AP News Search API
Query Associated Press wire stories and get the full article text back, not a two-line snippet. Covers a rolling 30-day window, and date filters return only what had been published at that point in time.
What is AP News Search API?
Hybrid semantic and keyword search over first-party licensed Associated Press wire news. Returns ranked stories with full article text and publication dates, ready for downstream LLMs.
- Endpoint
- POST /api/search/ap-news
- Authentication
- API key · x-api-key header
- Cost
- 120 credits / call
- Rate limit
- 30 req / min
- Response
- Structured JSON
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Integration guide
Copy a snippet, replace your API key, run. Works in any HTTP client — examples below in cURL, JavaScript, and Python.
/api/search/ap-newshttps://www.apipick.comHybrid semantic and keyword search over first-party licensed Associated Press wire news. Returns ranked stories with full article text and publication dates, ready for downstream LLMs.
querystringrequiredNatural-language search query
max_num_resultsintegeroptional1–5, default 5
relevance_thresholdnumberoptional0.0–1.0 quality filter
country_codestringoptionalISO country code (e.g. US, GB)
start_datestringoptionalISO date YYYY-MM-DD
end_datestringoptionalISO date YYYY-MM-DD
curl -X POST "https://www.apipick.com/api/search/ap-news" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"query": "Federal Reserve interest rate decision",
"max_num_results": 5,
"country_code": "US",
"start_date": "2026-01-01"
}'{
"query": "Federal Reserve interest rate decision",
"results": [
{
"title": "Example result",
"url": "https://example.com/article",
"snippet": "Short excerpt of the page content…",
"source_type": "web",
"published_at": "2026-04-15",
"score": 0.92
}
],
"result_count": 1,
"credits_used": 120,
"remaining_credits": 99
}Rate limits
Throttling is per API key, sliding 60-second window. Hit the limit and you get a clean 429 with a Retry-After header.
30req/min
Per API key, per endpoint. Sliding 60-second window.
3concurrent
Max simultaneous in-flight requests per API key.
X-RateLimit-LimitMaximum requests allowed per minuteX-RateLimit-RemainingRequests remaining in the current windowX-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the current window resetsRetry-AfterSeconds to wait before retrying (only on 429)HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Retry-After: 12
X-RateLimit-Limit: 30
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 0
X-RateLimit-Reset: 12
{
"error": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded: 30 requests/minute per API key. Retry after 12s.",
"retry_after": 12
}Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from News Search?
News Search covers many outlets and returns snippets. AP News Search covers one licensed wire service and returns the full article text, so your model can read the whole story.
How far back does it go?
A rolling window of roughly the last 30 days of AP wire coverage, updated continuously.
Why is this 120 credits per call?
AP content is first-party licensed full text, priced at a premium by the source. At 120 credits (≈ $0.12 per call for up to 5 full articles) it is far cheaper than a news-wire licence.
Can I search as of a past date?
Yes. Pass start_date and end_date in YYYY-MM-DD and you get only stories published inside that window, which is useful for backtests.
Tool schema for OpenAI / Claude?
GET /api/search/ap-news/tool-schema returns ready-to-paste OpenAI function and Claude tool-use definitions.
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