NewsAPI API

Build a personalised news digest with topic tracking

Pull headlines and articles from 150K+ sources in 50+ countries. Build a daily digest grouped by topic, with sentiment trends for issues you follow.

Free Developer plan. 100 requests/day. 24-hour-old articles.

NewsAPIdocs →

How it works with Loony

Describe it.
Deploy it.
Query it.

Managed database.

Your NewsAPI data lives in its own Postgres instance. Zero config. Data accumulates over time.

Scheduled syncs.

Cron jobs run on Loony infra. Every minute on free. Your data stays fresh without you thinking about it.

REST + MCP endpoints.

Query from your agent, your dashboard, or connect BI tools directly. Full OpenAPI spec included.

TerminalSchema

$ "Pull daily headlines from NewsAPI for topics I follow (AI, climate, crypto). Store articles with source and category. Build a weekly topic frequency tracker."

✓ Schema validated
✓ Database provisioned
✓ Scripts deployed
✓ Schedules registered

Done.

# Your data is now at:
REST  /data/v1/newsapi/query
MCP   /mcp/v1/newsapi/mcp
SQL   psql $DATABASE_URL

What you get

NewsAPI gives you headlines. Loony stores them over time, so you can track how media coverage of a topic evolves. 'How many articles mentioned AI regulation this month vs last month?' becomes a simple query.

mv_topic_trends
  week          date        -- ISO week start
  topic         text        -- AI | climate | crypto
  article_count integer     -- articles published
  top_source    text        -- most frequent publisher
  sentiment     text        -- positive | neutral | negative
  top_headline  text        -- highest-engagement article