News API
Important: This connector and its actions have been removed from Nintex Workflow and can now be found in Nintex Gallery.
News API is a simple HTTP REST API for searching and retrieving live articles from all over the web. You can use it to search for headline news in specific countries, and to search for news articles using key words. For more information about News API go to News API.
In the context of Nintex Workflow, News API is a connector A software component that allows seamless integration with third-party services, business applications, and content stores. Examples include Salesforce, Box, and Microsoft SharePoint. Connectors are used to create connections required for workflow actions and start events.. The News API connector is used to create connections for News API actions A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process.. Use News API actions to search for specific news links, and to retrieve top news headlines.
Create a News API connection
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.
Create a connection from the connections page or from the action configuration panel when configuring the action. For information about creating connections and assigning permissions, see Manage connections.
In the Add a new connection section, complete the fields as follows:
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| 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. |
News API account requirements
- 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.
Create a News API data lookup
Use the News API data lookup to create a drop-down list of News API news articles or top headlines retrieved by country in a form. Each data lookup is configured for a specific user. You can create as many data lookups as you need. For more information on creating a data lookup and assigning permissions to it, see Data lookups.
For 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 allow users to select from a drop-down list that has values sourced from a third-party service.. The Data lookup form control uses a News API - Get news data lookup to list the news articles available from the News API connection in the drop-down.
You can create a News API data lookup 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.
News API data lookup fields
When you create a News API data lookup, you can configure some additional fields to specify which blog authors, blog posts, or blogs the data lookup should retrieve.
To access the data lookup fields, in the Add data lookup section, select the News APIConnector and the Operation.
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| Get news | Connection |
The connection to use for the data lookup. |
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| Get top headlines by country | Connection | The connection to use for the data lookup. |
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