News API

getNews

The getNews API returns news headlines, articles and related photos based upon news sources, category, sub-category and/or keyword. With this API you can access breaking news, company press releases and global financial market coverage. News sources include Associated Press, Canadian Press, PR Newswire, Business Wire, and Dow Jones.

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Inputs

sources^optional

The news feed code.

Type

list-enum (A comma or semi-colon delimited string that must match a list of valid possible values.)

Example

AP,IF

Valid Values

AP, APAI, BC, CP, CNW, CRB, CMTX, CMTX:PCS, CMTX:PCC, CMTX:SEC, IF, USDA, PRNW, ZACKS, BRUG, AGFAX, AGWEB, SETZ, SPC, NASS, ESTMZ, DVND, LME-WHS, DLFRX, GLDRPT, COT, MAX, CMDTY_AGLITE, CMDTY_AG, CMDTY_ENERGY, CMDTY_METAL

symbols^optional

A symbol or code that identifies a financial instrument.

Type

list (A comma or semi-colon delimited string.)

Example

AMZN,GOOG,AAPL

category^optional

A grouping of related news content.

Type

enum (A type which includes a list of valid possible values.)

Example

stocks

Valid Values

stocks, futures, forex

subCategory^optional

A more specific category of related news content.

Type

enum (A type which includes a list of valid possible values.)

Example

tech

Valid Values

aero, ag, auto, business, construction, consprod, corporate, defense, energy, finance, indices, industry, leisure, media, retail, tech, transportation, util, softs, meats, metals, grains, financials, indices, energies, currencies, weather, fruits and vegetables

series^optional

A grouping of stories under a recurring news topic. e.g. Morning Call (MORNCALL).

Type

list-enum (A comma or semi-colon delimited string that must match a list of valid possible values.)

Example

MORNCALL

Valid Values

MORNCALL

keyword^optional

A term used to create searches.

Type

string (A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG))

Example

tablet

maxRecords^optional

The maximum number of records to show in the return.

Type

int (A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2))

Example

10

Default

startDate^optional

The beginning date for the query.

Type

dateTime (A date and time in the format of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS<TIMEZONE_OFFSET>.)

Example

2020-09-29T00:10:19

displayType^required

The type of new displayed: headlines only, headline and preview, or full.

Type

enum (A type which includes a list of valid possible values.)

Example

preview

Valid Values

headline, preview, full

images^optional

An option for returning the images contained in the news article.

Type

boolean (A logical type representing the truth of a value as 'true' or 'false'.)

Example

true

storyId^optional

Parameter allows to get specific story by providing newsID. Parameters: sources, symbols, category, subCategory, keyword, maxRecords, startDate will be ignored.

Type

int (A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2))

Example

259220

rss^optional

Parameter formats XML requests as RSS feeds. This parameter has no effect on JSON or CSV requests.

Type

boolean (A logical type representing the truth of a value as 'true' or 'false'.)

Example

false

Default

false

rssTitle^optional

Parameter overrides the default RSS feed title and description.

Type

string (A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG))

Default

Barchart OnDemand News

fields^optional

The additional fields requested.

Type

list (A comma or semi-colon delimited string.)

Example

publishDate

barchartClassification^optional

Type

list (A comma or semi-colon delimited string.)

Outputs

newsID
always returned

The identifying news code.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

timestamp
always returned

The timestamp for a news article.

dateTime
A date and time in the format of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS<TIMEZONE_OFFSET>.

source
always returned

The origin of the news feed.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

categories
always returned

A grouping of related news content.

list
A comma or semi-colon delimited string.

subCategories
always returned

A more specific category list of related news content.

list
A comma or semi-colon delimited string.

headline
always returned

The title of the news article.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

isExternal
always returned

A flag indicating if the news stories is from an external source.

boolean
A logical type representing the truth of a value as 'true' or 'false'.

headlineURL
as requested

The URL of the news article. This is used for headline only feeds.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

preview
as requested

A brief summary of the entire news article.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

fullText
as requested

The full published text of the news article.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

imageURL
as requested

The URL of the image enclosed in the news article.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

imageCaption
as requested

A brief summary explaining an image.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

imageHeight
as requested

The height of an image.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

imageWidth
as requested

The width of an image.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

pdfURL
as requested

The web location of PDF version of the news article.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

publishDate
as requested

The actual publish date of the news story.

