`news_sources`

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

List available global news sources. Filter by country (2-letter), category, and language. Returns source id, name, url, category, country, and language — useful for discovering which outlets cover a given region or topic. Example: news_sources({ country: “us”, category: “technology” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`country`	string	no	2-letter country code to filter sources by, e.g. “us”, “gb”
`category`	string	no	News category to filter sources by, e.g. “business”, “technology”
`language`	string	no	Language code to filter sources by, e.g. “en”, “es”
`_apiKey`	string	no	Optional — your own NewsData.io API key for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "country": "us",
  "category": "technology"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/newsdata/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"news_sources","arguments":{"country":"us","category":"technology"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('news_sources', {
  "country": "us",
  "category": "technology"
});

More examples

{
  "country": "gb",
  "category": "business",
  "language": "en"
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

news_sources