Search News

Retrieves a list of News stories matching the specified search query.

GET /2/news/search

Search News

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/news/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.x.com/2/news/search"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.x.com/2/news/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/news/search",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.x.com/2/news/search"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.x.com/2/news/search")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/news/search")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "rest_id": "2244994945",
      "category": "<string>",
      "cluster_posts_results": [
        {
          "post_id": "1346889436626259968"
        }
      ],
      "contexts": {
        "entities": {
          "events": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "organizations": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "people": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "places": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "products": [
            "<string>"
          ]
        },
        "finance": {
          "tickers": [
            "<string>"
          ]
        },
        "sports": {
          "teams": [
            "<string>"
          ]
        },
        "topics": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      },
      "disclaimer": "<string>",
      "hook": "<string>",
      "keywords": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "last_updated_at_ms": "2025-7-14T04:35:55Z",
      "name": "<string>",
      "summary": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "result_count": 123
  }
}

{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

BearerTokenOAuth2UserToken

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

query · string · required

The search query.

Required string length: 1 - 2048

Example:

"crypto"

max_results · integer<int32> · default: 10

The number of results to return.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 100

max_age_hours · integer<int32> · default: 168

The maximum age of the News story to search for.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 720

news.fields · enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of News fields to display. The fields available for a News object.

Minimum array length: 1

Available options: category, cluster_posts_results, contexts, disclaimer, hook, id, keywords, name, summary, updated_at

Example:

[
  "category",
  "cluster_posts_results",
  "contexts",
  "disclaimer",
  "hook",
  "id",
  "keywords",
  "name",
  "summary",
  "updated_at"
]

Response

200

application/json

The request has succeeded.

data · object[]

Minimum array length: 1

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errors · object[]

Minimum array length: 1

An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).

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