/news-search

name: news-search
description: USE FOR news search. Returns news articles with title, URL, description, age, thumbnail, profile. Supports freshness and date range filtering, SafeSearch filter and Goggles for custom ranking.

News Search

> **Requires API Key**: Get one at https://api.search.brave.com > > **Plan**: Included in the **Search** plan. See https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions/subscribe

Quick Start (cURL)

Basic Search

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search?q=space+exploration" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}"

Recent News (Past 24 Hours)

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "q=cybersecurity" \
  --data-urlencode "country=US" \
  --data-urlencode "freshness=pd" \
  --data-urlencode "count=20"

Date Range Filter

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "q=climate summit" \
  --data-urlencode "freshness=2026-01-01to2026-01-31"

Endpoint

GET https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search
POST https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search

**Authentication**: `X-Subscription-Token: <API_KEY>` header

**Note**: Both GET and POST are supported. POST is useful for long queries or complex Goggles.

Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |--|--|--|--|--| | `q` | string | **Yes** | - | Search query (1-400 chars, max 50 words) | | `country` | string | No | `US` | Search country (2-letter country code or `ALL`) | | `search_lang` | string | No | `en` | Language preference (2+ char language code) | | `ui_lang` | string | No | `en-US` | UI language (e.g., "en-US") | | `count` | int | No | `20` | Number of results (1-50) | | `offset` | int | No | `0` | Page offset (0-9) | | `safesearch` | string | No | `strict` | Adult content filter (`off`/`moderate`/`strict`) | | `freshness` | string | No | - | Time filter (`pd`/`pw`/`pm`/`py` or date range) | | `spellcheck` | bool | No | `true` | Auto-correct query | | `extra_snippets` | bool | No | - | Up to 5 additional excerpts per result | | `goggles` | string or array | No | - | Custom ranking filter (URL or inline; repeat param for multiple) | | `operators` | bool | No | `true` | Apply search operators | | `include_fetch_metadata` | bool | No | `false` | Include fetch timestamps in results |

Freshness Values

| Value | Description | |--|--| | `pd` | Past day (24 hours) - ideal for breaking news | | `pw` | Past week (7 days) | | `pm` | Past month (31 days) | | `py` | Past year (365 days) | | `YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD` | Custom date range |

Response Format

{
  "type": "news",
  "query": {
    "original": "space exploration"
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "type": "news_result",
      "title": "New Developments in Space Exploration",
      "url": "https://news.example.com/space-exploration",
      "description": "Recent missions have advanced our understanding of...",
      "age": "2 hours ago",
      "page_age": "2026-01-15T14:30:00",
      "page_fetched": "2026-01-15T15:00:00Z",
      "meta_url": {
        "scheme": "https",
        "netloc": "news.example.com",
        "hostname": "news.example.com",
        "favicon": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/favicon/news.example.com",
        "path": "/space-exploration"
      },
      "profile": {
        "name": "Example Outlet",
        "url": "https://news.example.com/space-exploration"
      },
      "thumbnail": {
        "src": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/..."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

| Field | Type | Description | |--|--|--| | `type` | string | Always `"news"` | | `query.original` | string | The original search query | | `query.altered` | string? | Spellcheck-corrected query (if changed) | | `query.cleaned` | string? | Cleaned/normalized query from spellchecker | | `query.spellcheck_off` | bool? | Whether spellcheck was disabled | | `query.show_strict_warning` | bool? | True if strict safesearch blocked results | | `query.search_operators` | object? | Applied search operators | | `query.search_operators.applied` | bool | Whether operators were applied | | `query.search_operators.cleaned_query` | string? | Query after operator processing | | `query.search_operators.sites` | list[str]? | Domains from `site:` operators | | `results[].type` | string | Always `"news_result"` | | `results[].title` | string | Article title | | `results[].url` | string | Source URL of the article | | `results[].description` | string? | Article description/summary | | `results[].age` | string? | Human-readable age (e.g. "2 hours ago") | | `results[].page_age` | string? | Publication date from source (ISO datetime) | | `results[].page_fetched` | string? | When page was last fetched (ISO datetime) | | `results[].fetched_content_timestamp` | int? | Fetch timestamp (only with `include_fetch_metadata=true`) | | `results[].meta_url.scheme` | string? | URL protocol scheme | | `results[].meta_url.netloc` | string? | Network location | | `results[].meta_url.hostname` | string? | Lowercased domain name | | `results[].meta_url.favicon` | string? | Favicon URL | | `results[].meta_url.path` | string? | URL path | | `results[].thumbnail.src` | string | Served thumbnail URL | | `results[].thumbnail.original` | string? | Original thumbnail URL | | `results[].extra_snippets` | list[str]? | Up to 5 additional excerpts per result | | `results[].profile.name` | string? | Name of the site | | `results[].profile.url` | string? | The original URL where the profile is available | | `results[].profile.long_name` | string? | The long name of the site | | `results[].profile.img` | string? | The served image URL representing the profile |

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