News by symbol

GET/api/lookup/news

Recent news headlines for a ticker symbol (stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds), aggregated from public news sources. Returns headline, publisher, publication timestamp, and a link to the original article — full article text is not included. Results are deduplicated by title and sorted newest-first.

Best-effort data: Aggregated from third-party news sources without a service-level agreement. Availability and freshness may change without notice. Use for informational purposes; not suitable for automated trading decisions.

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Query parameters

symbol string optional min length 1 · max length 10

Stock ticker symbol. Identify the entity by exactly one of: symbol, cik, cusip, composite_figi, or share_class_figi. At least one is required.

Example: AAPL
cik integer optional

SEC Central Index Key (CIK).

Example: 320193
cusip string optional min length 9 · max length 9

CUSIP identifier (9 characters).

Example: 037833100
composite_figi string optional

Composite OpenFIGI identifier.

Example: BBG000B9XRY4
share_class_figi string optional

Share-class OpenFIGI identifier.

Example: BBG001S5N8V8
limit integer optional min 1 · max 50 · default 20

Maximum number of news items to return

Example: 20

Example request

curl 'https://api.stockfit.io/v1/api/lookup/news?symbol=AAPL&cik=320193&cusip=037833100&composite_figi=BBG000B9XRY4&share_class_figi=BBG001S5N8V8&limit=20' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'

Responses

200 OK

Aggregated news items

Response schema

symbol string
news array of object
array of:
- title string
  Article headline
- link string
  URL to the original article
- source string | null
  Publisher name (derived from the article hostname)
- publishedAt string (date-time)
  Publication timestamp in ISO 8601
- summary string | null
  Short text summary if provided by the feed

Example response

{
  "symbol": "AAPL",
  "news": [
    {
      "title": "Apple beats Q2 earnings, iPhone revenue up 8%",
      "link": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-earnings-q2",
      "source": "cbsnews.com",
      "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T15:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Apple reported stronger-than-expected results..."
    }
  ]
}

400 Bad Request

Invalid parameters

Response schema

error string
Human-readable error message

Example response

{}

403 Forbidden

Feature not available on current plan

Response schema

error string
Human-readable error message

Example response

{}