Why Is It Moving (WIIMs)

Get the news items

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=' \
  --header 'accept: <accept>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {accept: '<accept>'}};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: <accept>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("accept", "<accept>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = '<accept>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "id": 36444586,
    "author": "Benzinga Insights",
    "created": "Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:35:14 -0400",
    "updated": "Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:35:15 -0400",
    "title": "10 Information Technology Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session",
    "teaser": "",
    "body": "",
    "url": "https://www.benzinga.com/markets/options/24/01/36444586/10-information-technology-stocks-with-whale-alerts-in-todays-session",
    "image": [
      {
        "size": "thumb",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/250x187xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      },
      {
        "size": "small",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/1024x768xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      },
      {
        "size": "large",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/2048x1536xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      }
    ],
    "channels": [
      {
        "name": "WIIM"
      }
    ],
    "stocks": [
      {
        "name": "AAPL",
        "cusip": "037833100",
        "isin": "US0378331005",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "CLSK",
        "cusip": "18452B209",
        "isin": "US18452B2097",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "NVDA",
        "cusip": "67066G104",
        "isin": "US67066G1040",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "ORCL",
        "cusip": "68389X105",
        "isin": "US68389X1054",
        "exchange": "NYSE"
      },
      {
        "name": "TSM",
        "cusip": "874039100",
        "isin": "US8740391003",
        "exchange": "NYSE"
      }
    ],
    "tags": [
      {
        "name": "BZI-AUOA"
      }
    ]
  }
]

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

GET

api

news

Get the news items

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=' \
  --header 'accept: <accept>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {accept: '<accept>'}};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: <accept>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("accept", "<accept>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = '<accept>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "id": 36444586,
    "author": "Benzinga Insights",
    "created": "Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:35:14 -0400",
    "updated": "Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:35:15 -0400",
    "title": "10 Information Technology Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session",
    "teaser": "",
    "body": "",
    "url": "https://www.benzinga.com/markets/options/24/01/36444586/10-information-technology-stocks-with-whale-alerts-in-todays-session",
    "image": [
      {
        "size": "thumb",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/250x187xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      },
      {
        "size": "small",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/1024x768xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      },
      {
        "size": "large",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/2048x1536xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      }
    ],
    "channels": [
      {
        "name": "WIIM"
      }
    ],
    "stocks": [
      {
        "name": "AAPL",
        "cusip": "037833100",
        "isin": "US0378331005",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "CLSK",
        "cusip": "18452B209",
        "isin": "US18452B2097",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "NVDA",
        "cusip": "67066G104",
        "isin": "US67066G1040",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "ORCL",
        "cusip": "68389X105",
        "isin": "US68389X1054",
        "exchange": "NYSE"
      },
      {
        "name": "TSM",
        "cusip": "874039100",
        "isin": "US8740391003",
        "exchange": "NYSE"
      }
    ],
    "tags": [
      {
        "name": "BZI-AUOA"
      }
    ]
  }
]

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

[
  {
    "id": 36444586,
    "author": "Benzinga Insights",
    "created": "Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:35:14 -0400",
    "updated": "Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:35:15 -0400",
    "title": "10 Information Technology Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session",
    "teaser": "",
    "body": "",
    "url": "https://www.benzinga.com/markets/options/24/01/36444586/10-information-technology-stocks-with-whale-alerts-in-todays-session",
    "image": [
      {
        "size": "thumb",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/250x187xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      },
      {
        "size": "small",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/1024x768xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      },
      {
        "size": "large",
        "url": "https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/imagecache/2048x1536xUP/images/story/2023/options_image_2.jpeg"
      }
    ],
    "channels": [
      {
        "name": "WIIM"
      }
    ],
    "stocks": [
      {
        "name": "AAPL",
        "cusip": "037833100",
        "isin": "US0378331005",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "CLSK",
        "cusip": "18452B209",
        "isin": "US18452B2097",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "NVDA",
        "cusip": "67066G104",
        "isin": "US67066G1040",
        "exchange": "NASDAQ"
      },
      {
        "name": "ORCL",
        "cusip": "68389X105",
        "isin": "US68389X1054",
        "exchange": "NYSE"
      },
      {
        "name": "TSM",
        "cusip": "874039100",
        "isin": "US8740391003",
        "exchange": "NYSE"
      }
    ],
    "tags": [
      {
        "name": "BZI-AUOA"
      }
    ]
  }
]

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

token

string

query

required

API key authentication. Provide your API key as a query parameter.

