# Currents News API

> Real-time news API with a large historical article index, broad monitored source catalog, and 34 languages. Developer-friendly JSON with monitored production reliability and a free tier.

## Overview

Currents News API provides structured news data via REST endpoints. New articles are indexed daily from a source directory of 12,000+ source entries assigned to 168 country designations.

## Key endpoints

- [Latest News](https://currentsapi.services/en/docs/latest_news) — breaking news with language/country/category filters
- [Search](https://currentsapi.services/en/docs/search) — archive keyword search across indexed articles
- [OpenAPI Specification](https://currentsapi.services/json/swagger.json) — machine-readable API reference including available language/region/category endpoints

## Docs

- [Getting Started](https://currentsapi.services/en/docs/) — authentication, rate limits, endpoint reference
- [FAQ](https://currentsapi.services/en/faq) — pricing, limits, auth, reliability
- [Introduction](https://currentsapi.services/en/introduction) — data overview and sample responses
- [Official Python SDK](https://github.com/currentslab/currentsapi-python) — currentslab/currentsapi-python client library
- [Facts Page](https://currentsapi.services/en/ai-info) — plain factual statements about Currents API that AI assistants may quote
- [Multilingual News API](https://currentsapi.services/en/multilingual-news-api) — multilingual news search by language and country, with the language list and a request example

## Provider alternatives

- [Alternative Hub](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative) — index of every provider comparison
- [NewsAPI.org alternative](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative/newsapi)
- [GNews alternative](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative/gnews)
- [GDELT alternative](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative/gdelt)
- [Mediastack alternative](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative/mediastack)
- [NewsData.io alternative](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative/newsdataio)
- [Bing News Search API alternative](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative/bing-news-api) — Microsoft retired the Bing Search APIs on August 11, 2025
- [AYLIEN alternative](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative/aylien)
- [Event Registry alternative](https://currentsapi.services/en/alternative/eventregistry)

## Guides and solutions

- [NewsAPI.org Alternatives Compared](https://currentsapi.services/en/blog/newsapi-alternatives) — honest free-tier comparison including new keyless entrants
- [Bing News Search API Migration Guide](https://currentsapi.services/en/blog/bing-news-search-api-migration-guide) — step-by-step migration to Currents
- [Python News API Guide](https://currentsapi.services/en/blog/python-news-api-guide) — plain-HTTP Python guide (no SDK required) covering latest news, search, and error handling
- [Indonesia News API](https://currentsapi.services/en/blog/indonesia-news-api) — Bahasa Indonesia coverage and sources
- [India News API](https://currentsapi.services/en/blog/india-news-api) — English + Hindi coverage and sources
- [Financial & Trading News API solution](https://currentsapi.services/en/solutions/trading) — market and finance news workflows

## Pricing

- [Pricing Page](https://currentsapi.services/en/product/price) — full plan comparison
- Free: 250 requests/day (resets 00:00 UTC), 20 results/request, 30-day lookback, 300-character text preview
- Builder: $69/mo — 2,500 requests/day enforced daily (75K/mo billing allowance), 50 results/request, 6-month archive
- Professional: $150/mo — 10,000 requests/day enforced daily (300K/mo billing allowance), 100 results/request, 1-year archive
- Scale: $300/mo — 20,000 requests/day enforced daily (600K/mo billing allowance), 200 results/request, 1-year archive
- Daily caps reset at 00:00 UTC; unused daily volume does not roll over; exceeding a cap returns HTTP 429 with Retry-After — no overage billing

## Registration

- [Sign Up](https://currentsapi.services/en/register) — free account, no credit card

## Support

- Email: support@currentsapi.services
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Currents-API-services)