Press Monitor Global News Search API

Onboarding Instructions

The Press Monitor Global News Search API provides real-time, multilingual access to global news content, including headlines, briefs, full-text articles, enriched metadata, translations, and AI-powered executive summaries. Designed for developers, data scientists, compliance teams, and media intelligence platforms, this API supports structured search, pagination, filtering by language/country, and AI-ready JSON responses for seamless integration into analytics, dashboards, and automation workflows.

Base URL & OpenAPI Schema

Base Endpoint:

https://api.pressmonitor.com/news/v1

OpenAPI Schema: Download Schema

Authentication

All endpoints require Bearer Token authentication:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN

Each request deducts credits based on content type (headlines, briefs, full-text, metadata). Credits and request IDs are returned in responses for usage tracking.

Rate Limits

Default: 60 requests/minute
Burst: 100 requests/30 seconds
Higher limits: Contact support for enterprise plans

Core Endpoints

/news-headlines – Headlines with titles, URLs, sources, and images
/news-briefs – Short summaries with links and metadata
/news-fulltext – Complete articles with body text and publication details
/news-fulltext-metadata – Full text with entities, subject codes, Wikidata IDs
/executive-summary – AI-powered summaries of multiple articles
Add -translated suffix for machine-translated output in lang_code

Common Query Parameters

query_text → (Required) Search keywords or phrases
country_code → (Required) ISO-2 country code (e.g., US, CA)
lang_code → (Optional) Language code (e.g., en, fr)
count → (Optional) Number of results (default: 20)
sort → (Optional) latest (default) or relevance

Example Requests

Headlines Search

curl -i -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" "https://api.pressmonitor.com/news/v1/news-headlines?query_text=tariffs&lang_code=en&sort=latest"

News Briefs Search

curl -i -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" "https://api.pressmonitor.com/news/v1/news-briefs?query_text=tariffs&lang_code=en&country_code=US&sort=latest"

Full Text

curl -i -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" "https://api.pressmonitor.com/news/v1/news-fulltext?query_text=economy&lang_code=en&country_code=US&sort=latest"