Headers

enum<string>

default:application/json

required

Specify return format

Available options:

application/json,

application/xml

Query Parameters

page

integer

default:0

Page offset. For optimization, performance and technical reasons, page offsets are limited from 0 - 100000. Limit the query results by other parameters such as date.

pageSize

integer

default:15

Number of results returned. Maximum 100.

Required range: x <= 100

displayOutput

enum<string>

default:headline

Specify headline only (headline), headline + teaser (abstract), or headline + full body (full) text

Available options:

full,

abstract,

headline

date

string

The date to query for news. Shorthand for dateFrom and dateTo if they are the same. Format: yyyy-mm-dd

dateFrom

string

Date to query from point in time. Sorted by published date. Format: yyyy-mm-dd

dateTo

string

Date to query to point in time. Sorted by published date. Format: yyyy-mm-dd

updatedSince

integer

The last updated Unix timestamp (UTC) to pull and sort by

publishedSince

integer

The last published Unix timestamp (UTC) to pull and sort by

sort

enum<string>

Allows control of results sorting. Default is created, DESC. Format: field:direction. Sort Fields: id, created, updated. Sort Order: asc (ascending), desc (descending)

Available options:

id:asc,

id:desc,

created:asc,

created:desc,

updated:asc,

updated:desc

isin

string

One or more ISINs separated by a comma. Maximum 50. Format: csv

cusips

string

One or more CUSIPs separated by a comma. Maximum 50. License agreement required. Format: csv

tickers

string

One or more ticker symbols separated by a comma. Maximum 50. Format: csv

primaryTickers

string

One or more primary ticker symbols separated by a comma. Filters by primary ticker association only. Format: csv

channels

string

One or more channel names or IDs separated by a comma. Format: csv

topics

string

One or more words/phrases separated by a comma; searches Title, Tags, and Body in order of priority. Format: csv

topic_group_by

enum<string>

default:or

Logical operator for topics query. Use 'and' to require all topics, 'or' to require any topic

Available options:

and,

or

authors

string

One or more authors separated by a comma. Format: csv

content_types

string

One or more content types separated by a comma. Format: csv

format

enum<string>

Specify the desired format for the api response

Available options:

text

importance

string

Filter by importance level

importanceRank

integer

Filter by importance rank (1-5)

region

string

Filter by region (e.g., 'ca' or 'canada' for Canadian content)

Response

success

author

string

The author of the article. This could be a Benzinga journalist, news desk analyst or contributor on benzinga.com

Example:

"Benzinga Newsdesk"

body

string

The article content. This field can contain HTML and HTML encoded characters

channels

object[]

The topic(s) or categories that relate to the article. Channels can have sub-channels, but they will all be listed as their own item. For Why is it Moving (WIIM) data, use 'WIIM' as channel

Show child attributes

created

string

The moment the article is created. The time zone is GMT-4 (EDT). This timestamp will not change. Format: RFC 2822 / RFC 1123

Example:

"Wed, 17 May 2017 14:20:15 -0400"

integer

The unique identifier of the article. This identifier is also found in the path of url on benzinga.com

Example:

123456

image

object[]

The featured image related to the article, if applicable. Benzinga Pro headlines will not contain a featured image

Show child attributes

importance_rank

integer

The importance rank of the article on a scale of 1 (Low) to 5 (High). Defaults to 1 when not set

Example:

1

original_id

integer

Original article ID if this is a referenced or related article

stocks

object[]

The stock symbols that are listed within the article body. This will not display competitor symbols unless they are specifically referenced in the article

Show child attributes

API Documentation

Guides

Analyst Insights

Bars

Bulls Say Bears Say

Calendars

Company Fundamentals

Corporate Logos

Conference Call Transcripts

Delayed Quotes

Government Trades

Insider Transactions

Market Data

Newsfeed

NewsQuantified

Press Releases

Ticker Trends

Why Is It Moving (WIIMs)

Authorizations

Headers

Query Parameters

Response