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Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia News API

API 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 7593364,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c838ce6f56e87a9deefc4e5654fdf16b",
            "title": "Breaking: Major police operation underway in Sydney's Croydon Park after shots fired",
            "description": "At least one person was seen being taken away from the scene by paramedics, while another man arrived at Canterbury Hospital with gunshot wounds.",
            "content": "A major police operation is underway in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Croydon Park after a number of shots were fired.\nAt least one person was seen being taken away from the scene by paramedics, while another man arrived at Canterbury Hospital with... [706 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-05/police-operation-underway-in-sydney-croydon-park-after-shooting/105854454",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/6255d276fcac3f88cee5ab0d07c841b9?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=727&cropW=1292&xPos=16&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-05T10:08:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "af6e2b5bbad02884fae34d97e467c0e1",
            "title": "Shots fired, residents urged to stay inside",
            "description": "A police operation is currently under way in Croydon Park.",
            "content": "Police have told residents of Croydon Park, in Sydney’s inner west, to stay inside their homes after gunshots were fired about 7.45pm on Sunday.\nSpecialist police officers are now in the area and motorists have been urged to stay away.\nPolice said Ge... [820 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/shots-fired-in-sydney-s-inner-west-residents-urged-to-stay-inside-20251005-p5n08y.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1936%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_no_age_social_wm/f99c3d0332c1a4e6fd58ebcf91ab1a03cce6e2d9",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-05T09:46:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2060b1cdb8f01854d1da93c313be8ebd",
            "title": "Residents in Sydney's inner west are warned to stay indoors as cops hone in on 'active' shooter",
            "description": "An emergency situation is unfolding in Sydney's inner west as tactical police and paramedics rush to the scene of a shooting.",
            "content": "An emergency situation is unfolding in Sydney's inner west as tactical police and paramedics rush to the scene of a shooting.\nResidents have been told to stay indoors following the shooting in Croydon Park which is understood to have begun about 7.30... [1797 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15163715/Croydon-Park-shooting-Sydney.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/10/05/11/102717693-0-image-a-47_1759658559706.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-05T09:42:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk",
                "country": "au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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