API overview
Who should read this — Use this page for base paths and authentication before calling any REST API. Start from Getting Started or API Quickstart if you are new.
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Newsfork exposes a hosted REST API for health checks, research discovery, seed contracts, dataset management, and queue-based batch processing.
Base URLs
Section titled “Base URLs”Your account onboarding provides the base URL for your environment. Do not hard-code production URLs in client-side code without your security team’s approval.
Authentication
Section titled “Authentication”Most API calls require a valid API key. Send credentials in the Authorization header:
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEYSee API Quickstart for examples.
Main API areas
Section titled “Main API areas”| Area | Purpose | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| Health, Research & Seeds | Core engine interfaces | Seeds API |
| Data management | Datasets and metadata | Data Management API |
| Infrastructure | Queue batch processing | Infrastructure API |
| Reference | Categories and output schema | Category Reference, Output JSON Scheme |
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- API Quickstart — First request
- Seeds, Research & Health API — Core endpoints
- Guides — Integration concepts