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Try the GDELT Tone Chart API

Test Crawlora's GDELT Tone Chart 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/tonechart
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/tonechart?query=<query>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	GDELT query string. Same syntax as gdelt-search's query.
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.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=tonechart&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "bins": [
      {
        "bin": -5,
        "count": 12,
        "top_articles": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
            "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey0 credits/requestgdelt.toneChartResponseDocGDELT

GET /gdelt/tonechart

Sentiment histogram for a GDELT query

Return a sentiment (tone) histogram for a query's matching

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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",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=tonechart&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "bins": [
      {
        "bin": -5,
        "count": 12,
        "top_articles": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
            "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Return a sentiment (tone) histogram for a query's matching

Method: GET
Path: /gdelt/tonechart
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 0 credits/request
Platform: GDELT
Parameters: 8 documented fields

Request parameters

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

Response schema fields

codedatadata.binsdata.bins[].bindata.bins[].countdata.bins[].top_articlesdata.bins[].top_articles[].titledata.bins[].top_articles[].urldata.fetched_atdata.querydata.source_urlmsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=tonechart&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "bins": [
      {
        "bin": -5,
        "count": 12,
        "top_articles": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
            "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Try the GDELT Tone Chart API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /gdelt/tonechart
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/tonechart?query=<query>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	GDELT query string. Same syntax as gdelt-search's query.
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.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=tonechart&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "bins": [
      {
        "bin": -5,
        "count": 12,
        "top_articles": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
            "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey0 credits/requestgdelt.toneChartResponseDocGDELT

GET /gdelt/tonechart

Sentiment histogram for a GDELT query

Return a sentiment (tone) histogram for a query's matching

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

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

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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",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=tonechart&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "bins": [
      {
        "bin": -5,
        "count": 12,
        "top_articles": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
            "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Return a sentiment (tone) histogram for a query's matching

Method: GET
Path: /gdelt/tonechart
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 0 credits/request
Platform: GDELT
Parameters: 8 documented fields

Request parameters

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

Response schema fields

codedatadata.binsdata.bins[].bindata.bins[].countdata.bins[].top_articlesdata.bins[].top_articles[].titledata.bins[].top_articles[].urldata.fetched_atdata.querydata.source_urlmsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "source_url": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc?format=json&mode=tonechart&query=climate+change",
    "fetched_at": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
    "bins": [
      {
        "bin": -5,
        "count": 12,
        "top_articles": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.example.com/news/climate-report",
            "title": "Climate report warns of rising sea levels"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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