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Try the GDELT Timeline API

Test Crawlora's GDELT Timeline 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/timeline
Platform: GDELT
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 0 credits/request
Required params: query
Common optional params: metric, country, language, domain, timespan, from

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Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
query	string	Yes		GDELT query string. Same syntax as gdelt-search's query.
metric	string	No	volume	Timeline metric. lang and country return one series per language/country instead of one aggregate series.
country	string	No		Convenience source-country filter, appended to the query as sourcecountry:VALUE.
language	string	No		Convenience source-language filter, appended to the query as sourcelang:VALUE.
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.
to	string	No		End of an absolute time window. Same formats as from.
smooth	integer	No		Moving-window smoothing applied to the timeline, in steps. 0 disables smoothing.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "metric": "volume",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=timelinevol&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "series": [
      {
        "series": "climate change",
        "points": [
          {
            "date": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.42
          },
          {
            "date": "2026-08-14T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.51
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey0 credits/requestgdelt.timelineResponseDocGDELT

GET /gdelt/timeline

Coverage volume or tone over time for a GDELT query

Return how a query's global news coverage has trended over

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Required query parameters

query

requiredstring

GDELT query string. Same syntax as gdelt-search's query.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "metric": "volume",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=timelinevol&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "series": [
      {
        "series": "climate change",
        "points": [
          {
            "date": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.42
          },
          {
            "date": "2026-08-14T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.51
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Return how a query's global news coverage has trended over

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

Request parameters

query:querymetric:querycountry:querylanguage:querydomain:querytimespan:queryfrom:queryto:querysmooth:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.fetched_atdata.metricdata.querydata.seriesdata.series[].pointsdata.series[].points[].datedata.series[].points[].valuedata.series[].seriesdata.source_urlmsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "metric": "volume",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=timelinevol&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "series": [
      {
        "series": "climate change",
        "points": [
          {
            "date": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.42
          },
          {
            "date": "2026-08-14T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.51
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Endpoint Playground

Try the GDELT Timeline API

Endpoint facts

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

Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
query	string	Yes		GDELT query string. Same syntax as gdelt-search's query.
metric	string	No	volume	Timeline metric. lang and country return one series per language/country instead of one aggregate series.
country	string	No		Convenience source-country filter, appended to the query as sourcecountry:VALUE.
language	string	No		Convenience source-language filter, appended to the query as sourcelang:VALUE.
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.
to	string	No		End of an absolute time window. Same formats as from.
smooth	integer	No		Moving-window smoothing applied to the timeline, in steps. 0 disables smoothing.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "metric": "volume",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=timelinevol&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "series": [
      {
        "series": "climate change",
        "points": [
          {
            "date": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.42
          },
          {
            "date": "2026-08-14T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.51
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey0 credits/requestgdelt.timelineResponseDocGDELT

GET /gdelt/timeline

Coverage volume or tone over time for a GDELT query

Return how a query's global news coverage has trended over

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

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

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Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

query

requiredstring

GDELT query string. Same syntax as gdelt-search's query.

Add an API key to send a live request.

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

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "metric": "volume",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=timelinevol&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "series": [
      {
        "series": "climate change",
        "points": [
          {
            "date": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.42
          },
          {
            "date": "2026-08-14T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.51
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Return how a query's global news coverage has trended over

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

Request parameters

query:querymetric:querycountry:querylanguage:querydomain:querytimespan:queryfrom:queryto:querysmooth:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.fetched_atdata.metricdata.querydata.seriesdata.series[].pointsdata.series[].points[].datedata.series[].points[].valuedata.series[].seriesdata.source_urlmsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "metric": "volume",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=timelinevol&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "series": [
      {
        "series": "climate change",
        "points": [
          {
            "date": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.42
          },
          {
            "date": "2026-08-14T00:00:00Z",
            "value": 0.51
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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