content_type=newsNews
Reported news articles carrying a publication date and an identifiable outlet — reporting of an event, as distinct from commentary on one.
News is the content type where deduplication matters most: a single wire story can occupy an entire result set as syndicated copies. Always pair it with `collapse=story`.
It is also where corroboration counts earn their keep — `min_independent_sources` separates independently reported facts from one story echoed twelve times.
What this covers
- wire reports
- newspaper articles
- trade press
Example
curl -H "x-api-key: $UNLOB_API_KEY" \
"https://api.unlob.com/search?q=your+query&content_type[]=news&limit=10"Common questions
What is the news content type?
Reported news articles carrying a publication date and an identifiable outlet — reporting of an event, as distinct from commentary on one.
How do I search only news?
Set content_type[]=news on any search request. Content type is assigned at index time from page structure and markup rather than guessed from the URL, so the filter is reliable.
When is the news filter worth using?
It is also where corroboration counts earn their keep — `min_independent_sources` separates independently reported facts from one story echoed twelve times.
Filter by what a page is
Content type is assigned at index time from structure, not guessed from the URL — so the filter does what it says.