NewsAPI
Aggregates news articles and headlines from 150,000+ sources worldwide via a simple REST API.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
HTTPS enforced; API key has no scopes or granular permissions; key passed as query param risks logging exposure
⚡ Reliability
Best When
Building news aggregation features that need broad source coverage with simple keyword or category filtering.
Avoid When
You need full article body text, real-time feeds, or high request volume without a paid plan.
Use Cases
- • Fetching top headlines by country or category
- • Searching news articles by keyword or topic
- • Monitoring specific news sources
- • News aggregation and curation apps
- • Media monitoring and alerting
Not For
- • Production apps on free developer plan (100 req/day limit)
- • Real-time breaking news (articles delayed on free tier)
- • Full article text (returns description/snippet only, not full content)
Interface
Authentication
Single API key passed as query parameter or Authorization header
Pricing
Developer plan is explicitly prohibited for production use; articles on free tier are delayed up to 24 hours
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Free tier 100 req/day exhausted quickly by agents in loops
- ⚠ Full article text not returned; agents get truncated descriptions only
- ⚠ Developer plan prohibited for production; agents must flag this for deployment
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.