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Chronicling America vs Medium API

If you need a News API that's easy to integrate, go with Medium API.

Chronicling America

Provides access to millions of pages of historic US newspapers from the Library of Congress

Medium API

Medium API helps you to quickly extract data from Medium's Website (https://medium.com). You can gather data related to users, publications, articles (including its textual content), latest posts...

Chronicling America

  • No authentication required
  • No HTTPS support
  • Currently flagged as inactive

Medium API

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported
FeatureChronicling AmericaMedium API
AuthenticationNoneapiKey
HTTPSNoYes
CORSUnknownUnknown

When to use which?

Chronicling America is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication. Medium API supports HTTPS, which is required for production deployments and secure data handling.