---
title: "Search global news articles"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/gdelt/articles"
tags: ["Global News and Media"]
---

# Search global news articles

`GET /api/v1/gdelt/articles`

Search 100+ languages, 250K+ sources. Supports phrase search, sentiment filters, domain/country/language filters.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required — Free-text search query.
- `max_records` integer — Maximum records to return.
- `timespan` string — Time window identifier: 15min, 1h, 3days, 2weeks, 1month.
- `sort` string — Sort criterion (datedesc, dateasc, tonedesc, toneasc, hybridrel).
- `country` string — Source country filter.
- `lang` string — Source language filter (ISO 639-1).

## Response `200`

Matching news articles with title, domain, language, and tone.

- EnvelopeStubData
  - `data` StubData, required — Response shape not yet documented; fields are returned as-is.
  - `meta` SugraMeta, required — Metadata attached to every /api/v1/* response envelope.
    - `endpoint` string, required — Requested endpoint path.
    - `data_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the source data, not of the request.
    - `response_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when this response was produced.
    - `provider` string, required — API name and version.
    - `source` string, nullable — Identifier of the primary upstream source used for this response.
    - `attribution` string, nullable — Human-readable attribution mandated by an upstream source (e.g. a securities regulator or self-regulatory organization). Present only on responses whose source requires the owner and source to be clearly identified. Do not remove or alter it when using the response.
    - `fallback_used` boolean, nullable — True when the primary source failed and a fallback produced the data.
    - `fallback_chain` string[], nullable — Ordered list of sources attempted, in the order they were tried.
    - `cached` boolean, nullable — True when this response was served from the internal cache.
    - `stale` boolean, nullable — True when the cached response was returned after the upstream rate-limited or errored. Clients can use this to detect degraded data.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid `x-api-key` header. JSON body with a stable `code` distinguishing `missing_api_key` (no header sent) from `invalid_api_key` (header sent, key not accepted); any other 401 source carries the generic `unauthorized` with its detail as `reason`. Plus `hint`. `plan` is always null on 401 - an unauthenticated request has no plan; quota exhaustion is 429, not 401.
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Daily rate limit exceeded. Check `X-RateLimit-Reset` for the next window.
- `503` — Upstream source is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.

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