NewsData

```json
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://newsdata.io",
  "auth_method": "api_key",
  "auth_config": {
    "api_key_location": "query_param",
    "api_key_param_name": "apikey",
    "documentation_url": "https://newsdata.io/documentation"
  },
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "path": "/api/1/latest",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Fetches latest live-breaking news headlines and articles",
      "required_params": ["apikey"],
      "optional_params": ["q", "language", "category", "country", "source", "domain", "image", "timeframe", "size", "page", "removeduplicate"]
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/1/news",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Fetches news articles with advanced filtering (custom queries, sources, etc.)",
      "required_params": ["apikey"],
      "optional_params": ["q", "qInTitle", "category", "country", "language", "domain", "source", "from", "to", "timezone", "size", "page", "priority"]
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/1/archive",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Retrieves historical news articles for past dates",
      "required_params": ["apikey", "from", "to"],
      "optional_params": ["q", "category", "country", "language", "domain", "source", "timezone", "size", "page"]
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/1/sources",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Lists available news sources and their metadata",
      "required_params": ["apikey"],
      "optional_params": ["country", "language", "category", "source", "name", "size", "page"]
    },
    {
      "path": "/api/1/crypto",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Fetches cryptocurrency-related news and market updates",
      "required_params": ["apikey"],
      "optional_params": ["q", "category", "timeframe", "size", "page"]
    }
  ],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "freemium",
    "details": {
      "free_tier": {
        "requests_per_day": 200,
        "historical_access_days": 30,
        "limitations": ["No premium sources", "Watermarked news content", "Marketing attribution required"]
      },
      "paid_plans": [
        {
          "name": "Developer",
          "price_monthly": 49,
          "requests_per_day": 10000,
          "historical_access_days": 365,
          "features": ["All categories and countries", "1000 sources", "Advanced filtering options"]
        },
        {
          "name": "Business",
          "price_monthly": 199,
          "requests_per_day": 20000,
          "historical_access_days": 1500,
          "features": ["Full API access", "Custom timezone", "Priority priority", "All premium features"]
        },
        {
          "name": "Enterprise",
          "price_monthly": "Custom",
          "requests_per_day": "Custom",
          "features": ["Dedicated account manager", "Custom SLA", "White-label options", "Volume discounts"]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "default": {
      "requests_per_day": 200,
      "requests_per_second": 2,
      "description": "Free tier limits; paid tiers have higher limits as per plan"
    },
    "developer_plan": {"requests_per_day": 10000, "requests_per_second": 10},
    "business_plan": {"requests_per_day": 20000, "requests_per_second": 20}
  },
  "capabilities": [
    "Live and historical news aggregation",
    "Multi-language support (40+ languages)",
    "Multi-country coverage (189 countries)",
    "Category-based filtering (politics, sports, tech, etc.)",
    "DOMAIN and SOURCE-specific queries",
    "Cryptocurrency news feed",
    "Advanced boolean search queries (AND, OR, NOT)",
    "Sentiment analysis (via priority parameter)",
    "Article deduplication removal",
    "Pagination for large result sets",
    "Timezone-aware date filtering",
    "REST-based JSON API",
    "Documentation and interactive API playground",
    "SDK/Code snippets for multiple languages (Python, Node.js, PHP, etc.)"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "The NewsData.io platform is a modern news API designed for developers and businesses needing real-time and historical news aggregation from reputable sources. It positions itself as a comprehensive alternative to legacy news APIs like NewsAPI.org. The service is mature, with a well-structured documentation site (newsdata.io/docs), an interactive API reference, and a React-based dashboard. It offers a freemium model: a free tier (200 requests/day, 30-day historical access) attractive for testing and small projects, and three paid tiers (Developer, Business, Enterprise) scaling to 10000–custom requests/day with premium features like full historical archives (up to 5 years), priority crawling, and unlimited sources. Authentication uses a simple API key via query parameter. The API exposes clear RESTful endpoints: /latest, /news, /archive, /sources, and /crypto. Notable capabilities include multi-language/country filtering, boolean search, deduplication, and timezone-aware filtering. The platform lacks OAuth and only supports key-based auth, which is standard for n

3/3 tests passed

{
  "overall": 73,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 8.5,
    "first_try_success": 7.0,
    "response_parseability": 9.0,
    "error_clarity": 7.5,
    "doc_quality": 8.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 6.0,
    "latency": 9.5,
    "consistency": 8.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "free_tier": {
      "requests_per_day": 200,
      "historical_access_days": 30
    },
    "paid_plans": [
      {"name": "Developer", "price_monthly": 49, "requests_per_day": 10000},
      {"name": "Business", "price_monthly": 199, "requests_per_day": 20000}
    ]
  },
  "issues": [
    "Free tier requires marketing attribution and watermarks news content, which may be undesirable for production use.",
    "Authentication method not described in the data; unclear if it's API key or OAuth.",
    "No explicit security headers on website (though not critical for API).",
    "Robots.txt disallows /api/ for general crawlers, but allows AI agents - good for LLM access."
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Simplify auth by using API key in header or query param, documented clearly for agents.",
    "Provide a quickstart that shows an example request and response within the first minute of signup.",
    "Add structured error codes with troubleshooting links for faster debugging.",
    "Ensure the LLM-specific docs (llms.txt) are kept up-to-date with all parameter definitions."
  ]
}