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Gain insights into using the News API with Python. Explore endpoints, integrate with a Django app, and build applications featuring current news articles.

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News API is a REST API that returns JSON search results for current and historic news articles.

This course is a hands-on guide for using News API to search and retrieve live articles over the web. This course begins with the introduction of News API. You'll learn how to set up an account on the News API platform and get the required API key. Then, you'll learn about the different endpoints and how to use them. Towards the end, you’ll explore the integration of the News API with a demo application written in Python with the Django framework. The course concludes with recommendations and resources to explore the News API further.

By the end of the course, you’ll be prepared to build personal or customer-facing web applications with up-to-date news articles using News API.

Staying Up to Date with the News API in Python

# The list of countries
The table below contains the keys of the countries we can use as query parameters with the `source` and `top headlines` endpoints:

|**Country**| **Key**|
| - | - |
|Argentina|`ar`|
|Australia |`au`|
|Brazil|`br`|
|Canada|`ca`|
|China|`zh`|
|France|`fr`|
|Germany|`de`|
|India|`in`|
|Ireland|`ie`|
|Israel|`is`|

|**Country**| **Key**|
| - | - |
|Italy|`it`|
|Netherlands|`nl`|
|Norway|`no`|
|Pakistan|`pk`|
|Russia|`ru`|
|Saudi Arabia|`sa`|
|Sweden|`se`|
|United Kingdom|`gb`|
|United States|`us`|
|Spain|`es`|


# Languages list
The table below contains the keys of the languages we can use as query parameters with the `source` and `everything` endpoints:
|**Language**|**Key**|
|-|-|
|Arabic|`ar`|
|German|`de`|
|English|`en`|
|Spanish|`es`|
|French|`fr`|
|Hebrew|`he`|
|Italian|`it`|
|Dutch|`nl`|
|Norwegian|`no`|
|Portuguese|`pt`|
|Russian|`ru`|
|Swedish|`se`|
|Urdu|`ud`|
|Chinese|`zh`|

This lesson contains the list of countries, languages, and sorting options that can be assigned to the query parameters while making a call.

Country	Key
Argentina	`ar`
Australia	`au`
Brazil	`br`
Canada	`ca`
China	`zh`
France	`fr`
Germany	`de`
India	`in`
Ireland	`ie`
Israel	`is`

Country	Key
Italy	`it`
Netherlands	`nl`
Norway	`no`
Pakistan	`pk`
Russia	`ru`
Saudi Arabia	`sa`
Sweden	`se`
United Kingdom	`gb`
United States	`us`
Spain	`es`

Language	Key
Arabic	`ar`
German	`de`
English	`en`
Spanish	`es`
French	`fr`
Hebrew	`he`
Italian	`it`
Dutch	`nl`
Norwegian	`no`
Portuguese	`pt`
Russian	`ru`
Swedish	`se`
Urdu	`ud`
Chinese	`zh`

Sorting options	Description
`relevancy`	This makes the most relevant articles come first.
`popularity`	This makes articles from popular sources come first.
`publishedAt`	This makes the newest articles come first.

Introduction

Endpoints

Demo Application in Python

Conclusion

Appendix

The list of countries

Languages list

Sorting options list