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GNews

A REST News API to search current and historical articles and retrieve trending news in over 22 languages across 30 countries from 60,000+ sources.

GNews publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Headlines API and Search API. Tagged areas include Articles, Headlines, News, and Search.

GNews’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, pricing, and 5 more developer resources.

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38.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
ArticlesHeadlinesNewsSearch

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 38.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 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 2

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

GNews Headlines API

The Headlines API from GNews — 1 operation(s) for headlines.

GNews Search API

The Search API from GNews — 1 operation(s) for search.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

GNews API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Gnews Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Gnews Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Gnews Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Gnews Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Gnews Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Gnews Agentic Access

2 operations

2 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: gnews
name: GNews
description: A REST News API to search current and historical articles and retrieve trending news in over 22 languages across
  30 countries from 60,000+ sources.
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
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/gnews.png
tags:
- Articles
- Headlines
- News
- Search
created: '2025-02-09'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gnews/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: gnews:gnews-headlines-api
  name: GNews Headlines API
  description: The Headlines API from GNews — 1 operation(s) for headlines.
  humanURL: https://gnews.io/
  baseURL: https://gnews.io/api/v4
  tags:
  - Headlines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gnews-headlines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.gnews.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.gnews.io/#introduction
- aid: gnews:gnews-search-api
  name: GNews Search API
  description: The Search API from GNews — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://gnews.io/
  baseURL: https://gnews.io/api/v4
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gnews-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.gnews.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.gnews.io/#introduction
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/gnews-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gnews-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/gnews-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gnews
- type: Website
  url: https://gnews.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.gnews.io/
- type: Signup
  url: https://gnews.io/#register
- type: Pricing
  url: https://gnews.io/#pricing
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://gnews.io/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com