News API
The News API connector Service used to define a connection required for associated actions and start events. Examples include Salesforce and Box. Method of integration to cloud services, business applications and content stores. is used to create connections for News API actions A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows.. Use News API actions to search for specific news links, and to retrieve top news headlines.
Create a News API connection
You can create connections from the Automate or Designer page.
Note: Your browser-stored credentials are accessed to create connections. Either clear credentials from browser memory or make sure the stored credentials are for the intended environment.

- The account you use to create a connection for News API is the account that has access to the News API actions.
- Your News API API Key. Go to Register for API key if you don't have one.
- A paid subscription for News API.

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On the top navigation bar, click Automate, and then select Connections from the left navigation.
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On the Connections page, click Add new.
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In the Add a new connection section that opens, fill in the following.
In this field
Select or enter the following
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Click Connect.
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In the Configure a connection window, fill in the fields as follows.
In this field
Select or enter the following
Connection name A name for your new connection API Key Your News API API Key. Go to Register for API key if you don't have one. -
Click Connect.
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Follow the prompts to enter credentials and grant access to Nintex Workflow Cloud.
- In the permissions dialog, you can do one of the following:
- Edit the Owners or Users permissions according to data source usage requirements and click Save permissions.
Tip: You can assign connection owners or users permissions according to your access requirements. For more information, see Permissions.
Your new connection appears on the Connections page.

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Access the Designer page
- On the top navigation bar, click Automate > Workflows, and then select the required workflow.
(Or)
- On the top navigation bar, click Automate > Create workflow.
- Click the News API action you want to add the connection to, or drag a News API action into the workflow and select it.
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In the drop-down list for Connection, select Add new connection.
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In the Connection window, fill in the fields as follows.
In this field
Select or enter the following
Connection name A name for your new connection API Key Your News API API Key. Go to Register for API key if you don't have one. -
Click Connect.
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Follow the prompts to enter credentials and grant access to Nintex Workflow Cloud.
- In the permissions dialog, you can do one of the following:
- Edit the Owners or Users permissions according to data source usage requirements and click Save permissions.
Tip: You can assign connection owners or users permissions according to your access requirements. For more information, see Permissions.
Your new connection appears in the Connection field of your action.
Permissions
Permissions enable you to manage access for other users to use, edit, and delete connections.
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Note: By default, users with administrator role will have the same rights as a Connection owner.

Follow these steps to assign permissions from the Connections page:
- On the Connections page, click
for the required connection.
- From the menu, select Permissions.
- To assign permissions:
- In the Owners field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.
- In the Users field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.
The corresponding permissions window is displayed.
- Click Save permissions.
Create a News API data source
Use the News API data source to create a drop-down list of News API news articles or top headlines retrieved by country in a form.
Example: To allow users to select a specific news article in a form, add a drop-down list of news articles to the form using a Data lookup control A form control that allows users to select from a drop-down list of values that have been fetched from a third-party service.. The Data lookup control uses a News API - Get news data source to list the news articles available from the News API connection in the drop-down.
You can create a data source to:
- Get news: list all the news articles, or a filtered list of news articles, available from your News API account.
- Get top headlines by country: list all the news articles of a specified country available from your News API account.
Each data source is configured for a specific user. You can create as many data sources as you need.

To add a News API drop-down list to your form:
- Create your News API data source.
- Add a data lookup form control to your form and configure it to use your new data source.
See Data sources.

Assign data source permissions
Permissions enable you to manage access for other users to use, edit, and delete data sources.
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Delete |
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Connection owners |
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Data source editors |
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Data source users | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Note: By default, users with administrator role will have the same rights as a Connection owner.

Follow these steps to assign data source permissions from the Data sources page:
- On the Data sources page, click
for the required data source.
- From the menu, select Permissions.
- To assign permissions:
- In the Data source editors field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.
- In the Data source users field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.
The corresponding data source permissions window is displayed.
- Click Save Permissions.
News API data source fields
When you create a News API data source, you can configure some additional fields to specify which blog authors, blog posts, or blogs the data source should retrieve.
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Add new data source | Operation | Displays the operations available for the selected Connector. Depending on the selection the following fields are displayed:
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