Twitter/X News API

Endpoint for retrieving news stories

OpenAPI Specification

twitter-x-news-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  description: X API v2 available endpoints
  version: '2.166'
  title: X API v2 Account Activity News API
  termsOfService: https://developer.x.com/en/developer-terms/agreement-and-policy.html
  contact:
    name: X Developers
    url: https://developer.x.com/
  license:
    name: X Developer Agreement and Policy
    url: https://developer.x.com/en/developer-terms/agreement-and-policy.html
servers:
- description: X API
  url: https://api.x.com
tags:
- name: News
  description: Endpoint for retrieving news stories
  externalDocs:
    description: Find out more
    url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/news
paths:
  /2/news/search:
    get:
      security:
      - BearerToken: []
      - OAuth2UserToken:
        - tweet.read
        - users.read
      tags:
      - News
      summary: Search News
      description: Retrieves a list of News stories matching the specified search query.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.x.com/x-api/news/introduction
      operationId: searchNews
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        description: The search query.
        required: true
        example: crypto
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 2048
          example: crypto
        style: form
      - name: max_results
        in: query
        description: The number of results to return.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          format: int32
          default: 10
        style: form
      - name: max_age_hours
        in: query
        description: The maximum age of the News story to search for.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 720
          format: int32
          default: 168
        style: form
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NewsFieldsParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Get2NewsSearchResponse'
        default:
          description: The request has failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
  /2/news/{id}:
    get:
      security:
      - BearerToken: []
      - OAuth2UserToken:
        - tweet.read
        - users.read
      - UserToken: []
      tags:
      - News
      summary: Get news stories by ID
      description: Retrieves news story by its ID.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.x.com/x-api/news/introduction
      operationId: getNews
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        description: The ID of the news story.
        required: true
        example: '119929381293'
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsId'
        style: simple
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NewsFieldsParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Get2NewsIdResponse'
        default:
          description: The request has failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
components:
  schemas:
    Get2NewsIdResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/News'
        errors:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    Get2NewsSearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/News'
        errors:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            result_count:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResultCount'
    Problem:
      type: object
      description: An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).
      required:
      - type
      - title
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
      discriminator:
        propertyName: type
        mapping:
          about:blank: '#/components/schemas/GenericProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/client-disconnected: '#/components/schemas/ClientDisconnectedProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/client-forbidden: '#/components/schemas/ClientForbiddenProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/conflict: '#/components/schemas/ConflictProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/disallowed-resource: '#/components/schemas/DisallowedResourceProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/duplicate-rules: '#/components/schemas/DuplicateRuleProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/invalid-request: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/invalid-rules: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRuleProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/noncompliant-rules: '#/components/schemas/NonCompliantRulesProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/not-authorized-for-field: '#/components/schemas/FieldUnauthorizedProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/not-authorized-for-resource: '#/components/schemas/ResourceUnauthorizedProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/operational-disconnect: '#/components/schemas/OperationalDisconnectProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/resource-not-found: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/resource-unavailable: '#/components/schemas/ResourceUnavailableProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/rule-cap: '#/components/schemas/RulesCapProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/streaming-connection: '#/components/schemas/ConnectionExceptionProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/unsupported-authentication: '#/components/schemas/UnsupportedAuthenticationProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/usage-capped: '#/components/schemas/UsageCapExceededProblem'
    NewsId:
      type: string
      description: Unique identifier of news story.
      pattern: ^[0-9]{1,19}$
      example: '2244994945'
    TweetId:
      type: string
      description: Unique identifier of this Tweet. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers.
      pattern: ^[0-9]{1,19}$
      example: '1346889436626259968'
    ResultCount:
      type: integer
      description: The number of results returned in this response.
      format: int32
    News:
      type: object
      description: An AI generated news story.
      required:
      - rest_id
      properties:
        category:
          type: string
          description: The news category.
        cluster_posts_results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              post_id:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TweetId'
        contexts:
          type: object
          properties:
            entities:
              type: object
              properties:
                events:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                organizations:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                people:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                places:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                products:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
            finance:
              type: object
              properties:
                tickers:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
            sports:
              type: object
              properties:
                teams:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
            topics:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
        disclaimer:
          type: string
        hook:
          type: string
          description: The news hook.
        keywords:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        last_updated_at_ms:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2025-7-14T04:35:55Z'
        name:
          type: string
          description: The headline.
        rest_id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsId'
        summary:
          type: string
          description: The news summary.
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
  parameters:
    NewsFieldsParameter:
      name: news.fields
      in: query
      description: A comma separated list of News fields to display.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: array
        description: The fields available for a News object.
        minItems: 1
        uniqueItems: true
        items:
          type: string
          enum:
          - category
          - cluster_posts_results
          - contexts
          - disclaimer
          - hook
          - id
          - keywords
          - name
          - summary
          - updated_at
        example:
        - category
        - cluster_posts_results
        - contexts
        - disclaimer
        - hook
        - id
        - keywords
        - name
        - summary
        - updated_at
      explode: false
      style: form
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
    OAuth2UserToken:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            block.read: View accounts you have blocked.
            bookmark.read: Read your bookmarked Posts.
            bookmark.write: Create and delete your bookmarks.
            dm.read: Read all your Direct Messages.
            dm.write: Send and manage your Direct Messages.
            follows.read: View accounts you follow and accounts following you.
            follows.write: Follow and unfollow accounts on your behalf.
            like.read: View Posts you have liked and likes you can see.
            like.write: Like and unlike Posts on your behalf.
            list.read: View Lists, members, and followers of Lists you created or are a member of, including private Lists.
            list.write: Create and manage Lists on your behalf.
            media.write: Upload media, such as photos and videos, on your behalf.
            mute.read: View accounts you have muted.
            mute.write: Mute and unmute accounts on your behalf.
            offline.access: Request a refresh token for the app.
            space.read: View all Spaces you have access to.
            timeline.read: View all Custom Timelines you can see, including public Custom Timelines from other developers.
            tweet.moderate.write: Hide and unhide replies to your Posts.
            tweet.read: View all Posts you can see, including those from protected accounts.
            tweet.write: Post and repost on your behalf.
            users.read: View any account you can see, including protected accounts.
    UserToken:
      type: http
      scheme: OAuth