GNews

GNews — free tier with API key

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GNews exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

0HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 0 · dead
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Uptime history
0.0%90 days
0.0%30 days
P50 · ms
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operationalpartialdownno data
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/search?q=Apple&lang=en&apikey=API_KEY

{
  "errors": [
    "You did not provide an API key."
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://gnews.io/api/v4/search?q=Apple&lang=en&apikey=API_KEY"
const res = await fetch("https://gnews.io/api/v4/search?q=Apple&lang=en&apikey=API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://gnews.io/api/v4/search?q=Apple&lang=en&apikey=API_KEY")
print(res.json())

THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN

Endpoints · 6DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /api/v4/search?q=Apple&lang=en&apikey=API_KEY no longer responds reliably
GET/api/v4/search?q=Apple&lang=en&apikey=API_KEYPROBED

GNews — free tier with API key

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/api/v4/search?limit=5

Search by query parameters.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

GNews: common questions

Is GNews free to use?

Yes — GNews is a free open data API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does GNews need an API key?

Yes — GNews needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call GNews from the browser?

Yes — GNews returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is GNews up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, GNews is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.