Chronicling America vs Finlight
If you need a News API that's easy to integrate, go with Finlight.
Chronicling America
Provides access to millions of pages of historic US newspapers from the Library of Congress
Chronicling America
- No authentication required
- No HTTPS support
- Currently flagged as inactive
Finlight
- Simple API key authentication
- HTTPS supported
| Feature | Chronicling America | Finlight |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | apiKey |
| HTTPS | No | Yes |
| CORS | Unknown | Unknown |
When to use which?
Chronicling America is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication. Finlight supports HTTPS, which is required for production deployments and secure data handling.