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Look up Wikidata ids for a name (e.g. "Tesla", "Lagos") with how many items mention each in the last 7 days; pass the id as `entity` to search_news or list_stories.
Look up Wikidata ids for a name (e.g. "Tesla", "Lagos") with how many items mention each in the last 7 days; pass the id as `entity` to search_news or list_stories.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| q* | string |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"q"
],
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Full record for one item id (n_… for news, s_… for sponsored).
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Every item in a story (the `story` id on items, st_…): all outlets and languages covering the same event, newest first.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| story* | string | |
| format | string |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"story"
],
"properties": {
"story": {
"type": "string"
},
"format": {
"enum": [
"md",
"lines",
"ndjson",
"json"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "md"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Registered sources with their language, country, kind and health. Filter by q (name), country or lang.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| q | string | |
| lang | string | |
| country | string |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string"
},
"lang": {
"type": "string"
},
"country": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}The most widely covered stories right now (last 48h), each with a neutral multi-source brief when available, outlet count, languages, entities and a representative report. Filter by lang, country, category, entity.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| lang | string | |
| limit | integer | |
| entity | string | |
| format | string | |
| country | string | |
| category | string |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lang": {
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 15,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1
},
"entity": {
"type": "string"
},
"format": {
"enum": [
"md",
"json"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "md"
},
"country": {
"type": "string"
},
"category": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Item counts over the last 24 hours by kind, language, country and source, plus the current sync cursor.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}What the news covered in a period, for the world or a region: reports counted by publisher country (a choropleth map, as links to SVG and PNG) and the most widely covered stories with outlet counts. Periods: YYYY-MM-DD (UTC day), YYYY-wWW (ISO week), YYYY-MM, or today, yesterday, this-week, last-week, this-month, last-month. Past periods are final and permanent.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| format | string | |
| period | string | 2026-10-17, 2026-w42, 2026-10, today, yesterday, this-week, last-week, this-month or last-month |
| region | string |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"format": {
"enum": [
"md",
"json"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "md"
},
"period": {
"type": "string",
"default": "yesterday",
"description": "2026-10-17, 2026-w42, 2026-10, today, yesterday, this-week, last-week, this-month or last-month"
},
"region": {
"enum": [
"world",
"africa",
"asia",
"europe",
"middle-east",
"north-america",
"latin-america",
"oceania"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "world"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Quote for placing a labeled, paid press release in the Hottub News mix via Hottub Business. Price varies by topic tier, current topic interest, demand, targeting reach and duration; the response itemizes each factor. Read-only: returns a price; books and charges nothing.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| days | integer | |
| lang | string | |
| topics | string | Comma-separated topics to target, e.g. "ai,business"; omit for run of network |
| country | string |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"days": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 7,
"maximum": 31,
"minimum": 1
},
"lang": {
"type": "string"
},
"topics": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated topics to target, e.g. \"ai,business\"; omit for run of network"
},
"country": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Newest-first headlines from worldwide sources, optionally filtered by words, language, country, topic, source, kind and time.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| q | string | What you're looking for, in any language. Matches by meaning and by keyword (hybrid) over the last 7 days unless since is given; results carry a relevance score. |
| kind | string | Comma-separated: article, press_release, official, community, research, sponsored |
| lang | string | Comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, e.g. "en,es" |
| sort | string | hot: most widely covered stories of the last 48h, one per story; positive/negative: most positive/negative tone first (last 24h unless since is given) |
| limit | integer | |
| match | string | keyword: exact words only; semantic: meaning only (cross-language) |
| since | string | Only items published at/after this: RFC 3339, a date, or an age like "6h", "2d" |
| topic | string | Comma-separated topics, e.g. "space,science" |
Incremental feed: returns items added after `after`, oldest first, plus a new cursor. Call again with that cursor to get only what is new.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| kind | string | Comma-separated: article, press_release, official, community, research, sponsored |
| lang | string | Comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, e.g. "en,es" |
| after* | integer | The cursor returned by your previous sync_news call; 0 to start from the oldest retained item |
| limit | integer | |
| since | string | Only items published at/after this: RFC 3339, a date, or an age like "6h", "2d" |
| topic | string | Comma-separated topics, e.g. "space,science" |
| until | string | Only items published at/before this |
| format | string | md: readable with summaries; lines: tab-separated, fewest tokens; ndjson/json: full records |
| source | string |
| until |
| string |
| Only items published at/before this |
| before | string | Paging cursor from a previous result's next link |
| entity | string | Comma-separated Wikidata ids (from find_entities), e.g. "Q312" |
| format | string | md: readable with summaries; lines: tab-separated, fewest tokens; ndjson/json: full records |
| source | string | Comma-separated source ids (see list_sources) or publisher domains |
| country | string | Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of the publisher's country, e.g. "US,GB" |
| category | string | Comma-separated IPTC top-level categories: arts-culture-entertainment, conflict-war, crime-law, disaster-accident, economy-business, education, environment, health, human-interest, labour, lifestyle-leisure, politics, religion, science-technology, society, sport, weather |
| collapse | string | One item per story (best representative); related = other reports of it |
| tone_max | number |
| tone_min | number | Only items with tone ≥ this (-1 most negative … 1 most positive) |
| political | boolean | true: political stories only (political score ≥ 0.5); false: non-political only |
| sentiment | string | Comma-separated: negative, neutral, positive |
| sponsored | string | Paid press releases are labeled; exclude to omit them |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What you're looking for, in any language. Matches by meaning and by keyword (hybrid) over the last 7 days unless since is given; results carry a relevance score."
