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Reuters Items API

Retrieve content items from specific channels. Items represent individual pieces of editorial content such as news stories, images, video clips, or graphics.

Reuters Items API is one of 4 APIs that Reuters publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Items. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://rmb.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml, https://commerce.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml.

2 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Servers
https://rmb.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml
https://commerce.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Reuters Items API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as token (tokenAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • tokenAuth — Authorization token obtained from the /login endpoint. Must be included as a query parameter in all content API requests.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Items 2

Retrieve content items from specific channels. Items represent individual pieces of editorial content such as news stories, images, video clips, or graphics.

GET
/items
List Items on a Channel
listItems 5 params → 200401403404500
GET
/item
Retrieve a Specific Content Item
getItem 2 params → 200401403404500

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ItemResponse (17 properties), ItemSummary (9 properties), Rendition (6 properties), Association (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Rendition
object
A specific rendition or format of a media item. Renditions represent different sizes, resolutions, or formats of the same content available for download.
6 properties
ItemListResponse
object
Response containing a list of content items.
2 properties
Association
object
A reference to an associated content item, linking related pieces of editorial content together.
4 properties
ItemSummary
object
A summary representation of a content item, containing key metadata without the full content body.
9 properties
Subject
object
A subject classification code from the IPTC NewsCodes taxonomy.
2 properties
Error
object
An error response from the Reuters Connect API.
2 properties
ItemResponse
object
Full details of a content item including metadata, content body, and available renditions.
17 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

reuters-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Reuters publishes across the network.

Reuters Authentication API
Reuters Channels API
Reuters Search API