This API provides stock market news on a websocket stream. You can find the general description of the real-time WebSocket Stream here. This page focuses on the news stream.

URL

The URL for the news stream is

wss://stream.data.alpaca.markets/v1beta1/news

Sandbox URL:

wss://stream.data.sandbox.alpaca.markets/v1beta1/news

Channels

News

Schema

Attribute	Type	Notes
T	string	Type of message (“n” for news)
id	int	News article ID
headline	string	Headline or title of the article
summary	string	Summary text for article (may be first sentence of content)
author	string	Original author of news article
created_at	string	Date article was created in RFC-3339 format
updated_at	string	Date article was updated in RFC-3339 format
content	string	Content of news article (might contain HTML)
url	string	URL of article (if applicable)
symbols	array	List of related or mentioned symbols
source	string	Source where the news originated from (e.g. Benzinga)

Example

{
    "T": "n",
    "id": 24918784,
    "headline": "Corsair Reports Purchase Of Majority Ownership In iDisplay, No Terms Disclosed",
    "summary": "Corsair Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRSR) (“Corsair”), a leading global provider and innovator of high-performance gear for gamers and content creators, today announced that it acquired a 51% stake in iDisplay",
    "author": "Benzinga Newsdesk",
    "created_at": "2022-01-05T22:00:37Z",
    "updated_at": "2022-01-05T22:00:38Z",
    "url": "https://www.benzinga.com/m-a/22/01/24918784/corsair-reports-purchase-of-majority-ownership-in-idisplay-no-terms-disclosed",
    "content": "\u003cp\u003eCorsair Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ:\u003ca class=\"ticker\" href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRSR#NASDAQ\"\u003eCRSR\u003c/a\u003e) (\u0026ldquo;Corsair\u0026rdquo;), a leading global ...",
    "symbols": ["CRSR"],
    "source": "benzinga"
}