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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": 304854,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "196f56991dfbdbab6818b8134ae56280",
            "title": "Happy Australia Day: Celebrating the Aussie tech that changed the world",
            "description": "Today is a day to reflect on our history, but for us at techAU, it is also the perfect time to look at our massive contribution to the global technology",
            "content": "Today is a day to reflect on our history, but for us at techAU, it is also the perfect time to look at our massive contribution to the global technology landscape.\nWe often punch well above our weight when it comes to innovation, and the tech we have... [8668 chars]",
            "url": "https://techau.com.au/happy-australia-day-celebrating-the-aussie-tech-that-changed-the-world/",
            "image": "https://techau.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AustraliaDay-Feature.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-24T21:43:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "cf87c003dfe2128471f680e829b1cccb",
                "name": "techAU",
                "url": "https://techau.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "746326d314f6f6e6e02a31a2ed843c33",
            "title": "2020 Porsche Cayman S: Owner review",
            "description": "An astonishingly capable weekender, dynamically superior to almost anything else.",
            "content": "At six, I could name the makes of most cars on Australian roads. By eight, after a brief UK holiday, I added Austins, Fiats, Rovers, and Vauxhalls to the repertoire. Cars, it turns out, were never a phase.\nMy first new car was a Mk IV Golf, an unders... [2111 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.drive.com.au/reviews/2020-porsche-cayman-s-owner-review/",
            "image": "https://media.drive.com.au/obj/tx_q:70,rs:auto:1920:1080:1/driveau/upload/cms/uploads/0815efcd-d000-5ee0-a582-8cfd00e50000",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-24T21:04:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5d89e5d3cdf861cad529bd49404b5a89",
                "name": "drive.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.drive.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "97d720656d78cc78dd57ba617cb5fa81",
            "title": "Logitech Alto Keys K98M",
            "description": "Your reaction to Logitech's Alto Keys K98M hot-swappable mechanical keyboard may come down to one thing: how often you use the Home key.",
            "content": "A mechanical keyboard with a vibration-absorbing cushioned gasket design? Plus hot-swappable switches for customizers or do-it-yourselfers? That's something you'd expect from a boutique vendor like Keychron or NuPhy, not mass-marketer Logitech—and pr... [4698 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.pcmag.com/keyboards/115527/logitech-alto-keys-k98m",
            "image": "https://sm.pcmag.com/t/pcmag_au/review/l/logitech-a/logitech-alto-keys-k98m_yegp.1200.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-24T21:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1140ebf23013e05d5854a27aeef4d7d3",
                "name": "PCMag Australia",
                "url": "https://au.pcmag.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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