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Try the GDELT Search API

Test Crawlora's GDELT Search API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /gdelt/search
Platform: GDELT
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 0 credits/request
Required params: query
Common optional params: country, language, domain, timespan, from, to

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/gdelt/search?query=<query>&sort=relevance" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
query	string	Yes		GDELT query string. Supports GDELT's own search operators: quoted phrases, (a OR b), theme:NAME, tone<N / tone>N, near20:\
country	string	No		Convenience source-country filter, appended to the query as sourcecountry:VALUE. Accepts a GDELT-recognized country name (no spaces) or 2-letter FIPS code.
language	string	No		Convenience source-language filter, appended to the query as sourcelang:VALUE. Accepts a GDELT-recognized language name or 3-letter code.
domain	string	No		Convenience domain filter, appended to the query as domain:VALUE.
timespan	string	No		Relative time window ending now, e.g. 1h, 2d, 1w, 3m. Cannot be combined with from/to.
from	string	No		Start of an absolute time window. Accepts YYYY-MM-DD, RFC3339, or GDELT's raw YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. Cannot be combined with timespan; GDELT only indexes roughly the last 3 months.
to	string	No		End of an absolute time window. Same formats as from.
sort	string	No	relevance	Result order.
maxrecords	integer	No		Rows to return. GDELT's own hard cap is 250; there is no pagination cursor beyond it.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "sort": "relevance",
    "maxrecords": 75,
    "count": 1,
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&maxrecords=75&mode=artlist&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "articles": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
        "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels",
        "seen_at": "2026-08-19T23:00:00Z",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "language": "English",
        "source_country": "United States",
        "social_image_url": "https://www.example.com/images/social.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey0 credits/requestgdelt.searchResponseDocGDELT

GET /gdelt/search

Search global news coverage indexed by GDELT

Search the GDELT Project's continuously updated global news

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Required query parameters

query

requiredstring

GDELT query string. Supports GDELT's own search operators: quoted phrases, (a OR b), theme:NAME, tone<N / tone>N, near20:\

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "sort": "relevance",
    "maxrecords": 75,
    "count": 1,
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&maxrecords=75&mode=artlist&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "articles": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
        "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels",
        "seen_at": "2026-08-19T23:00:00Z",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "language": "English",
        "source_country": "United States",
        "social_image_url": "https://www.example.com/images/social.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Search the GDELT Project's continuously updated global news

Method: GET
Path: /gdelt/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 0 credits/request
Platform: GDELT
Parameters: 10 documented fields

Request parameters

query:querycountry:querylanguage:querydomain:querytimespan:queryfrom:queryto:querysort:querymaxrecords:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.articlesdata.articles[].domaindata.articles[].languagedata.articles[].seen_atdata.articles[].social_image_urldata.articles[].source_countrydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.countdata.fetched_at

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "sort": "relevance",
    "maxrecords": 75,
    "count": 1,
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&maxrecords=75&mode=artlist&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "articles": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
        "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels",
        "seen_at": "2026-08-19T23:00:00Z",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "language": "English",
        "source_country": "United States",
        "social_image_url": "https://www.example.com/images/social.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/gdelt/search?query=<query>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the GDELT Search API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /gdelt/search
Platform: GDELT
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 0 credits/request
Required params: query
Common optional params: country, language, domain, timespan, from, to

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/gdelt/search?query=<query>&sort=relevance" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
query	string	Yes		GDELT query string. Supports GDELT's own search operators: quoted phrases, (a OR b), theme:NAME, tone<N / tone>N, near20:\
country	string	No		Convenience source-country filter, appended to the query as sourcecountry:VALUE. Accepts a GDELT-recognized country name (no spaces) or 2-letter FIPS code.
language	string	No		Convenience source-language filter, appended to the query as sourcelang:VALUE. Accepts a GDELT-recognized language name or 3-letter code.
domain	string	No		Convenience domain filter, appended to the query as domain:VALUE.
timespan	string	No		Relative time window ending now, e.g. 1h, 2d, 1w, 3m. Cannot be combined with from/to.
from	string	No		Start of an absolute time window. Accepts YYYY-MM-DD, RFC3339, or GDELT's raw YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. Cannot be combined with timespan; GDELT only indexes roughly the last 3 months.
to	string	No		End of an absolute time window. Same formats as from.
sort	string	No	relevance	Result order.
maxrecords	integer	No		Rows to return. GDELT's own hard cap is 250; there is no pagination cursor beyond it.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "sort": "relevance",
    "maxrecords": 75,
    "count": 1,
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&maxrecords=75&mode=artlist&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "articles": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
        "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels",
        "seen_at": "2026-08-19T23:00:00Z",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "language": "English",
        "source_country": "United States",
        "social_image_url": "https://www.example.com/images/social.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey0 credits/requestgdelt.searchResponseDocGDELT

GET /gdelt/search

Search global news coverage indexed by GDELT

Search the GDELT Project's continuously updated global news

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

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Active Playground key: not configured

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Required query parameters

query

requiredstring

GDELT query string. Supports GDELT's own search operators: quoted phrases, (a OR b), theme:NAME, tone<N / tone>N, near20:\

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If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "sort": "relevance",
    "maxrecords": 75,
    "count": 1,
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&maxrecords=75&mode=artlist&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "articles": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
        "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels",
        "seen_at": "2026-08-19T23:00:00Z",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "language": "English",
        "source_country": "United States",
        "social_image_url": "https://www.example.com/images/social.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Search the GDELT Project's continuously updated global news

Method: GET
Path: /gdelt/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 0 credits/request
Platform: GDELT
Parameters: 10 documented fields

Request parameters

query:querycountry:querylanguage:querydomain:querytimespan:queryfrom:queryto:querysort:querymaxrecords:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "sort": "relevance",
    "maxrecords": 75,
    "count": 1,
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&maxrecords=75&mode=artlist&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "articles": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
        "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels",
        "seen_at": "2026-08-19T23:00:00Z",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "language": "English",
        "source_country": "United States",
        "social_image_url": "https://www.example.com/images/social.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/gdelt/search?query=<query>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"