# Serpent API, free calls, GET /api/news, DuckDuckGo News Search: News API

> Get ranked news headlines across search engines with publishers, dates and available article details as JSON.

Serpent API's news API on its Free calls plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Snippet, Image.
You get up to 10 calls in all.
We rank 504 plans by price. [Serpent API's top-up from $500 (Bing News Search)](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500-scale-get-api-news-bing-news-search/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.01.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt), [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) and [TheNewsAPI](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/thenewsapi/79-monthly-pro-monthly-get-v1-news-all/llms.txt) are the best news API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/free-calls-get-api-news-duckduckgo-news-search
- [Best news API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api.txt)
- Get it: https://apiserpent.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://apiserpent.com/api/news`, DuckDuckGo News Search
- API key: with the plan, on https://apiserpent.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://apiserpent.com/docs#news-search
- Sold by: Serpent API (https://apiserpent.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Source: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Snippet: ✓
- Image: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Quick Search · Deep Search · Images · Videos · AI Ranking Combined · AI Ranking Single Engine · LinkedIn Company · LinkedIn Posts · LinkedIn Job Search · LinkedIn Job Details · LinkedIn Profile · LinkedIn Full Profile · LinkedIn Profile Search · Google Maps Quick Place Search · Google Maps Deep Place Search · Google Maps Place Details · Google Maps Reviews · YouTube Search · YouTube Video Details · YouTube Channel Details · YouTube Playlist Videos · Instagram · Amazon Search · Amazon Product · Amazon Bestsellers · TikTok Profile · TikTok Video · TikTok Hashtag · TikTok Search · TikTok Music · X Post · X Profile · Reddit Subreddit Listing · Reddit Comments · Reddit Search · Reddit User · Reddit Community · eBay Search listings · eBay Item details · eBay Seller profile · eBay Seller listings · eBay Product reviews · eBay Seller feedback

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get ranked news headlines across search engines with publishers, dates and available article details as JSON.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit, "You agree NOT to use the Service to: [...] Scrape, copy, or store data in violation of third-party terms"
- Use data: You may use the API for lawful purposes in accordance with these Terms and applicable laws. [...] You agree NOT to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws or regulations, Infringe on intellectual property rights of others, Distribute malware, spam, or harmful content, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers, Resell or redistribute the Service without authorization, Use automated means to abuse or overload the Service, Deliberately obtain discounted volume pricing for a completed workload and then seek a refund of the qualifying payment to retain that discount without paying the applicable Default rate. Refund requests alone, or ordinary API usage, are not abuse, any request is reviewed individually under our Cancellation & Refund Policy and applicable law, Open or operate more than one account in order to claim free searches, introductory pricing, or any promotional benefit more than once, Scrape, copy, or store data in violation of third-party terms, Submit sensitive personal data in query strings, including health, financial account, government identification, biometric, or similar special-category information [...] Free searches are for evaluation purposes only. [...] You retain ownership of any content you create using data obtained through the Service, subject to third-party rights.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 10 calls, once
- Expires: after 12 months of account inactivity

## Rate limit

- Per day: 10,000
- Per second: 0.028
- Concurrent: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q, engine "ddg". Optional: num, pages, country, freshness, language, timeout
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/news

## About the plan

- Plan: Free calls
- Who can get it: one account per person or organisation, for evaluation

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, engine, country code, pages count, items count, time taken, datetime, news result position, news result title, news result link, news result source, news result date, news result snippet, news result thumbnail

## Serpent API's plans (6)

- [Serpent API, free calls, GET /api/news, DuckDuckGo News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/free-calls-get-api-news-duckduckgo-news-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $10, Default, GET /api/news, DuckDuckGo News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-10-default-get-api-news-duckduckgo-news-search/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $100, Growth, GET /api/news, DuckDuckGo News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-100-growth-get-api-news-duckduckgo-news-search/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $500, Scale, GET /api/news, DuckDuckGo News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500-scale-get-api-news-duckduckgo-news-search/llms.txt): $0.01 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $1,000, Enterprise, GET /api/news, DuckDuckGo News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-1000-enterprise-get-api-news-duckduckgo-news-search/llms.txt): $0.01 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Serpent API, contact us, Custom limits, GET /api/news, DuckDuckGo News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/contact-us-custom-limits-get-api-news-duckduckgo-news-search/llms.txt): 67% complete, live

## Serpent API's calls for this API (5)

- `GET /api/news`, Bing News Search: [Serpent API, free calls, GET /api/news, Bing News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/free-calls-get-api-news-bing-news-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/news`, Brave News Search: [Serpent API, free calls, GET /api/news, Brave News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/free-calls-get-api-news-brave-news-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/news`, DuckDuckGo News Search: [Serpent API, free calls, GET /api/news, DuckDuckGo News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/free-calls-get-api-news-duckduckgo-news-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/news`, Google News Search: [Serpent API, free calls, GET /api/news, Google News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/free-calls-get-api-news-google-news-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/news`, Yahoo News Search: [Serpent API, free calls, GET /api/news, Yahoo News Search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpent-api/free-calls-get-api-news-yahoo-news-search/llms.txt)

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## Serpent API: news API alternatives

- [Scrapingdog, $300,000 yearly, Nova Pro, GET /google_news/v2](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapingdog/300000-yearly-nova-pro-get-google-news-v2/llms.txt): $0.114 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [AnswerLine, top-up from $1,900, Max, POST /v1/async/task](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/answerline/top-up-from-1900-max-post-v1-async-task/llms.txt): $0.14 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [PrismCrawl, $1,000 pack, Volume, POST /v1/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/prismcrawl/1000-pack-volume-post-v1-google-news/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Scrappa, $1,000 pack, Ultimate, GET /api/google/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-31.

- https://apiserpent.com/docs
- https://apiserpent.com/docs#free-tier
- https://apiserpent.com/docs#news-search
- https://apiserpent.com/faq
- https://apiserpent.com/linkedin-api
- https://apiserpent.com/news-api
- https://apiserpent.com/pricing
- https://apiserpent.com/refund
- https://apiserpent.com/terms