Reuters Search API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Reuters Connect Authentication Search API
  description: Reuters Connect Web Services is the professional content delivery platform providing REST API access to news, images, video, and data from Reuters and partner content sources. The API enables searching and retrieving editorial content with great specificity and speed, powering over 100 customer applications and internal systems. Content is organized into channels by category (text, images, video, graphics) and items can be retrieved individually or searched by keyword within channels.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Reuters API Support
    url: https://www.reutersconnect.com/contact
    email: api.support@thomsonreuters.com
  license:
    name: Reuters Terms of Use
    url: https://www.reuters.com/info-pages/terms-of-use/
  termsOfService: https://www.reuters.com/info-pages/terms-of-use/
servers:
- url: https://rmb.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml
  description: Reuters Connect Content Delivery Server
- url: https://commerce.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml
  description: Reuters Connect Authentication Server
security:
- tokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Search for content items across channels using keyword queries. Search supports filtering by headline, channel, date range, and other metadata fields.
paths:
  /search:
    get:
      operationId: searchItems
      summary: Search for Content Items
      description: Searches for content items matching specified criteria across one or more channels. Supports keyword queries against item headlines and content, with optional filtering by channel, date range, and media type. The search query syntax supports field-specific searches using the format field:value (e.g., headline:election).
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/token'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchQuery'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/channelOptional'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/dateRange'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/mediaType'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sortOrder'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results matching the specified criteria.
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  parameters:
    searchQuery:
      name: q
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Search query string. Supports field-specific searches using the format field:value (e.g., headline:election, body:markets). Multiple terms can be combined.
      schema:
        type: string
      examples:
        headlineSearch:
          value: headline:election
          summary: Search for items with election in the headline.
    mediaType:
      name: mediaType
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Filter results by media type to restrict to specific content formats.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - TEXT
        - PICTURE
        - VIDEO
        - GRAPHIC
        - COMPOSITE
    channelOptional:
      name: channel
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Optional channel alias to restrict search results to a specific channel.
      schema:
        type: string
    token:
      name: token
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Authorization token obtained from the /login endpoint.
      schema:
        type: string
    dateRange:
      name: dateRange
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Filter results by date range. Specify a date range to restrict results to items published within that period.
      schema:
        type: string
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Maximum number of items to return in the response.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 500
        default: 25
    sortOrder:
      name: sort
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Sort order for search results.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - date
        - relevance
        default: date
  schemas:
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing search results with matching content items.
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          description: Array of items matching the search criteria.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemSummary'
        totalResults:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of items matching the search criteria.
        query:
          type: string
          description: The search query that was executed.
      xml:
        name: searchResults
    ItemSummary:
      type: object
      description: A summary representation of a content item, containing key metadata without the full content body.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for the item, typically in URN or tag URI format.
        guid:
          type: string
          description: A globally unique identifier for the item regardless of version.
        version:
          type: string
          description: The version number of this item revision.
        headline:
          type: string
          description: The headline or title of the content item.
        dateCreated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date and time when the item was originally created.
        dateModified:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date and time when the item was last modified.
        channel:
          type: string
          description: The alias of the channel this item belongs to.
        mediaType:
          type: string
          description: The media type of the content (TEXT, PICTURE, VIDEO, GRAPHIC).
          enum:
          - TEXT
          - PICTURE
          - VIDEO
          - GRAPHIC
          - COMPOSITE
        slug:
          type: string
          description: A short keyword slug summarizing the item topic.
      xml:
        name: item
    Error:
      type: object
      description: An error response from the Reuters Connect API.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: A machine-readable error code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message describing the issue.
      xml:
        name: error
  responses:
    InternalServerError:
      description: An internal server error occurred. Try the request again later or contact Reuters API support.
      content:
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed. The token is missing, expired, or invalid. Obtain a new token from the /login endpoint.
      content:
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed or contains invalid parameters. Check the query parameters and try again.
      content:
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Forbidden:
      description: Access denied. Your subscription does not include access to the requested resource or channel.
      content:
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    tokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: token
      description: Authorization token obtained from the /login endpoint. Must be included as a query parameter in all content API requests.