# News

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/socket/news`

**NOTE:**
This is the documentation for websocket channel `news`.
Websocket access for personal use is only available through the [Advanced plan](https://unusualwhales.com/pricing?product=api).

You can find fully-functional examples that stream data from many channels here:

- Python: [https://github.com/unusual-whales/api-examples/tree/main/examples/ws-multi-channel-multi-output](https://github.com/unusual-whales/api-examples/tree/main/examples/ws-multi-channel-multi-output)
- Javascript: [https://github.com/unusual-whales/api-examples/tree/main/examples/ws-multi-channel-multi-output-nodejs](https://github.com/unusual-whales/api-examples/tree/main/examples/ws-multi-channel-multi-output-nodejs)



Connect to the websocket URI:

`wss://api.unusualwhales.com/socket?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>`

then `join` the channel you wish to stream: `news` for all live headline news.

Payload format:

```
[
  "news",
  {
    "headline":"US Energy Secretary foresees many more LNG export deals signed",
    "timestamp":"2025-06-11T21:40:56Z",
    "source":"social-media",
    "tickers":[],
    "is_trump_ts":false
  }
]
```

### Field reference

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `headline` | string | The full headline text. For Truth Social posts this is the post body verbatim. |
| `timestamp` | ISO 8601 string | Time the headline was published, UTC. |
| `source` | string | One of `"social-media"` (Truth Social posts), `"aggregator"`, or any other upstream source string passed through verbatim. |
| `tickers` | string[] | Tickers tagged on the headline. Empty for Truth Social posts. |
| `is_trump_ts` | bool | `true` only when the source is Truth Social and the author is `@realDonaldTrump`. Use this to filter the highest-signal Truth Social subset. |



## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```



## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/socket/news" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/socket/news", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": []
}
```