`search_news`

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

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

Search news articles by keywords. Optionally filter by category (business, technology, science, health, sports, entertainment, general), country (ISO2 codes), or language. Returns headlines, descriptions, sources, and published dates.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_apiKey`	string	yes	Mediastack API key
`keywords`	string	yes	Search keywords (e.g., “artificial intelligence”, “climate summit”)
`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,de”)
`languages`	string	no	Comma-separated language codes (e.g., “en,es,fr”)
`limit`	number	no	Max results to return (1-100, default 25)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "_apiKey": "your-mediastack-api-key",
  "keywords": "artificial intelligence"
}

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":"search_news","arguments":{"_apiKey":"your-mediastack-api-key","keywords":"artificial intelligence"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

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

More examples

{
  "_apiKey": "your-mediastack-api-key",
  "keywords": "climate summit",
  "categories": "science,general",
  "countries": "us,gb,de",
  "limit": 50
}

Response shape

Always returns: total, count, articles

Field	Type	Description
`total`	number	Total number of matching articles available
`count`	number	Number of articles returned in this response
`articles`	array	List of news articles matching the search criteria

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of matching articles available"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of articles returned in this response"
    },
    "articles": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of news articles matching the search criteria",
      "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.

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