Associated Press API

AP section hubs, topic hubs, or site search, then one article.

Free tier, 200 requests a month
No credit card
Structured JSON
Live pages, fetched per call

Start free View documentation

Data samples

From the page to JSON

The page the Associated Press API reads, and the response it returns for the same query.

hurricane

sort

newest

page

Try it live

https://apnews.com/search?q=hurricane&s=3

{
  "engine": "ap_news",
  "family": "news",
  "query": {
    "q": "hurricane",
    "sort": "newest",
    "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_page": 2,
  "next_cursor": null
}

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.

Get an API key Read the docs

curl -G "https://api.clair.im/v1/search?engine=ap_news&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 paginates with page 1–20. Section and topic hubs are one page. Listing authors[] is empty.

GET /v1/search?engine=ap_news

Authorization header · stringrequired: Bearer <api_key>. Create keys under API keys.
engine stringrequired: Must be ap_news.
q string: Site search. Omit for a section or topic hub. Do not send section or topic with q.
section string: world-news (default), us-news, politics, business, technology, science, health, sports, entertainment, oddities, lifestyle, climate-and-environment, or religion.
topic string: apnews.com/hub/ slug. Mutually exclusive with section and q.
sort string: With q: relevance, newest, or oldest.
page integer: With q: 1–20. Section and topic hubs are one page (page must be 1).

Pricing

Simple plans, free to start

This API is its own subscription with its own quota. Unused requests expire at renewal. Need a custom volume? Email contact@serinlabs.com.

Free

$0/mo

200

Requests / month

Overage: Hard limit
Rate limit: 10/min
Card: Not needed

Start for free

Pro

$49.99/mo

12,600

Requests / month

Overage: $0.004 per extra request
Rate limit: 5/sec
Stops at: 63,000 requests

Ultra

$149/mo

50,200

Requests / month

Overage: $0.003 per extra request
Rate limit: 10/sec
Stops at: 150,600 requests

Mega

$399/mo

168,300

Requests / month

Overage: $0.0024 per extra request
Rate limit: 20/sec
Stops at: 420,700 requests

Pay as you go

No monthly fee

$0.006

Per request

Overage: None
Rate limit: 5/sec
Stops at: 63,000 requests

Prices in USD, billed monthly by Stripe. Cancel any time from Manage billing.

FAQ

Common questions

Anything else? Email contact@serinlabs.com.

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 subscription include?

All of them: World news, Article. They share this API's monthly quota.

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. Every Clair API has its own free tier: 200 requests a month, with no card. It resets monthly, and the API stops when the month's requests run out.

What happens when I use up my plan's requests?

On a paid tier, extra calls are billed at the tier's overage rate until its ceiling, then the API returns 429 until the next period. The free tier returns 429 as soon as its requests are used.

Does this subscription cover other Clair APIs?

No. Each API is its own subscription, and one key works with all of them. A call to an API the account does not subscribe to returns 403 not_subscribed.

Related APIs

APIs teams often combine with the Associated Press API.

Google News API

Live headlines from news.google.com, with publisher URLs, topics, and clusters.

View API →

Bloomberg News API

Section rails or site search on bloomberg.com, then one article.

View API →

Reuters News API

List a reuters.com section or author, then fetch one article.

View API →

Subscribe to the API you need.

Each Clair API is its own monthly request quota. Unused requests expire. Every API has a free tier to try it.

Get API Key →Compare plans

Associated Press API

AP section hubs, topic hubs, or site search, then one article.

Free tier, 200 requests a month
No credit card
Structured JSON
Live pages, fetched per call

Start free View documentation

Data samples

From the page to JSON

The page the Associated Press API reads, and the response it returns for the same query.

hurricane

sort

newest

page

Try it live

https://apnews.com/search?q=hurricane&s=3

{
  "engine": "ap_news",
  "family": "news",
  "query": {
    "q": "hurricane",
    "sort": "newest",
    "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_page": 2,
  "next_cursor": null
}

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.

Get an API key Read the docs

curl -G "https://api.clair.im/v1/search?engine=ap_news&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 paginates with page 1–20. Section and topic hubs are one page. Listing authors[] is empty.

GET /v1/search?engine=ap_news

Authorization header · stringrequired: Bearer <api_key>. Create keys under API keys.
engine stringrequired: Must be ap_news.
q string: Site search. Omit for a section or topic hub. Do not send section or topic with q.
section string: world-news (default), us-news, politics, business, technology, science, health, sports, entertainment, oddities, lifestyle, climate-and-environment, or religion.
topic string: apnews.com/hub/ slug. Mutually exclusive with section and q.
sort string: With q: relevance, newest, or oldest.
page integer: With q: 1–20. Section and topic hubs are one page (page must be 1).

Pricing

Simple plans, free to start

This API is its own subscription with its own quota. Unused requests expire at renewal. Need a custom volume? Email contact@serinlabs.com.

Free

$0/mo

200

Requests / month

Overage: Hard limit
Rate limit: 10/min
Card: Not needed

Start for free

Pro

$49.99/mo

12,600

Requests / month

Overage: $0.004 per extra request
Rate limit: 5/sec
Stops at: 63,000 requests

Ultra

$149/mo

50,200

Requests / month

Overage: $0.003 per extra request
Rate limit: 10/sec
Stops at: 150,600 requests

Mega

$399/mo

168,300

Requests / month

Overage: $0.0024 per extra request
Rate limit: 20/sec
Stops at: 420,700 requests

Pay as you go

No monthly fee

$0.006

Per request

Overage: None
Rate limit: 5/sec
Stops at: 63,000 requests

Prices in USD, billed monthly by Stripe. Cancel any time from Manage billing.

FAQ

Common questions

Anything else? Email contact@serinlabs.com.

What does the Associated Press API return?

Which endpoints does a subscription include?

All of them: World news, Article. They share this API's monthly quota.

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. Every Clair API has its own free tier: 200 requests a month, with no card. It resets monthly, and the API stops when the month's requests run out.

What happens when I use up my plan's requests?

On a paid tier, extra calls are billed at the tier's overage rate until its ceiling, then the API returns 429 until the next period. The free tier returns 429 as soon as its requests are used.

Does this subscription cover other Clair APIs?

No. Each API is its own subscription, and one key works with all of them. A call to an API the account does not subscribe to returns 403 not_subscribed.

Related APIs

APIs teams often combine with the Associated Press API.

Google News API

Live headlines from news.google.com, with publisher URLs, topics, and clusters.

View API →

Bloomberg News API

Section rails or site search on bloomberg.com, then one article.

View API →

Reuters News API

List a reuters.com section or author, then fetch one article.

View API →

Subscribe to the API you need.

Each Clair API is its own monthly request quota. Unused requests expire. Every API has a free tier to try it.

Get API Key →Compare plans