
Australia Nation News API
Get the live top nation headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia Nation News APIAPI Demonstration
This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Australia.
GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
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