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The Guardian Open Platform

News Free key (no card)

AuthenticationFree key (no card)
Rate limitAbout 5,000 requests/day and 12 requests/second with a free key

Documentation: open-platform.theguardian.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026

About

The Guardian's official API lets you search more than two million articles. News, opinion, reviews, and photos. With keyword, section, tag, and date filters. You can even pull full article text, bylines, and thumbnails by adding fields to your request. It is one of the most generous free news APIs available.

Details

Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.

Auth: Free key (no card)

Rate limit: About 5,000 requests/day and 12 requests/second with a free key

Verified: 2026-09-13

Best for: personal developer

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Setup

  1. Register at open-platform.theguardian.com/access and create an app.
  2. Copy your API key from the confirmation page.
  3. Add &api-key=YOUR_KEY to requests against content.guardianapis.com.
  4. Add show-fields=byline,thumbnail,bodyText to get richer article content.
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