What this API does
The Finlight Financial News API offers developers the ability to access global financial news and market sentiment data. It facilitates searches based on keywords, ticker symbols, or sentiment analysis, enabling easy integration into fintech applications.
How it works
The API operates through RESTful endpoints that return structured JSON metadata for news articles. Developers can submit queries to retrieve relevant articles from various global sources, which helps in informing investment decisions.
This API is optimized for performance, ensuring rapid retrieval of data and compatibility with multiple programming languages.
Authentication
The Finlight Financial News API requires authentication through API keys. Developers need to register and obtain an API key to make calls to the endpoints securely.
Example usage
/search?keyword=bitcoin- Searches for news articles related to Bitcoin./market/sentiment?ticker=AAPL- Retrieves sentiment analysis for Apple Inc./news?ticker=GOOGL- Fetches recent news articles for Alphabet Inc./news?sentiment=positive- Lists articles with positive market sentiment.
Limits
The API allows up to 100 free requests per day. Further limits on requests or data returned are not documented.
Ideal use cases
- Creating investment dashboards for real-time news updates.
- Building trading alert systems based on market sentiment.
- Integrating financial news retrieval into research tools.
- Developing analytics platforms for fintech applications.