Latvia News API

Get the live top headlines from Latvia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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Request and live response

This request returns the current top headlines from Latvia. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=general&country=lv&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --data-urlencode "country=lv" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "general", "country": "lv", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "general",
    country: "lv",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "general",
    "country"  => "lv",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=general&country=lv&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 134966,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3a3c4041085abf38de2f5ec41fc8c92e",
            "title": "Ice possible on roads around Rīga Wednesday morning",
            "description": "On Wednesday morning, ice in the Rīga area is making driving conditions difficult on the country’s main roads. Anti-skid materials are being spread on slippery sections of the road, said Latvian State...",
            "content": "Driving conditions are difficult on the country’s main roads:\nThe Vidzeme Highway (A2) between Vangaži and Sigulda;\nThe Valmiera Highway (A3) between Murjāņi and Ragana.\nOn regional roads, driving is difficult in the Rīga area.\nTo improve driving con... [370 chars]",
            "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/04.11.2026-ice-possible-on-roads-around-riga-wednesday-morning.a670458/",
            "image": "https://static.lsm.lv/media/2026/11/large/1/uiaf.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T05:28:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae66cbd84f657113f5e1eab20abc7874",
                "name": "LSM",
                "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "46c8128e7fa8b72701435be83543a8c8",
            "title": "Graudaugu tranzīts no Krievijas caur Latviju desmit mēnešos pieaudzis 3,1 reizi",
            "description": "Graudaugu tranzīts no Krievijas caur Latviju šogad desmit mēnešos pieaudzis 3,1 reizi salīdzinājumā ar 2025. gada desmit mēnešiem, liecina Valsts ieņēmumu diene...",
            "content": "Šogad desmit mēnešos tranzītā no Krievijas caur Latviju izvesti 1,115 miljoni tonnu graudaugu, kamēr pērn desmit mēnešos izveda 357 645 tonnas.\nLielākais graudaugu apjoms tranzītā no Krievijas izvests oktobrī - 425 163 tonnas, bet septembrī - 346 952... [2816 chars]",
            "url": "https://db.lv/zinas/graudaugu-tranzits-no-krievijas-caur-latviju-desmit-menesos-pieaudzis-31-reizi",
            "image": "https://db.lv/imgproxy/766k6Fsdu9xDr1xh_8SvXMi_f8PmEFA-2ilHcWL4984/rt:fill/s:1200:675/plain/s3://dblv-1/graudu_tranzits.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T05:13:22Z",
            "lang": "lv",
            "source": {
                "id": "944c77f60fd7efb0495242550b02f845",
                "name": "Dienas Bizness",
                "url": "https://db.lv"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0e3ae4e4b2ee845abf39f073c6d8ff9b",
            "title": "Krievijas uzbrukumu dēļ Kijivā nopietni traucēta enerģijas padeve",
            "description": "Kijivas varas iestādes ziņo, ka masveidīgā uzbrukuma dēļ pilsētā otrdien, 3.novembrī, tika noteikti ārkārtas elektroenerģijas padeves pārtraukumi.",
            "content": "Kijivā tika apturēta tramvaju un trolejbusu kustība, un visā pilsētā pārtrauca ūdensapgādi.\nVienlaikus enerģētikas infrastruktūras objekti sabojāti vēl desmit reģionos, tai skaitā lielajās Zaporižjas, Odesas un Harkivas pilsētās.\nUkrainas pirmais pre... [2235 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/arzemes/04.11.2026-krievijas-uzbrukumu-del-kijiva-nopietni-trauceta-energijas-padeve.a670456/",
            "image": "https://static.lsm.lv/media/2026/10/large/1/ucef.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T04:57:32Z",
            "lang": "lv",
            "source": {
                "id": "c53b2eca29b7fbd73c171470a674e45f",
                "name": "LSM",
                "url": "https://www.lsm.lv"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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