Frontend/news

Build a news aggregator app — headlines, categories, and search in 20 minutes

News aggregators are a classic developer project that teaches API pagination, caching, and UI for large data sets. The APlicious /news namespace makes the data layer trivial so you can focus on the UI.

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01

Fetch top headlines by category

Get the latest headlines for any category with a single call:

const res = await fetch(
  'https://aplicious.com/api/v1/news/headlines?category=technology&country=IN&limit=20',
  { headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.LAPI_KEY } }
);
const { data } = await res.json();
// { total, articles: [{ title, source, published_at, url, summary }] }
02

Keyword search with date range

Let users search for specific topics:

const res = await fetch(
  'https://aplicious.com/api/v1/news/search' +
  '?q=electric+vehicles&from=2026-06-01&limit=10',
  { headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.LAPI_KEY } }
);
// Same shape as headlines — drop-in replacement
03

Category navigation

Fetch all available categories for your nav bar — returns categories with current article counts.

const res = await fetch(
  'https://aplicious.com/api/v1/news/categories',
  { headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.LAPI_KEY } }
);
// [{ slug: "technology", label: "Technology", count: 84 }]
04

Cache headlines for 15 minutes

Headlines update every 15 minutes. Cache your API responses in Redis or a KV store with a matching TTL — this keeps your quota comfortable even with many concurrent users.

05

Add finance news sidebar (bonus)

Combine /news?category=business with /finance/stock/quote for a Bloomberg-lite sidebar — same key, no new billing.

Why APlicious?

The /news namespace pairs naturally with /finance for a financial news feed, or with /jobs for a professional news + opportunities app. Both are on your existing plan — no new keys.

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