---
title: "Recent GDELT events from blob-backed live ingest"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/gdelt/recent"
tags: ["Global News and Media"]
---

# Recent GDELT events from blob-backed live ingest

`GET /api/v1/gdelt/recent`

Paginated GDELT 2.0 events from the rolling live ingest window. since=15m and since=1h read latest.json. since=6h and since=24h additionally merge daily shards (date-boundary aware). Updated every 15 minutes by the ingest Function App.

## Query parameters

- `since` string — Lookback window.
- `limit` integer — Page size.
- `offset` integer — Pagination offset.

## Response `200`

Paginated GDELT events with window bounds and freshness flags.

- EnvelopeGdeltRecentData
  - `data` GdeltRecentData, required — Payload for GET /gdelt/recent.
    - `window_start` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC, blob window_start.
    - `window_end` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC, blob window_end.
    - `total` integer, required — Total events in window before pagination.
    - `events` GdeltEvent[], required — Paginated event list (offset/limit applied).
      - `global_event_id` integer, required — GDELT GlobalEventID.
      - `sql_date` string, required — YYYYMMDD.
      - `year_month` integer, required — YYYYMM.
      - `year` integer, required
      - `fraction_date` number, required
      - `actor1_code` string, nullable
      - `actor1_name` string, nullable
      - `actor1_country_code` string, nullable — ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (normalized by writer). Empty -> null.
      - `actor2_code` string, nullable
      - `actor2_name` string, nullable
      - `actor2_country_code` string, nullable — ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (normalized by writer). Empty -> null.
      - `event_code` string, nullable — CAMEO code. Empty -> null.
      - `event_root_code` string, nullable — CAMEO root code. Empty -> null.
      - `quad_class` integer, nullable — 1..4 (CAMEO QuadClass). Empty -> null.
      - `goldstein_scale` number, nullable — -10..10. Empty -> null.
      - `num_mentions` integer, nullable — Empty -> null.
      - `num_sources` integer, nullable — Empty -> null.
      - `num_articles` integer, nullable — Empty -> null.
      - `avg_tone` number, nullable — -100..100. Empty -> null.
      - `action_geo_country_code` string, nullable — ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (normalized by writer).
      - `action_geo_lat` number, nullable
      - `action_geo_long` number, nullable
      - `action_geo_full_name` string, nullable
      - `date_added` integer, required — YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (writer-stamped, always present).
      - `source_url` string, nullable
    - `stale` boolean, required — True when window_end is older than 2 hours.
    - `partial` boolean, required — True when any underlying cycle had a fallback or partial flag.
  - `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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