Factiva

Factiva is a business information and research tool from Dow Jones that provides access to global news, company information, and market data from thousands of sources.

Factiva publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Snapshots API, Streams API, Extractions API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Business Intelligence, Content Aggregation, Market Data, Media Monitoring, and News.

Factiva’s developer surface includes developer portal, signup flow, getting-started guide, authentication, documentation, support, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

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38.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

8 APIs

Business IntelligenceContent AggregationMarket DataMedia MonitoringNewsResearch

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 38.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 8

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Factiva Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Signup

Signup

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanCollection

PostmanCollection

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

name: Factiva
description: Factiva is a business information and research tool from Dow Jones that provides access to global news, company
  information, and market data from thousands of sources.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
url: https://www.dowjones.com/professional/factiva/
created: '2024'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Business Intelligence
- Content Aggregation
- Market Data
- Media Monitoring
- News
- Research
apis:
- name: Factiva Snapshots API
  description: Provides programmatic access to create, retrieve, and manage news snapshots based on search queries and filters.
    Supports analytics explain jobs and time series operations for volume estimation and trend analysis over Factiva content.
  image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
  humanURL: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/factiva_snapshots/index.gsp
  baseURL: https://api.dowjones.com/factiva/snapshots/v1
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - News
  - Search
  - Snapshots
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/factiva_snapshots/index.gsp
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.dowjones.com/professional/factiva/pricing/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/documentation/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
  - type: Client Libraries
    url: https://github.com/dowjones/factiva-news-python
  contact:
  - FN: Dow Jones Developer Support
    email: api.support@dowjones.com
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
- name: Factiva Streams API
  description: Real-time streaming API that delivers continuous feeds of news content matching specified criteria and filters.
    Supports creating and managing stream subscriptions with listener methods for pushing content to downstream systems in
    high-availability setups.
  image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
  humanURL: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/factiva_streams/index.gsp
  baseURL: https://api.dowjones.com/factiva/streams/v1
  tags:
  - News Feed
  - Real-Time
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/factiva_streams/index.gsp
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.dowjones.com/professional/factiva/pricing/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/documentation/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
  - type: Client Libraries
    url: https://github.com/dowjones/factiva-news-python
  contact:
  - FN: Dow Jones Developer Support
    email: api.support@dowjones.com
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
- name: Factiva Extractions API
  description: Enables large-scale extraction of historical news articles and content based on complex queries and date ranges.
    After job validation, a Snapshot ID is provided along with a list of files to download for offline analysis.
  image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
  humanURL: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/factiva_extractions/index.gsp
  baseURL: https://api.dowjones.com/factiva/extractions/v1
  tags:
  - Bulk Data
  - Extractions
  - Historical Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/factiva_extractions/index.gsp
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.dowjones.com/professional/factiva/pricing/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/documentation/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
  - type: Client Libraries
    url: https://github.com/dowjones/factiva-news-python
  contact:
  - FN: Dow Jones Developer Support
    email: api.support@dowjones.com
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
- name: Factiva Analytics API
  description: Provides access to aggregated analytics, trends, and insights derived from Factiva's news and content database.
    Supports volume estimation, explain jobs, and time series analysis for understanding news coverage patterns.
  image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
  humanURL: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/factiva_analytics/index.gsp
  baseURL: https://api.dowjones.com/factiva/analytics/v1
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Insights
  - Trends
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/factiva_analytics/index.gsp
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.dowjones.com/professional/factiva/pricing/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/documentation/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
  - type: Client Libraries
