Currents

About Currents

Currents is a REST API delivering real-time and historical news articles as JSON, covering 70+ countries and 20+ languages. It provides a /latest-news endpoint for recent articles filtered by language, country, or category, and a /search endpoint for querying an archive of over 26 million articles by keyword, date range, and source. Article responses include title, description, source URL, published date, source domain, language, category, and author information when available.

The API targets developers building news aggregators, market research tools, AI/NLP workflows for summarization and sentiment analysis, crisis monitoring dashboards, brand monitoring tools, and academic research applications. It offers a free tier of 250 requests per day with no credit card required. Paid plans start at $69/month for 75,000 requests, $150/month for 300,000 requests, and $300/month for 600,000 requests.

Key features

• Real-time latest-news endpoint with language, country, and category filters
• Full-text search across 26M+ archived articles with date range and source filtering
• Coverage of 70+ countries and 20+ languages
• Consistent JSON response schema with pagination support
• Rich article metadata including title, description, source URL, published date, and author

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