Is there an API for AP News?

AP News does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 8 maintained endpoints for apnews.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape AP News data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when apnews.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a AP News account?

No. Every AP News action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the AP News API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

News Media

AP News API

apnews.com

Wire news service - latest articles, sections, keyword search, and fact-checks.

Actions: 8
Category: News Media
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

Get an API key Wire API reference

Call the AP News API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs ap_author.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "ap_author",
    "params": {
      "author": "Matthew"
    }
  }'

8 actions on apnews.com

Read

Author Articles
ap_authorread1 credit / call
Returns articles by a specific journalist.
author
string · required
when
string
limit
integer
Fact Checks
ap_fact_checkread1 credit / call
Returns fact-check articles covering verified claims and debunked misinformation.
limit
integer
Full Article
ap_articleread2 credits / call
Returns the full text, author, keywords, section, and image from an article URL.
url
string · required
Latest Articles
ap_latestread1 credit / call
Returns the latest articles with titles, publish dates, and keywords.
limit
integer
Monthly Archive
ap_archiveread1 credit / call
Returns news articles from any month since 2006, with thousands of articles per month.
month
string · required
limit
integer
offset
integer
Search Articles
ap_searchread1 credit / call
Returns articles matching a keyword search with optional time filtering.
query
string · required
when
string
limit
integer
Section News
ap_sectionread1 credit / call
Returns articles by section including politics, business, technology, science, and sports.
section
string · required
limit
integer
Video Feed
ap_videoread1 credit / call
Returns videos with title, description, thumbnail, stream URL, and duration.
limit
integer

AP News API questions

Is there an API for AP News?: AP News does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 8 maintained endpoints for apnews.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape AP News data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when apnews.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a AP News account?: No. Every AP News action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the AP News API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.