    url: https://github.com/dowjones/factiva-analytics-python
  contact:
  - FN: Dow Jones Developer Support
    email: api.support@dowjones.com
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
- name: Factiva DJID Taxonomy API
  description: Explores the taxonomy of the Factiva databases using Dow Jones Intelligent Identifiers (DJID). Provides access
    to approximately 350,000 taxonomy codes covering industries, regions, news subjects, companies, and organizations used
    to classify Factiva content.
  image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
  humanURL: https://dowjones.developerprogram.org/site/docs/factiva_apis/factiva_djid_taxonomy_api/index.gsp
  baseURL: https://api.dowjones.com
  tags:
  - Classification
  - Metadata
  - Reference Data
  - Taxonomy
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dowjones.developerprogram.org/site/docs/factiva_apis/factiva_djid_taxonomy_api/index.gsp
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/documentation/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
  - type: Client Libraries
    url: https://github.com/dowjones/factiva-analytics-python
  contact:
  - FN: Dow Jones Developer Support
    email: api.support@dowjones.com
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
- name: Factiva Code API
  description: Enables retrieval of codes necessary to search for companies, currencies, exchanges, locations, industries,
    instruments, and news subjects within Factiva. Each data item is identified by a unique Factiva Code and supports lookups
    by Dow Jones Ticker, CUSIP, DUNS, and ISIN identifiers.
  image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
  humanURL: https://dowjones.developerprogram.org/site/docs/factiva_apis/factiva_code_api/index.gsp
  baseURL: https://api.dowjones.com
  tags:
  - Codes
  - Companies
  - Identifiers
  - Reference Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dowjones.developerprogram.org/site/docs/factiva_apis/factiva_code_api/index.gsp
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/documentation/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
  contact:
  - FN: Dow Jones Developer Support
    email: api.support@dowjones.com
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
- name: Factiva Retrieval API
  description: Provides retrieval functionality that returns licensed news articles as part of trusted data sources in a retrieval-augmented
    generation (RAG) stack. Designed for enterprise customers building chatbots, research tools, and other AI applications
    using copyright-compliant Factiva content.
  image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
  humanURL: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/factiva-developer/collection/7qbhcvz/factiva-retrieval-api
  baseURL: https://api.dowjones.com
  tags:
  - AI
  - Content
  - RAG
  - Retrieval
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/factiva-developer/collection/7qbhcvz/factiva-retrieval-api
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/dowjones/factiva-retrievalapi-demo
  contact:
  - FN: Dow Jones Developer Support
    email: api.support@dowjones.com
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
- name: Factiva Market Data API
  description: Retrieves real-time quotes, delayed quotes, and time series market data for US, Canadian, and global companies.
    Supports lookups by Dow Jones Ticker, Factiva Code, CUSIP, DUNS, or ISIN to retrieve market fundamentals such as revenue,
    earnings, assets, liabilities, and growth.
  image: https://www.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/03/factiva-logo.png
  humanURL: https://developer.dowjones.com
  baseURL: https://api.dowjones.com
  tags:
  - Financials
  - Market Data
  - Quotes
  - Time Series
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
  contact:
  - FN: Dow Jones Developer Support
    email: api.support@dowjones.com
    url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/factiva-domain-security.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.dowjones.com
- type: Signup
  url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/register/index.gsp
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/collection/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developer.dowjones.com/site/global/apis/authentication/index.gsp
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/documentation/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
- type: PostmanCollection
  url: https://www.postman.com/dj-cse/dow-jones-apis/documentation/l9tpql6/factiva-apis
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.dowjones.com/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.dowjones.com/privacy-policy/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.dowjones.com
- type: Support
  url: https://developer.dowjones.com/support
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dowjones.com/professional/factiva/
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/dowjones
- url: https://medium.com/feed/dowjones
  type: BlogRSS
  description: Discovered RSS/Atom feed for https://medium.com/dowjones
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dowjones
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/dowjones/developer-platform
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/dowjones/factiva-news-python
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dow-jones
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/DowJones
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Factiva

Kin Score

APIs 8

Factiva Snapshots API

Factiva Streams API

Factiva Extractions API

Factiva Analytics API

Factiva DJID Taxonomy API

Factiva Code API

Factiva Retrieval API

Factiva Market Data API

Pricing Plans 1

Factiva Plans Pricing