NewsAPI

Authentication

Authentication is handled with a simple API key.

They're free while you are in development, and you can get one here:

Get API key

You can attach your API key to a request in one of three ways:

  • Via the apiKey querystring parameter.
  • Via the X-Api-Key HTTP header.
  • Via the Authorization HTTP header. Including Bearer is optional, and be sure not to base 64 encode it like you may have seen in other authentication tutorials.

We strongly recommend the either of last two so that your API key isn't visible to others in logs or via request sniffing.

If you don't append your API key correctly, or your API key is invalid, you will receive a 401 - Unauthorized HTTP error.

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Via querystring
GET https://newsapi.org/v2/everything?q=keyword&apiKey=API_KEY
Via X-Api-Key HTTP header
X-Api-Key: API_KEY
Via Authorization HTTP header
Authorization: API_KEY