`latest_news`

Pack: mediastack · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mediastack/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/latest_news for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Get the latest news headlines. Optionally filter by category, country, or language. Returns the most recent articles with titles, descriptions, sources, and URLs.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_apiKey`	string	yes	Mediastack API key
`categories`	string	no	Comma-separated categories: business, technology, science, health, sports, entertainment, general
`countries`	string	no	Comma-separated ISO2 country codes (e.g., “us,gb”)
`limit`	number	no	Max results to return (1-100, default 25)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "_apiKey": "your-mediastack-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mediastack/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"latest_news","arguments":{"_apiKey":"your-mediastack-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('latest_news', {
  "_apiKey": "your-mediastack-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "_apiKey": "your-mediastack-api-key",
  "categories": "business,technology",
  "countries": "us",
  "limit": 30
}

Response shape

Always returns: total, count, articles

Field	Type	Description
`total`	number	Total number of latest articles available
`count`	number	Number of articles returned in this response
`articles`	array	List of latest news articles

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of latest articles available"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of articles returned in this response"
    },
    "articles": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of latest news articles",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article headline"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article summary or excerpt"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "URL to the full article"
          },
          "source": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "News source or publication name"
          },
          "author": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article author name"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article category (business, technology, science, health, sports, entertainment, general)"
          },
          "language": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Language code of the article"
          },
          "country": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "ISO2 country code where article originated"
          },
          "published_at": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article publication date and time"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total",
    "count",
    "articles"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediastack": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mediastack/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

latest_news