News API Integration

News API Integration

Multiple news APIs available. GNews is recommended for free tier usability.

Recommended: GNews

• Docs: https://gnews.io/docs/v4
• Base URL: https://gnews.io/api/v4
• Auth: Query param token=API_KEY
• Free tier: 100 requests/day, 10 articles per request
• CORS: Yes

Top Headlines

GET /top-headlines?category=general&lang=en&max=10&token=API_KEY

Categories: general, world, nation, business, technology, entertainment, sports, science, health

Search

GET /search?q=artificial+intelligence&lang=en&max=10&token=API_KEY

Response Shape

{
  "totalArticles": 1234,
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "Article Title",
      "description": "Short description...",
      "content": "Full article content (truncated)...",
      "url": "https://example.com/article",
      "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
      "publishedAt": "2024-01-15T12:00:00Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "CNN",
        "url": "https://cnn.com"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Alternative: NewsAPI.org

• Docs: https://newsapi.org/docs
• Free tier: 100 requests/day, for development only
• Note: Free plan does NOT support production use (requires paid plan for CORS from browser)

GET /v2/top-headlines?country=us&apiKey=API_KEY
GET /v2/everything?q=bitcoin&apiKey=API_KEY

Other Alternatives (from public-apis)

Frontend Service Implementation

// src/services/news.ts
import { createCircuitBreaker } from '@/utils/circuit-breaker';

export interface NewsArticle {
  title: string;
  description: string;
  url: string;
  source: string;
  publishedAt: string;
  image?: string;
}

const newsBreaker = createCircuitBreaker<NewsArticle[]>({
  name: 'News',
  cacheTtlMs: 5 * 60_000, // 5 minutes
});

export async function fetchNews(category = 'general'): Promise<NewsArticle[]> {
  return newsBreaker.execute(async () => {
    const resp = await fetch(`/api/news?category=${category}`);
    if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${resp.status}`);
    const data = await resp.json();
    return data.articles || [];
  }, []);
}

export async function searchNews(query: string): Promise<NewsArticle[]> {
  const resp = await fetch(`/api/news?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`);
  if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${resp.status}`);
  const data = await resp.json();
  return data.articles || [];
}

HackerNews (No API Key Needed)

For tech news, HackerNews API is free and unlimited:

// Fetch top 30 stories
const topIds = await fetch('https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json').then(r => r.json());
const stories = await Promise.all(
  topIds.slice(0, 30).map((id: number) =>
    fetch(`https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/${id}.json`).then(r => r.json())
  )
);
// Each story: { title, url, score, by, time, descendants }

Panel Rendering Pattern

private render(articles: NewsArticle[]): void {
  const rows = articles.map(a => `
    <div class="news-item">
      <a href="${a.url}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="news-title">${escapeHtml(a.title)}</a>
      <div class="news-meta">
        <span class="news-source">${escapeHtml(a.source)}</span>
        <span class="news-time">${formatTime(new Date(a.publishedAt))}</span>
      </div>
    </div>
  `).join('');
  this.setContent(`<div class="news-list">${rows}</div>`);
}

Always escape user-controlled strings with escapeHtml() to prevent XSS.