dateTime
A date and time in the format of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS<TIMEZONE_OFFSET>.

largeImageURL
as requested

The URL of the alternative larger image enclosed in the article

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

largeImageHeight
as requested

The height of the larger image, if available.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

largeImageWidth
as requested

The width of the larger image, if available.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

Status Code Responses

200

Success

400

Bad Request

The request was invalid, please see the message for more information.

500

Internal Server Error

Something is not working correctly, please contact support.

JSON

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getNews.json?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&sources=AP%2CIF&symbols=AMZN%2CGOOG%2CAAPL&category=stocks&subCategory=tech&series=MORNCALL&keyword=tablet&maxRecords=10&startDate=2020-09-29T00%3A10%3A19&displayType=preview&images=true&storyId=259220&rss=false&fields=publishDate
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getNews.json
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&sources=AP%2CIF&symbols=AMZN%2CGOOG%2CAAPL&category=stocks&subCategory=tech&series=MORNCALL&keyword=tablet&maxRecords=10&startDate=2020-09-29T00%3A10%3A19&displayType=preview&images=true&storyId=259220&rss=false&fields=publishDate

Response

{
    "status": {
        "code": 200,
        "message": "Success."
    },
    "results": [
        {
            "newsID": 259220,
            "timestamp": "2020-09-14T21:10:00-05:00",
            "source": "CMTX",
            "categories": [
                "stocks"
            ],
            "subCategories": [
                "corporate",
                "consprod",
                "tech"
            ],
            "headline": "Mitsubishi Electric Wins Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against Factory-automation Product Counterfeiters in China",
            "isExternal": false,
            "publishDate": "2020-09-14T21:10:00-05:00",
            "imageURL": null,
            "imageCaption": null,
            "imageHeight": null,
            "imageWidth": null,
            "preview": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court has upheld an earlier ruling in Mitsubishi Electric's favor regarding infringement of the company's trademarks by Guangzhou Lingye Automation Equipment, Guangzhou Longyan Automation Technology, Guangzhou Ouye Automation Technology and their owners located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.",
            "headlineURL": null,
            "pdfURL": null
        }
    ]
}

XML

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getNews.xml?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&sources=AP%2CIF&symbols=AMZN%2CGOOG%2CAAPL&category=stocks&subCategory=tech&series=MORNCALL&keyword=tablet&maxRecords=10&startDate=2020-09-29T00%3A10%3A19&displayType=preview&images=true&storyId=259220&rss=false&fields=publishDate
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getNews.xml
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&sources=AP%2CIF&symbols=AMZN%2CGOOG%2CAAPL&category=stocks&subCategory=tech&series=MORNCALL&keyword=tablet&maxRecords=10&startDate=2020-09-29T00%3A10%3A19&displayType=preview&images=true&storyId=259220&rss=false&fields=publishDate

Response


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <getNews>
  <status>
   <code>200</code>
   <message>Success.</message>
  </status>
  <item>
   <newsID>259220</newsID>
   <timestamp>2020-09-14T21:10:00-05:00</timestamp>
   <source>CMTX</source>
   <categories>
    <category>stocks</category>
   </categories>
   <subCategories>
    <subCategory>corporate</subCategory>
    <subCategory>consprod</subCategory>
    <subCategory>tech</subCategory>
   </subCategories>
   <headline>Mitsubishi Electric Wins Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against Factory-automation Product Counterfeiters in China</headline>
   <isExternal></isExternal>
   <publishDate>2020-09-14T21:10:00-05:00</publishDate>
   <imageURL></imageURL>
   <imageCaption></imageCaption>
   <imageHeight></imageHeight>
   <imageWidth></imageWidth>
   <preview>Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court has upheld an earlier ruling in Mitsubishi Electric's favor regarding infringement of the company's trademarks by Guangzhou Lingye Automation Equipment, Guangzhou Longyan Automation Technology, Guangzhou Ouye Automation Technology and their owners located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.</preview>
   <headlineURL></headlineURL>
   <pdfURL></pdfURL>
  </item>
 </getNews>

