# TheNewsAPI

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/thenewsapi/  
**Website:** https://www.thenewsapi.com  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Global news aggregation REST API providing real-time and historical news articles from thousands of sources with filtering by category, language, country, and search. Indexes over 1 million new articles per week from 40,000+ sources across 50+ countries and 35+ languages.

## Kin Score — 35.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 70.4 |
| Contract Quality | 58.0 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 15.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 49.5 (agent-native)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | verified |
| 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 (2)

- **TheNewsAPI news API** — News article retrieval and search
- **TheNewsAPI sources API** — News source discovery

## Agentic access (1)

- **Thenewsapi Agentic Access** — 6 operations

## Security (2)

- **Thenewsapi Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Thenewsapi Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

News, Articles, Headlines, Media, Aggregation, Real-Time

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