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": 342528,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9e93d22c1f1fdcad7c753692d02d8641",
            "title": "YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature called 'Ask YouTube'",
            "description": "Tired of scrolling through search results to find the right video? This new AI feature will curate the perfect set of videos to answer your question.",
            "content": "YouTube is apparently working to integrate more AI features into its user interface. Shortly after increasing the price of YouTube Premium, they launched AI avatars for Shorts creators and began asking users whether they felt their feeds were filled ... [1619 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111393/youtube-is-testing-an-ai-powered-search-feature-called-ask-youtube/index.html",
            "image": "https://static.tweaktown.com/news/1/1/111393_847_youtube-is-testing-an-ai-powered-search-feature-called-ask-youtube_full.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T20:50:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "88d2c803bf7465094b81545571a67996",
                "name": "TweakTown",
                "url": "https://www.tweaktown.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "09642382ffd6c3157214feafbbf8e168",
            "title": "Coreboot port almost complete for MSI Pro B850-P AM5 motherboard, current implementation almost boots into Linux",
            "description": "coreboot is one step closer to being bootable on MSI's AM5 Pro B850-P motherboard, after fixing USB initialization and PCIe enumeration issues.",
            "content": "The developers behind coreboot have provided an update on their progress developing a port of the open-source BIOS to a consumer AM5 motherboard, the MSI Pro B850-P. Phoronix reports that 3mdeb, the company behind coreboot, has successfully ported se... [2029 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111398/coreboot-port-almost-complete-for-msi-pro-b850-p-am5-motherboard-current-implementation-almost-boots-into-linux/index.html",
            "image": "https://static.tweaktown.com/news/1/1/111398_1736156134061713451979753349932_coreboot-almost-bootable-on-msi-pro-b850-am5-motherboard_full.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T20:35:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "88d2c803bf7465094b81545571a67996",
                "name": "TweakTown",
                "url": "https://www.tweaktown.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5a6d1de51062be3b25aa9cb3dd367f19",
            "title": "Sky News Australia",
            "description": "SkyNews.com.au — Australian News Headlines & World News Online from the best award winning journalists",
            "content": "Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization. For more information see our Cookie Policy.\nTo enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open... [1735 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.skynews.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-skynews-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T20:21:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aa99545658b1a17de235bf8db2edfb5",
                "name": "Sky News Australia",
                "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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