CSV

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getNews.csv?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&sources=AP%2CIF&symbols=AMZN%2CGOOG%2CAAPL&category=stocks&subCategory=tech&series=MORNCALL&keyword=tablet&maxRecords=10&startDate=2020-09-29T00%3A10%3A19&displayType=preview&images=true&storyId=259220&rss=false&fields=publishDate
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getNews.csv
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&sources=AP%2CIF&symbols=AMZN%2CGOOG%2CAAPL&category=stocks&subCategory=tech&series=MORNCALL&keyword=tablet&maxRecords=10&startDate=2020-09-29T00%3A10%3A19&displayType=preview&images=true&storyId=259220&rss=false&fields=publishDate

Response

newsID,timestamp,source,1,2,headline,isExternal,publishDate,imageURL,imageCaption,imageHeight,imageWidth,preview,headlineURL,pdfURL
"259220","2020-09-14T21:10:00-05:00","CMTX","stocks","corporate","consprod","tech","Mitsubishi Electric Wins Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against Factory-automation Product Counterfeiters in China","","2020-09-14T21:10:00-05:00","","","","","Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court has upheld an earlier ruling in Mitsubishi Electric's favor regarding infringement of the company's trademarks by Guangzhou Lingye Automation Equipment, Guangzhou Longyan Automation Technology, Guangzhou Ouye Automation Technology and their owners located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.","",""

PHP

<?php

$ondemand = new SoapClient('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl');

$params = [
    'apikey' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'sources' => 'AP,IF',
    'symbols' => 'AMZN,GOOG,AAPL',
    'category' => 'stocks',
    'subCategory' => 'tech',
    'series' => 'MORNCALL',
    'keyword' => 'tablet',
    'maxRecords' => '10',
    'startDate' => '2020-09-29T00:10:19',
    'displayType' => 'preview',
    'images' => 'true',
    'storyId' => '259220',
    'rss' => 'false',
    'fields' => 'publishDate',
];

$result = $ondemand->getNews($params);
var_dump($result);

Classic ASP

Dim ondemand
Dim result

Set ondemand = Server.CreateObject("MSSOAP.SoapClient30")
ondemand.ClientProperty("ServerHTTPRequest") = True
ondemand.MSSoapInit("https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl")

Set result = ondemand.getNews("YOUR_API_KEY", "AP,IF", "AMZN,GOOG,AAPL", "stocks", "tech", "MORNCALL", "tablet", "10", "2020-09-29T00:10:19", "preview", "true", "259220", "false", "publishDate")

Perl

use SOAP::Lite;
use SOAP::WSDL;

my $ondemand = SOAP::Lite
    -> service('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl');

my $result = $ondemand->getNews('YOUR_API_KEY', 'AP,IF', 'AMZN,GOOG,AAPL', 'stocks', 'tech', 'MORNCALL', 'tablet', '10', '2020-09-29T00:10:19', 'preview', 'true', '259220', 'false', 'publishDate');

print $result;

Python

from suds.client import Client
ondemand = Client('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl')

result = client.service.getNews('YOUR_API_KEY', 'AP,IF', 'AMZN,GOOG,AAPL', 'stocks', 'tech', 'MORNCALL', 'tablet', '10', '2020-09-29T00:10:19', 'preview', 'true', '259220', 'false', 'publishDate')

print result

Ruby

require 'savon'

ondemand = Savon.client(wsdl: 'https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl')

response = ondemand.call(
    :getNews,
    message: {
        apikey: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
        sources: 'AP,IF',
        symbols: 'AMZN,GOOG,AAPL',
        category: 'stocks',
        subCategory: 'tech',
        series: 'MORNCALL',
        keyword: 'tablet',
        maxRecords: '10',
        startDate: '2020-09-29T00:10:19',
        displayType: 'preview',
        images: 'true',
        storyId: '259220',
        rss: 'false',
        fields: 'publishDate',
    }
)

response.body