Mediastack

liveNewsMedia

Mediastack API — real-time global news search and headlines filtered by category, country, language, and source. BYOK.

2tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day

Tools

search_news

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

No parameters required.

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latest_news

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

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mediastack/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mediastack/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_news","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_news", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("mediastack api — real-time global news search and headlines filtered by category, country, language, and source");