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Currents API

Latest news REST API aggregating real-time global news from 120,000+ sources worldwide with search, language filtering, category filtering, topic-based queries, and regional coverage across 70+ countries in 20+ languages.

Currents API publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: endpoint API. Tagged areas include News, Media, Search, REST, and Real-Time.

The Currents API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Currents API’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 8 more developer resources.

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39.0/100 thin ▼ -5.6 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
NewsMediaSearchRESTReal-Time

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 39.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 8.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Currents API endpoint API

Currents API Endpoint

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Currentsapi Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Currentsapi Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Currentsapi Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Currents API API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

News

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Results

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Available Categories

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Available Languages

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Latest News Response

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Search Response

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Currentsapi Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Currentsapi Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Currentsapi Agentic Access

5 operations

5 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: currentsapi
name: Currents API
description: Latest news REST API aggregating real-time global news from 120,000+ sources worldwide with search, language
  filtering, category filtering, topic-based queries, and regional coverage across 70+ countries in 20+ languages.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/currentsapi.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/currentsapi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- News
- Media
- Search
- REST
- Real-Time
apis:
- aid: currentsapi:currentsapi-endpoint-api
  name: Currents API endpoint API
  description: Currents API Endpoint
  humanURL: https://currentsapi.services/en
  baseURL: https://api.currentsapi.services/v1
  tags:
  - endpoint
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/currentsapi-endpoint-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://currentsapi.services/en/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://currentsapi.services/en/docs/authentication
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://currentsapi.services/en/docs/ratelimit
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://currentsapi.services/en/product/price
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/currentsapi-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/currentsapi-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/currentsapi-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://currentsapi.services/en
- type: Documentation
  url: https://currentsapi.services/en/docs/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/currentslab
- type: Blog
  url: https://currentslab.github.io
- type: Pricing
  url: https://currentsapi.services/en/product/price
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://currentsapi.services/en/status
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/currentsapi/refs/heads/main/plans/currentsapi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/currentsapi/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/currentsapi-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/currentsapi/refs/heads/main/finops/currentsapi-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com