# Reuters

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/reuters/  
**Website:** https://www.reuters.com  
**APIs profiled:** 4

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.

## Kin Score — 44.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 44.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 75.2 |
| Governance | 69.7 |
| Contract Governance | 69.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 15.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 31.6 |
| Access Clarity | 31.6 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Reuters Agentic Access** — 5 operations · 1 acting

## Security (3)

- **Reuters Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Reuters Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Reuters Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt

## Plans (1)

- **Reuters Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Business, Finance, Journalism, Media, News, Wire Service

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/reuters/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.