API

Electronic Media API

Television, radio, channels, programs, transcripts, broadcast journalism, and audiovisual news coverage.

API Reference Version: 1.0.0 9 Endpoints Authentication

Base URL

https://api.pressmonitor.ca

Authentication

All requests use Bearer token authentication. Add the Authorization header to every call.

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID

GET /channels

Search Channels

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	No	Search terms or keywords
country_code	`string`	query	No	Filter by country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/channels" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/channels", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/channels", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/channels");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/channels", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/channels")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /headlines

Get Headlines

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	Yes	Search terms or keywords
channel	`string`	query	No	Channel ID to filter by
country_code	`string`	query	No	Filter by country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
lang_code	`string`	query	No	Filter by language code (ISO 639-1)
date_from	`string`	query	No	Start date for date range filter (YYYY-MM-DD)
date_to	`string`	query	No	End date for date range filter (YYYY-MM-DD)
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return
search_after	`string`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page
sort	`string`	query	No	Sort order (date or relevance)

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines?query=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines?query=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines?query=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines?query=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines?query=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines?query=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /briefs

Get Briefs

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	Yes	Search terms or keywords
channel	`string`	query	No	Channel ID to filter by
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs?query=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs?query=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs?query=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs?query=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs?query=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs?query=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /transcripts

Get Transcripts

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	Yes	Search terms or keywords
channel	`string`	query	No	Channel ID to filter by
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts?query=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts?query=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts?query=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts?query=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts?query=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts?query=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /transcripts-metadata

Get Transcripts with Timing

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	Yes	Search terms or keywords
channel	`string`	query	No	Channel ID to filter by
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata?query=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata?query=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata?query=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata?query=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata?query=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata?query=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /headlines-translated

Get Translated Headlines

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	Yes	Search terms or keywords
target_lang_code	`string`	query	Yes	Target language code for translation (ISO 639-1)
channel	`string`	query	No	Channel ID to filter by
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/headlines-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /briefs-translated

Get Translated Briefs

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	Yes	Search terms or keywords
target_lang_code	`string`	query	Yes	Target language code for translation (ISO 639-1)
channel	`string`	query	No	Channel ID to filter by
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/briefs-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /transcripts-translated

Get Translated Transcripts

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	Yes	Search terms or keywords
target_lang_code	`string`	query	Yes	Target language code for translation (ISO 639-1)
channel	`string`	query	No	Channel ID to filter by
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /transcripts-metadata-translated

Get Translated Transcripts with Timing

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query	`string`	query	Yes	Search terms or keywords
target_lang_code	`string`	query	Yes	Target language code for translation (ISO 639-1)
channel	`string`	query	No	Channel ID to filter by
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/transcripts-metadata-translated?query=VALUE&target_lang_code=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success