CONNECT APP
Build with News API
Data Analytics
- API key
MCP
Give your agent News API tools
Every News API action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's News API account for each tool call — you store no tokens.
// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "news_api",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// e.g. run List Source IDs Options:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "news_api-list-source-ids-options",
arguments: {},
})# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", # any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "news_api",
}
async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
await session.initialize()
tools = await session.list_tools()
# e.g. run List Source IDs Options:
result = await session.call_tool("news_api-list-source-ids-options", {})API PROXY
Call the News API API directly
For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the News API API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.
const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
url: "https://newsapi.org/v2/everything",
})
// Any allowed News API endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://newsapi.org/v2/everything
curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzYXBpLm9yZy92Mi9ldmVyeXRoaW5n?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-H "x-pd-environment: production"SDK
Run News API actions from your backend
Connect a user's News API account once, then run List Source IDs Options on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "news_api-list-source-ids-options",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
news_api: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
},
})from pipedream import Pipedream
pd = Pipedream(
client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
project_id="{project_id}",
project_environment="production",
)
result = pd.actions.run(
id="news_api-list-source-ids-options",
external_user_id="{external_user_id}", # any stable ID for this user in your system
configured_props={
"news_api": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
},
)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "news_api-list-source-ids-options",
"configured_props": {
"news_api": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" }
}
}'TOOLS
News API actions
On-demand operations your product or agent can configure and run on behalf of a connected user.
-
List Source IDs Options
actionRetrieves available options for the Source IDs field.Read-onlyv0.0.1 -
Search Everything
actionSearch through millions of articles from over 150,000 large and small news sources and blogs. See the documentationRead-onlyv0.0.2 -
Search Top Headlines
actionRetrieve live top and breaking headlines for a category, single source, multiple sources, or keywords. See the documentationRead-onlyv0.0.3
EVENTS
News API triggers
Event sources your backend can deploy for users and receive through a webhook.
No News API triggers are available yet.
MULTI-APP
Use News API with other popular apps
Most products don't stop at one integration. Pair News API with the other apps your users rely on, and ship use cases that span both.
- App slug
- news_api
- Authentication
- API key
- Categories
- Data Analytics
- Actions
- 3
- Triggers
- 0
- API proxy
- Available