Getting Started

This guide walks you through subscribing to the Fast News Previews API on RapidAPI and making your first request.

1. Subscribe on RapidAPI

1. Go to the Fast News Previews API page on RapidAPI.
2. Choose a subscription plan (free tiers may be available).
3. After subscribing, RapidAPI provides you with an API key (x-rapidapi-key).

You will need two headers for every request:

Header	Value	Where to Find It
x-rapidapi-key	Your personal API key	RapidAPI dashboard, on the API page
x-rapidapi-host	fast-news-with-previews.p.rapidapi.com	RapidAPI dashboard, on the API page

When you use RapidAPI's test console, both headers are sent automatically.

2. Make Your First Request

Search for news about artificial intelligence in English:

curl -X GET "https://fast-news-with-previews.p.rapidapi.com/news?topic=artificial+intelligence&language=en" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-host: fast-news-with-previews.p.rapidapi.com"

Replace YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY with the API key from your RapidAPI dashboard.

3. Read the Response

{
  "topic": "artificial intelligence",
  "geo": "all",
  "language": "en",
  "count": 10,
  "items": [
    {
      "title": "Made-up article about AI",
      "source": "example-news.com",
      "published_at": "2026-04-16T10:30:00Z",
      "url": "https://example-news.com/articles/ai-update",
      "image_url": "https://cdn.example-news.com/thumb.jpg",
      "preview": "Bla bla bla this is a sample preview of what an article excerpt looks like in the response..."
    }
  ]
}

Each article object contains:

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Article headline
source	string	Source publication or website domain
published_at	string	Publication timestamp in RFC 3339 format. Empty if the date could not be determined.
url	string	Direct link to the original article
image_url	string	URL to a thumbnail image, if available
preview	string	Text excerpt (up to 250 characters). Falls back to the article title if no content preview is available.

4. Explore More Endpoints

• Trending headlines: GET /news/trending?language=en — get top headlines for any language
• Topic categories: GET /news/topic?topic1=technology&language=en — browse 11 predefined categories
• Local news: GET /news/local?query=Tokyo&language=en — find news about a specific area

See the Endpoints section for all available operations.

What's Next?

• Browse all endpoints for detailed parameter and response documentation
• Learn about authentication in detail
• Copy code examples in your preferred programming language
• Read about error handling to build resilient integrations