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post/news-intel/v1/timeline1 credit

How much is X in the news over time — GDELT volume-over-time (timelinevol) for a query as [{date, value}], with peak detection (max point + average + latest).

Working example
Parameters

Free-text search across global news. GDELT operators are passed through (e.g. 'tesla OR ford', '"exact phrase"', 'domainis:bbc.com', 'sourcelang:spanish', 'theme:TERROR'). Case-insensitive.

How far back to search (GDELT timespan). Accepts Nh/Nd/Nw/Nm or minute forms like '30min'. Note GDELT covers ~last 3 months; default 1d.

Restrict to a source language (2-letter code → GDELT sourcelang). GDELT indexes 65+ languages; common ones listed. Omit for all languages.

Restrict to a source country (GDELT FIPS country code, e.g. US, UK, FR, IN, BR). Omit for global. For top_headlines this is the Google-News edition.

request preview
curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/news-intel/v1/timeline \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"earthquake","timespan":"1w"}'

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