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": 353678,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d69876e130e47612136fe31c7279948e",
            "title": "Hubble Survey Preps Roman's Milky Way Center View",
            "description": "RomanHomeAbout RomanMission OverviewWhy is Roman Important?Who is Nancy Grace Roman?Frequently Asked QuestionsMission TimelinePartnersMeet the",
            "content": "The Milky Way's galactic bulge, the bulbous region that surrounds the galactic center, contains a dense collection of stars, planets, and other free-floating objects. This region has been studied for decades with numerous ground-based and space-based... [7078 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/hubble-survey-preps-romans-milky-way-center-view-1671032/",
            "image": "https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2026/05/STScI-01KQZBQ6A6G5BMNZAYZ8CZ6TYB.png?w=3840&h=2160&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T14:32:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "222528792688c3c126ec5574d753fb31",
            "title": "Surprise X-Ray Discovery May Explain Strange Red Dots in Early Universe",
            "description": "Ever since JWST first began peering out at the early Universe a few years ago, astronomers have been spotting strange \"little red dots\" (LRDs) in its infrared images.",
            "content": "Ever since JWST first began peering out at the early Universe a few years ago, astronomers have been spotting strange \"little red dots\" (LRDs) in its infrared images.\nThere are hundreds of these compact blobs at very high redshifts at distances of ab... [4312 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-x-ray-discovery-may-explain-strange-red-dots-in-early-universe",
            "image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/05/XRayDotIllustrationChandraJWSTData.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T14:02:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
                "name": "ScienceAlert",
                "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "03fe78620f9a63c4dd63bb4b339905b4",
            "title": "Smart Glasses With Subscriptions Are As Bad as They Sound",
            "description": "I tested L'Atitude 52°N's Berlin smart glasses and I have some bad news.",
            "content": "Here we go again. I’ve reviewed quite a few pairs of smart glasses at this point, and the story is careening toward redundancy.\nIf you can get past the inherent bad stuff that people could do with cameras discreetly placed on their faces (like cheat ... [11404 chars]",
            "url": "https://gizmodo.com/smart-glasses-with-subscriptions-are-as-bad-as-they-sound-2000755908",
            "image": "https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/Untitled-design-14-1200x675.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T13:35:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b86966b1ce9f29cc65fd4b3bf0671e5c",
                "name": "Gizmodo",
                "url": "https://gizmodo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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