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Chronicling America vs NewsData

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

Chronicling America

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

NewsData

News data API for live-breaking news and headlines from reputed news sources

Chronicling America

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

NewsData

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

When to use which?

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