The News API Article is a JSON Structure definition published by The News API.
{
"name": "The News API Article",
"description": "Structure of a news article as returned by The News API.",
"fields": [
{ "name": "uuid", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Unique article identifier (UUID format)." },
{ "name": "title", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Article headline." },
{ "name": "description", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Short summary of the article." },
{ "name": "keywords", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Comma-separated keywords." },
{ "name": "snippet", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Short text excerpt from the article." },
{ "name": "url", "type": "string (uri)", "required": true, "description": "Link to the full article." },
{ "name": "image_url", "type": "string (uri) | null", "required": false, "description": "Featured image URL." },
{ "name": "language", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "ISO 639-1 language code (e.g., en)." },
{ "name": "published_at", "type": "string (date-time)", "required": true, "description": "UTC publication timestamp." },
{ "name": "source", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Publishing domain (e.g., cnn.com)." },
{
"name": "categories",
"type": "array<string>",
"required": false,
"description": "Categories: general, business, sports, tech, science, health, entertainment, politics, food, travel."
},
{ "name": "locale", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Country code (e.g., us, gb)." },
{ "name": "relevance_score", "type": "number | null", "required": false, "description": "Search relevance score." },
{
"name": "similar",
"type": "array<Article>",
"required": false,
"description": "Similar articles (headlines endpoint only)."
}
]
}