# The News API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/the-news-api/  
**Website:** https://www.thenewsapi.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

The News API provides free access to search worldwide news and top stories from over 40,000 sources in 50 countries. Access live and historical news articles with advanced filtering by keyword, category, language, country, domain, and date. The API supports boolean search operators, pagination, and returns structured article data including headlines, descriptions, images, and category classifications.

## Kin Score — 38.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 60.8 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| 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 | na |

## Access

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

## APIs (6)

- **The News API All News API** — Full historical and live article database search.
- **The News API Articles API** — Retrieve specific articles by UUID.
- **The News API Headlines API** — Latest headlines organized by category.
- **The News API Similar News API** — Articles similar to a given article.
- **The News API Sources API** — Available news sources and their metadata.
- **The News API Top Stories API** — Top stories filtered by keyword, category, and date.

## Agentic access (1)

- **The News Api Agentic Access** — 6 operations

## Security (2)

- **The News Api Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **The News Api Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC

## Plans (1)

- **The News Api Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Articles, Headlines, News, Media, Search, International

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