A search news API for repeatable article discovery.
Begin with a single topic or entity. Add regional or recent coverage constraints when useful, choose a depth of no more than five pages, and receive the dataset item directly from the synchronous endpoint.
Results preserve their returned order. Optional snippets and thumbnail URLs remain null when they are unavailable, and a completed search can return an empty results array.
Know which article fields can be returned.
Each successful run stores one dataset item. The query is always present, submitted controls are echoed, and optional article fields remain null when unavailable.
| Fields | Purpose | Availability |
|---|---|---|
query, country, time, pages | Submitted query and the requested search controls | Query always; optional controls when submitted |
results[].position | One based article position in the returned set | Every returned article |
results[].title, results[].url | Article headline and absolute destination URL | Every returned article |
results[].source, results[].published | Publisher and relative publication time | Every returned article |
results[].snippet | Available article summary | String or null |
results[].thumbnail | Available article image URL | Absolute URL or null |
Build against a predictable news result.
This representative response shows every documented article field. Real headlines, publishers, result counts, snippets, and images depend on the submitted query and available coverage.
[
{
"query": "OpenAI product announcements",
"country": "us",
"time": "week",
"pages": 1,
"results": [
{
"position": 1,
"title": "OpenAI announces new platform features",
"url": "https://example.com/news/openai-platform-features",
"source": "Example News",
"published": "3 hours ago",
"snippet": "The company introduced new platform capabilities for developers and businesses.",
"thumbnail": "https://example.com/images/openai-platform.jpg"
},
{
"position": 2,
"title": "Developers respond to the latest OpenAI release",
"url": "https://example.org/technology/openai-release",
"source": "Example Technology",
"published": "1 day ago",
"snippet": "Early users shared how the release could change existing AI workflows.",
"thumbnail": null
}
]
}
]Search news API versus browser research and full extraction.
Use the free tool for one focused negative news check, this API for repeatable article discovery, or a separate extractor when you need the complete text of selected pages.
| Option | Starting input | Access | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free negative news search | One company, person, or topic | No account required | A quick browser based risk research check |
| Curly Search News API | One news query and up to five pages | Apify API token | Applications, research products, datasets, and automation |
| General web search API | One web query | Apify API token | Ranked web pages, sitelinks, and related searches |
| Full article extraction | Known article URLs | Separate workflow | Page content after relevant sources are selected |
Move from a focused test to recurring news retrieval.
Test one negative news research query in the browser, then connect Apify for general news searches, larger page depth, schedules, webhooks, integrations, and reusable datasets.
- Run a free negative news search
Review one focused browser result before creating an integration.
- Open the News Scraper API on Apify
Create a token, run general news queries, schedule retrieval, or connect the dataset.
- Need general web results instead?
Use the AI Web Search API for ranked pages, domains, sitelinks, and related searches beyond focused news coverage.