},
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated: article, press_release, official, community, research, sponsored"
},
"lang": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, e.g. \"en,es\""
},
"sort": {
"enum": [
"newest",
"hot",
"positive",
"negative"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "newest",
"description": "hot: most widely covered stories of the last 48h, one per story; positive/negative: most positive/negative tone first (last 24h unless since is given)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 50,
"maximum": 500,
"minimum": 1
},
"match": {
"enum": [
"hybrid",
"keyword",
"semantic"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "hybrid",
"description": "keyword: exact words only; semantic: meaning only (cross-language)"
},
"since": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Only items published at/after this: RFC 3339, a date, or an age like \"6h\", \"2d\""
},
"topic": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated topics, e.g. \"space,science\""
},
"until": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Only items published at/before this"
},
"before": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Paging cursor from a previous result's next link"
},
"entity": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated Wikidata ids (from find_entities), e.g. \"Q312\""
},
"format": {
"enum": [
"md",
"lines",
"ndjson",
"json"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "md",
"description": "md: readable with summaries; lines: tab-separated, fewest tokens; ndjson/json: full records"
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated source ids (see list_sources) or publisher domains"
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of the publisher's country, e.g. \"US,GB\""
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated IPTC top-level categories: arts-culture-entertainment, conflict-war, crime-law, disaster-accident, economy-business, education, environment, health, human-interest, labour, lifestyle-leisure, politics, religion, science-technology, society, sport, weather"
},
"collapse": {
"enum": [
"story"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "One item per story (best representative); related = other reports of it"
},
"tone_max": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": -1
},
"tone_min": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": -1,
"description": "Only items with tone ≥ this (-1 most negative … 1 most positive)"
},
"political": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "true: political stories only (political score ≥ 0.5); false: non-political only"
},
"sentiment": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated: negative, neutral, positive"
},
"sponsored": {
"enum": [
"include",
"exclude",
"only"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "include",
"description": "Paid press releases are labeled; exclude to omit them"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}| Comma-separated source ids (see list_sources) or publisher domains |
| country | string | Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of the publisher's country, e.g. "US,GB" |
| category | string | Comma-separated IPTC top-level categories: arts-culture-entertainment, conflict-war, crime-law, disaster-accident, economy-business, education, environment, health, human-interest, labour, lifestyle-leisure, politics, religion, science-technology, society, sport, weather |
| tone_max | number |
| tone_min | number | Only items with tone ≥ this (-1 most negative … 1 most positive) |
| political | boolean | true: political stories only (political score ≥ 0.5); false: non-political only |
| sentiment | string | Comma-separated: negative, neutral, positive |
| sponsored | string | Paid press releases are labeled; exclude to omit them |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"after"
],
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated: article, press_release, official, community, research, sponsored"
},
"lang": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, e.g. \"en,es\""
},
"after": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The cursor returned by your previous sync_news call; 0 to start from the oldest retained item"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 50,
"maximum": 500,
"minimum": 1
},
"since": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Only items published at/after this: RFC 3339, a date, or an age like \"6h\", \"2d\""
},
"topic": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated topics, e.g. \"space,science\""
},
"until": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Only items published at/before this"
},
"format": {
"enum": [
"md",
"lines",
"ndjson",
"json"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "md",
"description": "md: readable with summaries; lines: tab-separated, fewest tokens; ndjson/json: full records"
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated source ids (see list_sources) or publisher domains"
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of the publisher's country, e.g. \"US,GB\""
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated IPTC top-level categories: arts-culture-entertainment, conflict-war, crime-law, disaster-accident, economy-business, education, environment, health, human-interest, labour, lifestyle-leisure, politics, religion, science-technology, society, sport, weather"
},
"tone_max": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": -1
},
"tone_min": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": -1,
"description": "Only items with tone ≥ this (-1 most negative … 1 most positive)"
},
"political": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "true: political stories only (political score ≥ 0.5); false: non-political only"
},
"sentiment": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated: negative, neutral, positive"
},
"sponsored": {
"enum": [
"include",
"exclude",
"only"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "include",
"description": "Paid press releases are labeled; exclude to omit them"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}