The News API · Capability
The News API — Top Stories
The News API — Top Stories. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get Top Stories. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one The News Api business surface.
What You Can Do
GET
Gettopstories
— Get Top Stories
/v1/news/top
MCP Tools
get-top-stories
Get Top Stories
read-only
idempotent
Capability Spec
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
label: The News API — Top Stories
description: 'The News API — Top Stories. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get Top Stories. Self-contained Naftiko capability
covering one The News Api business surface.'
tags:
- The News Api
- Top Stories
created: '2026-05-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
keys:
THE_NEWS_API_API_KEY: THE_NEWS_API_API_KEY
capability:
consumes:
- type: http
namespace: the-news-top-stories
baseUri: https://api.thenewsapi.com/v1
description: The News API — Top Stories business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
resources:
- name: news-top
path: /news/top
operations:
- name: gettopstories
method: GET
description: Get Top Stories
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: api_token
in: query
type: string
description: Your API authentication token.
required: true
- name: search
in: query
type: string
description: 'Search query with boolean operators: + (AND), | (OR), - (negation), " (phrase), * (prefix), () (precedence).'
- name: search_fields
in: query
type: string
description: 'Comma-separated fields to search: title, description, keywords, main_text. Default: title,main_text.'
- name: locale
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated country codes to filter by.
- name: categories
in: query
type: string
description: 'Comma-separated categories: general, science, sports, business, health, entertainment, tech, politics,
food, travel.'
- name: exclude_categories
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated categories to exclude.
- name: domains
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated domains to include.
- name: exclude_domains
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated domains to exclude.
- name: source_ids
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated source IDs to include.
- name: exclude_source_ids
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated source IDs to exclude.
- name: language
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated language codes to filter by.
- name: published_before
in: query
type: string
description: Filter to articles published before this datetime (Y-m-d\TH:i:s).
- name: published_after
in: query
type: string
description: Filter to articles published after this datetime.
- name: published_on
in: query
type: string
description: Filter to articles published on this exact date (Y-m-d).
- name: sort
in: query
type: string
description: Sort by published_at (default) or relevance_score.
- name: limit
in: query
type: integer
description: Number of results per page (plan-dependent maximum).
- name: page
in: query
type: integer
description: Page number for pagination (default 1, max result set 20,000).
authentication:
type: apikey
key: api_token
value: '{{env.THE_NEWS_API_API_KEY}}'
placement: query
exposes:
- type: rest
namespace: the-news-top-stories-rest
port: 8080
description: REST adapter for The News API — Top Stories. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed
with /v1.
resources:
- path: /v1/news/top
name: news-top
description: REST surface for news-top.
operations:
- method: GET
name: gettopstories
description: Get Top Stories
call: the-news-top-stories.gettopstories
with:
api_token: rest.api_token
search: rest.search
search_fields: rest.search_fields
locale: rest.locale
categories: rest.categories
exclude_categories: rest.exclude_categories
domains: rest.domains
exclude_domains: rest.exclude_domains
source_ids: rest.source_ids
exclude_source_ids: rest.exclude_source_ids
language: rest.language
published_before: rest.published_before
published_after: rest.published_after
published_on: rest.published_on
sort: rest.sort
limit: rest.limit
page: rest.page
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- type: mcp
namespace: the-news-top-stories-mcp
port: 9090
transport: http
description: MCP adapter for The News API — Top Stories. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's
consumes block.
tools:
- name: get-top-stories
description: Get Top Stories
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: the-news-top-stories.gettopstories
with:
api_token: tools.api_token
search: tools.search
search_fields: tools.search_fields
locale: tools.locale
categories: tools.categories
exclude_categories: tools.exclude_categories
domains: tools.domains
exclude_domains: tools.exclude_domains
source_ids: tools.source_ids
exclude_source_ids: tools.exclude_source_ids
language: tools.language
published_before: tools.published_before
published_after: tools.published_after
published_on: tools.published_on
sort: tools.sort
limit: tools.limit
page: tools.page
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.