Use when you need news articles or headlines from the last 72 hours about a topi
Use when you need news articles or headlines from the last 72 hours about a topic, company or person. Do not use for full article text, paywalled sources, non-English coverage or news older than 72 hours. Returns JSON with recent news articles matching keywords: headline, URL, source, publish time, authors, tone, image and the people and organizations named, from GDELT for 0.008 USDC per call. Typical response time 600 ms (p95). Category: Search.
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://x402-gateway.blackwoodstate8.workers.dev/v1/news-headlines
| Category | Image and media |
|---|---|
| Provider host | x402-gateway.blackwoodstate8.workers.dev |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact, upto |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 6 from 3 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.008 | 1196 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"limit": 3,
"query": "climate finance"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"properties": {
"domain": {
"description": "Only articles from this source domain, e.g. reuters.com",
"maxLength": 253,
"type": "string"
},
"hours": {
"description": "How far back to look, in hours (1-72, 24 when omitted)",
"maximum": 72,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Maximum articles to return (1-50, 20 when omitted)",
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"query": {
"description": "Keywords to find in headlines, people and organizations, e.g. nvidia earnings (all words must match)",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"description": "recent (default) or relevance",
"enum": [
"recent",
"relevance"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"articles": {
"items": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"authors": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"image": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"organizations": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"persons": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"publishedAt": {
"type": "string"
},
"themes": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"tone": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"url",
"domain",
"publishedAt",
"authors",
"tone",
"image",
"persons",
"organizations",
"themes"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"attribution": {
"type": "string"
},
"count": {
"maximum": 9007199254740991,
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"type": "integer"
},
"hours": {
"maximum": 9007199254740991,
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"type": "integer"
},
"lastIngestAt": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"next": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Suggested next paid call in the same family (call it in a loop when the task continues)",
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET",
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"sample": {
"description": "Free fixed sample of the whole family",
"type": "string"
},
"service": {
"description": "Service id of the suggested next paid call",
"type": "string"
},
"tool": {
"description": "MCP tool name of the same call",
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"description": "Paid route of the next call",
"type": "string"
},
"useWhen": {
"description": "When the next call is the right one",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"service",
"tool",
"method",
"url",
"useWhen",
"sample"
],
"type": "object"
},
"query": {
"type": "string"