What is a streaming news API?

A streaming news API delivers articles over a persistent connection instead of requiring repeated requests. APITube streams matching articles over Server-Sent Events and WebSocket as they arrive, so your system can respond immediately.

What is the difference between SSE and WebSocket on APITube?

Server-Sent Events (SSE) is a one-way stream from APITube to your client over plain HTTP. WebSocket is a two-way connection for when your client also needs to send messages. Both deliver the same articles from your query.

When do articles arrive on the stream?

APITube pushes articles as they arrive, in the order they enter the index. Your stream reflects coverage in near real time rather than on a fixed polling interval.

How is streaming different from polling the REST API?

Polling means repeatedly asking the REST API for new results and comparing them yourself. Streaming keeps one connection open and delivers each matching article as it arrives, which is simpler and faster for alerts and live dashboards.

Can I filter what the stream sends?

Yes. A stream uses the same query filters as the REST API, so you can subscribe to a specific topic, entity, language, or tone and receive only matching articles.

What data comes back on the stream?

Each streamed article includes entities with knowledge-graph links, tone at overall, title, body, and per-entity level, categories, and a source with bias and Open PageRank authority.

Is streaming available on the free plan?

Streaming runs on a separate streaming quota and is available on paid plans. The free tier is for evaluating the REST API and the full schema before you move to live streaming.

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Streaming API for News

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Open one connection and get matching articles the moment they are indexed—over Server-Sent Events or WebSocket, each with entities, sentiment, and sources.

Realtime news articles from 177 countries

in 60 languages

Benefits

News pushed to you as it is indexed

A streaming news API pushes articles to you over a live connection instead of making you poll. APITube streams matching articles over Server-Sent Events (SSE) and WebSocket as they are indexed, each with entities, sentiment, categories, and source authority.

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Stream over Server-Sent Events (SSE)

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Receive matching articles as soon as they arrive

Filter the stream by your query

Same news schema: names, places, tone, source authority

One API key across REST, streaming, and MCP

59 languages, 177+ countries

Use cases

What you can do

Use our news data whether you're a small business or a large corporation.

Alerts

Real-time alerting

Send an alert the moment a matching article about a company, topic, or risk arrives.

Dashboards

Live dashboards

Show a live view of coverage, tone, and entities without a polling job.

Finance

Low-latency signals

Respond to breaking coverage and per-entity tone as it arrives for market and alternative data signals.

Agents

Event-driven agents

Start an agent workflow on each streamed article instead of scheduling repeated checks.

Features

Get what you need without complexity

Access news articles from thousands of sources.

News API

Export data in many formats
Industry Monitoring
Brand Monitoring
Market news and trends
Risk Management
Competitor news
Media Monitoring
Article tone
Trend Analysis
Group related articles
Forecasting social trends
Multiple languages
Audience Engagement
Geographical Analysis
Real-time Breaking News
Past articles
Custom News Feeds
News Aggregation
Content Filtering
Over 50 integrations

Details about each article

Industries
Locations
Persons
Organizations
Brands
Events
Disasters
Diseases
Links
Media
Images & Videos
Hashtags
Authors
Source
Find duplicate articles
Source rank
Article Sentiment
Readability Score
Detect language
and more

Analysis

Article tone
Analysis of public opinion
Categorization
Financial Analysis
Trend Analysis
Group related articles
Content Summarization
Names and places
Keyword Extraction
Article topics
Event Detection
Names and places
Text Classification
Controversy Detection
Source trust scores
Engagement Metrics
Source viewpoints
Quality Ranking
Spam Detection
Emotion Detection

Search filters

Search by Location
Search by Date Range
Search by Source
Search by Category
Search by Industry
Search by article tone
Search by Story
Search by source rank
Search by Language
Search by name or place
Search by Keywords
Combine terms with AND, OR, NOT
Proximity Search
Faceted Search
Range Queries
Search by Author
Search by Media Type
Search by Breaking News
Search by Read Time
+ over 65 more filters

More than 300,000+ sources

Teams around the world use APITube to build digital products.

Last updated: 4s ago
Total sources: 300.000k
Requests yesterday: 27.524
Articles added yesterday: 94.645
Total articles: 3.88b

Frequently asked questions

: A streaming news API delivers articles over a persistent connection instead of requiring repeated requests. APITube streams matching articles over Server-Sent Events and WebSocket as they arrive, so your system can respond immediately.
: Server-Sent Events (SSE) is a one-way stream from APITube to your client over plain HTTP. WebSocket is a two-way connection for when your client also needs to send messages. Both deliver the same articles from your query.
: APITube pushes articles as they arrive, in the order they enter the index. Your stream reflects coverage in near real time rather than on a fixed polling interval.
: Polling means repeatedly asking the REST API for new results and comparing them yourself. Streaming keeps one connection open and delivers each matching article as it arrives, which is simpler and faster for alerts and live dashboards.
: Yes. A stream uses the same query filters as the REST API, so you can subscribe to a specific topic, entity, language, or tone and receive only matching articles.
: Each streamed article includes entities with knowledge-graph links, tone at overall, title, body, and per-entity level, categories, and a source with bias and Open PageRank authority.
: Streaming runs on a separate streaming quota and is available on paid plans. The free tier is for evaluating the REST API and the full schema before you move to live streaming.