Fast News Previews API
A lightweight, high-performance news aggregation service that delivers clean article data from diverse sources. The API provides fast access to news articles with thumbnails, previews, and structured metadata — no web scraping involved. Available on the RapidAPI Marketplace.
All Endpoints
| Method | Path | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /health | System health check |
| GET | /news | Search news by topic |
| GET | /news/trending | Trending headlines by language/region |
| GET | /news/topic | News from predefined topic categories |
| GET | /news/local | Local news for a geographic area |
Guides
- Getting Started — Set up and make your first request in under 5 minutes
- Authentication — How RapidAPI authentication works
- Error Handling — Error responses, status codes, and retry strategies
- Code Examples — Ready-to-copy snippets in Python, JavaScript, Go, and cURL
Response Object
All news endpoints return articles in the same format:
{
"title": "Article headline",
"source": "example-news.com",
"published_at": "2026-04-16T10:30:00Z",
"url": "https://example-news.com/articles/example",
"image_url": "https://cdn.example-news.com/thumb.jpg",
"preview": "Text excerpt up to 250 characters..."
}