FastAF’s news endpoint returns Google News results for a query as JSON, so an agent can watch a brand or topic for $0.005 per call via x402.

## How it works

1.  Call `/x402/v1/news` (MCP `search_news`) with a brand or topic.
2.  Keep URLs you’ve already seen and flag new ones.
3.  Fetch full articles with `/x402/v1/scrape` if needed. Public X profiles are available via `/x402/v1/x`.

## Honest comparison

Media-monitoring suites offer sentiment, dashboards and archives. FastAF gives raw Google News results; you build alerts and storage.

## Pricing

**Pricing:** 500 free credits every month after email verification; x402 pay-per-call from $0.003; optional prepaid credit packs from $10 for 20,000 credits, without expiry.

Pricing source: [FastAF OpenAPI](https://api.fastaf.co/openapi.json), read October 27, 2026. Live payment challenges are authoritative.

## How should an agent summarize news?

Search a focused topic, preserve source URLs and separate reporting from inference. Resolve relative timestamps carefully and read the original article before citing a claim.

## What should you validate?

Check returned fields before using them in an agent decision. Missing fields are not evidence of zero values; preserve provenance and use bounded retries.

## How do you make a real request?

This example calls [Google News API](/apis/google-news-api/) using its documented input. Save the API key from the signup email, confirm your email and set FASTAF\_API\_KEY in your server environment.

```
curl --fail-with-body -H "Authorization: Bearer $FASTAF_API_KEY" 'https://api.fastaf.co/v1/news?query=web+scraping+regulation&country=us&language=en'
```

```
# pip install fastaf-sdk
import os
from fastaf import FastAF

with FastAF(os.environ["FASTAF_API_KEY"]) as client:
    data = client.request("news", {"query":"web scraping regulation","country":"us","language":"en"})
    print(data)
```

Google News JSON. news\_results contains title, source, lastUpdated, url and snippet when available; timestamps may be relative text.

The example costs 5 credits after the trial. Alternatively, this endpoint costs $0.005 per successful x402 call at the default configuration; FastAF x402 calls start at $0.003. These are separate billing modes.

For x402, request the same parameters under `/x402/v1/news` without an API key, validate the live PAYMENT-REQUIRED challenge, then sign and retry with a payment-aware client. A bare curl request returns HTTP 402 and does not pay; unsupported higher-cost options require API-key billing.

## Frequently asked questions

### How fresh is the data?

Each call queries Google News at call time.

### Does FastAF send alerts?

No, you schedule calls and alert yourself.

### Can I read the full article?

Use \`/x402/v1/scrape\` on the article URL, subject to the site's terms.

### Price?

$0.005 per call via x402, or use the 500 free credits every month after email verification.

### How much does the example cost?

The API-key example uses 5 credits per successful call after the trial. This endpoint has a default x402 price of $0.005 per successful call in USDC on Base; the live payment challenge is authoritative.

### Does the SDK automatically pay an HTTP 402?

No. The API-key SDK does not sign wallet payments; x402 requires an explicitly configured payment-aware client and a funded wallet.

## Try it on your own request

500 free credits every month after email verification, no card.

[Start free](/signup/)

## Related

*   [Google News API](/apis/google-news-api/)
*   [Amazon Price Monitoring API for AI Agents](/use-cases/scrape-amazon-prices-ai-agent/)
*   [Job Listings Aggregation API](/use-cases/google-jobs-api-for-agents/)