secondary keyword filter. Use conceptUri as the primary search method. Comma-separate individual words for multi-term matching (e.g., "SaaS, acquisition, merger").

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        conceptUri:
          type: string
          description: 'Primary search filter. URI(s) identifying concepts/entities (comma-separated for multiple). Resolve names to URIs using /suggestConceptsFast first.

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        categoryUri:
          type: string
          description: Category URI(s) to filter by (comma-separated).
        sourceUri:
          type: string
          description: Specific news source URI(s) to filter by (comma-separated).
        sourceLocationUri:
          type: string
          description: Filter by where news sources are based (country/region URI, comma-separated).
        authorUri:
          type: string
          description: Author URI(s) to filter by (comma-separated).
        locationUri:
          type: string
          description: Location URI(s) mentioned in content (comma-separated).
        lang:
          type: string
          description: Language code(s) to filter by (comma-separated ISO codes, e.g. "eng", "deu", "fra").
        dateStart:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Start date inclusive (YYYY-MM-DD).
        dateEnd:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: End date inclusive (YYYY-MM-DD).
        forceMaxDataTimeWindow:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 7
          - 31
          description: Limit results to recent data — 7 (last week) or 31 (last month).
        keywordLoc:
          type: string
          enum:
          - body
          - title
          - title,body
          description: Where to match keywords. Default "body".
        keywordOper:
          type: string
          enum:
          - and
          - or
          description: Boolean operator for multiple keywords. Default "and".
        minSentiment:
          type: number
          minimum: -1
          maximum: 1
          description: Minimum article sentiment score (-1 to 1).
        maxSentiment:
          type: number
          minimum: -1
          maximum: 1
          description: Maximum article sentiment score (-1 to 1).
        startSourceRankPercentile:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
          description: Min source rank percentile (0=most important). Default 0.
        endSourceRankPercentile:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
          description: Max source rank percentile. Default 100.
        ignoreKeyword:
          type: string
          description: Exclude articles/events mentioning these keywords (comma-separated).
        ignoreConceptUri:
          type: string
          description: Exclude by concept URI(s) (comma-separated).
        ignoreCategoryUri:
          type: string
          description: Exclude by category URI(s) (comma-separated).
        ignoreSourceUri:
          type: string
          description: Exclude by source URI(s) (comma-separated).
        ignoreSourceLocationUri:
          type: string
          description: Exclude by source location URI(s) (comma-separated).
        ignoreAuthorUri:
          type: string
          description: Exclude by author URI(s) (comma-separated).
        ignoreLocationUri:
          type: string
          description: Exclude by location URI(s) (comma-separated).
        ignoreLang:
          type: string
          description: Exclude by language code(s) (comma-separated).
        sourceGroupUri:
          type: string
          description: Filter by source group URI(s) (comma-separated).
        conceptOper:
          type: string
          enum:
          - and
          - or
          description: Boolean operator for multiple concepts. Default "and".
        categoryOper:
          type: string
          enum:
          - and
          - or
          description: Boolean operator for multiple categories. Default "or".
        dateMentionStart:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Articles mentioning dates >= this (YYYY-MM-DD).
        dateMentionEnd:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Articles mentioning dates <= this (YYYY-MM-DD).
        isDuplicateFilter:
          type: string
          enum:
          - keepAll
          - skipDuplicates
          - keepOnlyDuplicates
          description: Duplicate handling strategy. Default "keepAll". Use "skipDuplicates" to remove wire syndication noise.
        query:
          description: Advanced Query Language object for complex boolean logic. Overrides simple filter params.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apiKey
      description: 'API key obtained from newsapi.ai/register. Include as a field in the JSON POST body or as a query parameter named apiKey.

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externalDocs:
  description: Official API Documentation
  url: https://newsapi.ai/documentation