What radius can I use?

The radius is in kilometers, defaults to 50, and can go up to 20000. You can also set a minimum radius to search a ring around the center instead of a full disc.

How can I sort local results?

Sort by distance (the default), published_at, or relevance. Relevance blends proximity, source authority, and freshness; ranking presets — balanced, proximity, authority, and fresh — let you tune the mix, and you can override individual weights.

What are local insights?

Optional analytics blocks you request with insights=..., such as mood, hotspots, events, breaking, timeline, top_categories, and top_topics. Each requested block adds 1 point to the request.

Can I combine local search with other filters?

Yes. /v1/news/local accepts the same filters as /v1/news/everything — language, category, sentiment, source, and dates — so you can narrow local results further. There are also geo filters on /everything itself: location.name, location.bbox, and location.lat / location.lng / location.radius.

How is Local News billed?

1 point for the result set, plus 1 point for each insight block you request.

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Local News API

Name: News API
Brand: APITube - News API Platform
SKU: APITUBE-NEWS-API-2024
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Rating: 4.8 (848 reviews)

Last updated: July 23, 2026

Search news around a location. Pass latitude and longitude or a place name, set a radius in kilometers, and get articles sorted by distance — each enriched with how far away it is and its nearest location.

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Realtime news articles from 177 countries

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Benefits

News, ranked by where it happens

Call GET /v1/news/local with a center point — either lat and lng together, or a place name (optionally with a country code to disambiguate). APITube returns articles within the radius, sorted by distance by default, each tagged with distance_km and its nearest location.

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Search by coordinates (lat/lng) or a place name

Adjustable radius in km (default 50, up to 20000)

Sort by distance, publish date, or relevance

Each article carries distance_km and nearest location

Optional insights: mood, hotspots, breaking, and more

Features

Don’t waste time on complex features

Complex features made simple. Our API provides a simple way to access news articles from around the world. We provide a simple, consistent, and easy-to-use API to access news articles from thousands of sources.

News API

Export data in many formats
Industry Monitoring
Brand Monitoring
Market Intelligence
Risk Management
Competitive Intelligence
Media Monitoring
Sentiment Analysis
Trend Analysis
Story Grouping
Forecasting social trends
Multi-language Support
Audience Engagement
Geographical Analysis
Real-time Breaking News
Historical Data Access
Custom News Feeds
News Aggregation
Content Filtering
Over 50 integrations

Extract Additional Data

Industries
Locations
Persons
Organizations
Brands
Events
Disasters
Diseases
Links
Media
Images & Videos
Hashtags
Authors
Source
Duplicate Detection
Publisher Rank
Article Sentiment
Readability Score
Language Detection
and more

Analysis

Sentiment Analysis
Analysis of public opinion
Categorization
Financial Analysis
Trend Analysis
Story Grouping
Content Summarization
Entity Recognition
Keyword Extraction
Topic Modeling
Event Detection
Named Entity Recognition
Text Classification
Controversy Detection
Trust Score Analysis
Engagement Metrics
Source Bias Detection
Quality Ranking
Spam Detection
Emotion Detection

Advanced Searching

Search by Location
Search by Date Range
Search by Source
Search by Category
Search by Industry
Search by Sentiment
Search by Story
Search by Publisher Rank
Search by Language
Search by Entity
Search by Keywords
Boolean Search
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 500,000+ sources

APITube is trusted by teams around the world to help them build and deliver amazing digital experiences faster than ever before.

Last updated: 2s ago
Total sources: 512.645k
Requests yesterday: 28.135
Articles added yesterday: 82.567
Total articles: 3.84b

Frequently asked questions

: Call GET /v1/news/local with a center point — either lat and lng together, or a place name (optionally with a country code to disambiguate). APITube returns articles within the radius, sorted by distance by default, each tagged with distance_km and its nearest location.
: The radius is in kilometers, defaults to 50, and can go up to 20000. You can also set a minimum radius to search a ring around the center instead of a full disc.
: Sort by distance (the default), published_at, or relevance. Relevance blends proximity, source authority, and freshness; ranking presets — balanced, proximity, authority, and fresh — let you tune the mix, and you can override individual weights.
: Optional analytics blocks you request with insights=..., such as mood, hotspots, events, breaking, timeline, top_categories, and top_topics. Each requested block adds 1 point to the request.
: Yes. /v1/news/local accepts the same filters as /v1/news/everything — language, category, sentiment, source, and dates — so you can narrow local results further. There are also geo filters on /everything itself: location.name, location.bbox, and location.lat / location.lng / location.radius.
: 1 point for the result set, plus 1 point for each insight block you request.