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Associated Press APIAssociated Press API
AP section hubs, topic hubs, or site search, then one article.
Overview
What teams build with the Associated Press API
Topic monitoring
Follow an AP topic hub, such as a country, company, or election, and pull each new story in full.
News apps and briefings
Build a daily briefing from AP's world, business, or politics sections.
Research and retrieval
Search apnews.com for a subject and collect the article text for analysis or a retrieval index.
Licensed feeds only
Is there an official Associated Press API?
Only for AP customers. AP's Media API serves the content an organization licenses, with a key issued by AP customer support.
AP's Media API is how newsrooms that license AP content pull it into their systems. Keys come from AP customer support to licensed customers; there is no self-serve plan.
Clair reads the public apnews.com pages: section hubs, topic hubs, and site search, then one article per request. Listing cards carry no bylines, so read the article for the byline and body.
Read from these pages on September 28, 2026.
Data samples
From the page to JSON
The page the Associated Press API reads, and the response it returns for the same query.
https://apnews.com/search?q=hurricane&s=3
{
"engine": "ap",
"family": "news",
"query": {
"q": "hurricane",
"sort": "newest",
"section": null,
"topic": null,
"page": 1
},
"listing": {
"title": "AP News Search",
"url": "https://apnews.com/search?q=hurricane&s=3"
},
"count": 1,
"total_results": 26719,
"results": [
{
"position": 1,
"title": "Powerful Hurricane Polo drenches Mexico’s coast as Nolo takes aim at Hawaii",
"url": "https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-polo-mexico-nolo-hawaii-a036e08f59c3f3842aaba2ee69bd9d37",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T08:20:28.000Z",
"authors": [],
"content_type": "article",
"premium": false
}
],
"next_cursor": "eyJwIjoyLCJzIjoicHBUazJ1OWVBVGJIIn0"
}Source page captured separately from the recorded response, so live values can differ.
Code
Integrate in minutes
One host, one Bearer key for every Clair API. Each call returns JSON with the same envelope, so a second API is a new path, not a new client.
curl -G "https://api.clair.im/v1/ap/search?q=hurricane&sort=newest&page=1" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
Reference
Query and response fields
Pass q, section, or topic, not several. Search pages with page (1 to 20) or cursor. A section or topic hub is one page, so it takes neither. Listing authors[] is empty. Search cards carry a summary; section and topic cards rarely do.
GET /v1/ap/search
Authorizationheader · stringrequired
- Bearer <api_key>. Create keys under API keys.
qstring
- Site search. Omit for a section or topic hub. Do not send
sectionortopicwithq. sectionstring
world-news(default),us-news,politics,business,technology,science,health,sports,entertainment,oddities,lifestyle,climate-and-environment, orreligion.topicstring
apnews.com/hub/slug. Mutually exclusive withsectionandq.sortstring
- With
q:relevance,newest, oroldest. pageinteger
- With
qonly; a section or topic hub is one page. Page to open, 1 to 20. Default 1. Sendpageorcursor, not both. cursorstring
- With
qonly; a section or topic hub is one page.next_cursorfrom the previous response. Send it with the same other parameters.
Pricing
One subscription. Every API. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Press | $4.30/1K requests Up to 232 requests | $3.75/1K requests Up to 8K requests | $3.30/1K requests Up to 30.3K requests | $3.00/1K requests Up to 100K requests | Custom rate Volume pricing |
Paid plans run at 10 requests a second. Need more? Email us and we will raise your limit.
Can I search AP by keyword?
Yes. Search takes q for apnews.com site search, or a section or topic hub to list instead.
Can I republish AP articles?
Clair gives you the data; the rights stay with AP. Republishing AP stories needs an AP license. Analysis, monitoring, and linking are the usual uses.
Why do listings include unrelated stories?
Section pages mix in right-rail and most-read cards, and Clair returns them as the page shows them. Filter by URL or section if you need only the hub's own stories.
What does the Associated Press API return?
Two endpoints, one subscription. Search reads a section (world-news default), an apnews.com/hub topic, or site search. Listing cards have no bylines. Section pages mix in right-rail/most-read cards. Article reads one apnews.com story. access is always free. Same document as Bloomberg and Reuters.
Which endpoints does a plan include?
All of them: World news, Article. Each call spends this API's rate from your plan's balance.
How is a request counted?
Each call is one request, and each extra page is a new call. A malformed request (400) is not counted, and a request that fails on our side (5xx) is refunded.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. The free tier is $1 of usage a month across every Clair API, with no card: about 232 Associated Press API requests if it all goes here. It resets monthly, and calls stop when the balance runs out.
What happens when I use up my plan's balance?
The API returns 429 until the next period, on every plan, and nothing is billed past the balance. An upgrade starts a new month at once, and the unused balance carries over.
Does my plan cover other Clair APIs?
Yes. One plan and one key cover every Clair API, and every call spends from the same monthly balance. Your first call starts the free tier.
Guides
Learn more about the Associated Press API
Use cases
- Financial news tracking
Reuters, AP, and Bloomberg headlines on your watchlist.
- News corpus for research and RAG
Full article text on a topic, ready for analysis.
Related
Related APIs
APIs teams often combine with the Associated Press API.
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