Reuters

Global news organization providing breaking news, business, financial, and multimedia content through wire services, digital platforms, and content APIs serving media organizations worldwide. Reuters Connect Web Services provides a professional REST API for searching and retrieving editorial content including text, images, video, and graphics.

Reuters publishes 4 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Channels API, Items API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Business, Finance, Journalism, Media, and News.

The Reuters catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Reuters’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, support, and 15 more developer resources.

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36.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Heartbeat 50/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 36.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 2.3 / 15

Access Clarity 3.6 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 4.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.3 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 15.5 — up to +16.9 composite points
Access Clarity scores 23.7 — up to +15.3 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 21.1 — up to +10.3 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Film & Media Identifiers (EIDR, ISAN, MovieLabs, DPP)	standard	17.2 (thin)	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 4

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

Reuters Authentication API

Authenticate with Reuters Connect to obtain an authorization token. Tokens are required for all content API calls and should be cached and renewed periodically.

Reuters Channels API

Retrieve available content channels within your subscription. Channels are organized by category including text (TXT), images (PIX), video (VID), and graphics (GFX).

Reuters Items API

Retrieve content items from specific channels. Items represent individual pieces of editorial content such as news stories, images, video clips, or graphics.

Reuters Search API

Search for content items across channels using keyword queries. Search supports filtering by headline, channel, date range, and other metadata fields.

Open Collections 5

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

Reuters Connect Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reuters Connect Authentication Channels API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reuters Connect API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reuters Connect Authentication Items API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reuters Connect Authentication Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reuters API pricing

Not yet checked against Reuters's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Reuters's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Reuters Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Reuters Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Reuters

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Reuters Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Reuters Context

28 classes · 20 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Reuters — connect api rules

8 rules · 2 errors 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Reuters — jsonschema rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 4

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

Reuters Connect Channel

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Reuters Connect Content Item

17 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Reuters Connect Rendition

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Reuters Connect Search Result

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Reuters Connect Api Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Reuters Authenticate Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Reuters List Channels Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Reuters Search Items Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

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

Reuters Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Reuters Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Reuters Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Reuters Agentic Access

5 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: reuters
name: Reuters
description: Global news organization providing breaking news, business, financial, and multimedia content through wire services,
  digital platforms, and content APIs serving media organizations worldwide. Reuters Connect Web Services provides a professional
  REST API for searching and retrieving editorial content including text, images, video, and graphics.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/reuters.png
tags:
- Business
- Finance
- Journalism
- Media
- News
- Wire Service
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: reuters:reuters-authentication-api
  name: Reuters Authentication API
  description: Authenticate with Reuters Connect to obtain an authorization token. Tokens are required for all content API
    calls and should be cached and renewed periodically.
  humanURL: https://www.reutersconnect.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/reuters-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/authentication
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-schema/reuters-channel-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-schema/reuters-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-ld/reuters-context.jsonld
- aid: reuters:reuters-channels-api
  name: Reuters Channels API
  description: Retrieve available content channels within your subscription. Channels are organized by category including
    text (TXT), images (PIX), video (VID), and graphics (GFX).
  humanURL: https://www.reutersconnect.com
  tags:
  - Channels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/reuters-channels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/authentication
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-schema/reuters-channel-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-schema/reuters-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-ld/reuters-context.jsonld
- aid: reuters:reuters-items-api
  name: Reuters Items API
  description: Retrieve content items from specific channels. Items represent individual pieces of editorial content such
    as news stories, images, video clips, or graphics.
  humanURL: https://www.reutersconnect.com
  tags:
  - Item
  tags_raw:
  - Items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/reuters-items-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/authentication
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-schema/reuters-channel-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-schema/reuters-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-ld/reuters-context.jsonld
- aid: reuters:reuters-search-api
  name: Reuters Search API
  description: Search for content items across channels using keyword queries. Search supports filtering by headline, channel,
    date range, and other metadata fields.
  humanURL: https://www.reutersconnect.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/reuters-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/authentication
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-schema/reuters-channel-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-schema/reuters-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/json-ld/reuters-context.jsonld
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/reuters-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/reuters-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/reuters-finops.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/reuters-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/reuters-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/reuters-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/reuters-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reuters2
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/docs
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developers.reutersconnect.com/authentication
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/tr-labs-ml-engineering-blog
- url: https://medium.com/feed/tr-labs-ml-engineering-blog
  type: BlogRSS
  description: Discovered RSS/Atom feed for https://medium.com/tr-labs-ml-engineering-blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.reuters.com/info-pages/contact-us/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.reuters.com/info-pages/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/privacy-statement.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ReutersMedia
- type: Website
  url: https://www.reuters.com
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/openapi/reuters-connect-api-openapi.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reuters/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/reuters-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Reuters API — frequently asked questions

Does Reuters have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 4 APIs from Reuters, including Reuters Authentication API, Reuters Channels API and Reuters Items API, and 1 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Reuters API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 4 OpenAPI specifications for Reuters, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Reuters API?

Reuters uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Reuters Authentication.

How much does the Reuters API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Reuters, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Reuters API ready for AI agents?

Reuters has a Kin Score of 36.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 22.4 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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