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": 348542,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8aa8809b4814e9625ae06711b17848b5",
            "title": "Scientist finds new evidence in Australian rocks",
            "description": "The microscopic 1.7-billion-year-old creatures are among our oldest ancestors; pioneers which gave rise to all multicellular life from toadstools to trees and toucans.",
            "content": "May 21, 2026 — 1:00am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nA Sydney scientist has unearthed critical evidence about the oldest-known complex life forms in the universe, parsed from slabs ... [5287 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/evidence-for-oldest-complex-life-unearthed-in-australian-rocks-20260519-p5zypn.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.19353070175438594%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_32/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/a09d54b4bcd227ec7ae7698226308f3d60075c13",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T15:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0b620fb8b09769e73e0a9a11e3e74488",
            "title": "Gruber Foundation 2026 Prizes Honor Science Breakthroughs",
            "description": "The Gruber Foundation today recognized five scientists who have made significant contributions to the fields of cosmology, genetics, and neuroscience",
            "content": "Mirage News\nMirage News\nGruber Foundation 2026 Prizes Honor Science Breakthroughs\nThe Gruber Foundation today recognized five scientists who have made significant contributions to the fields of cosmology, genetics, and neuroscience. Recipients of the... [1393 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/gruber-foundation-2026-prizes-honor-science-1677302/",
            "image": "https://news.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/opengraph_image/public/2026-05/YN-Gruber-Winners-2026-2.jpg?h=03155992&itok=has4k4Vi",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T14:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "74ca42c9a1ef3ca403b6b72363b00d4b",
            "title": "Fluid viscosity drives mechanical memory and invasion in glioblastoma",
            "description": "Most cancer studies focus on chemical signals or stiff tumor surroundings, but the stickiness of the fluid itself has received little attention.",
            "content": "Most cancer studies focus on chemical signals or stiff tumor surroundings, but the stickiness of the fluid itself has received little attention. For glioblastoma, the invasion front is about eight times more viscous than the necrotic core, creating a... [3403 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260520/Fluid-viscosity-drives-mechanical-memory-and-invasion-in-glioblastoma.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/Stress-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T14:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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