finlight.me

What is finlight.me?

Finlight is a cutting-edge financial news API designed for developers and traders who need real-time, filtered access to market-moving news. With a powerful advanced query builder, you can target exactly the news you need using boolean logic, field-level filtering, and complex expressions. Search for articles containing specific words or exact phrases with quotes, require terms with +, exclude with -, and combine conditions using AND, OR, and NOT. Target specific fields such as ticker, exchange, source, and content, and use parentheses to control evaluation order. This surgical precision ensures you never miss critical news while filtering out noise.

The API offers multiple integration methods to suit your workflow. Use simple HTTP requests for on-demand data perfect for web applications and batch processing. For live trading applications, leverage real-time WebSocket streams with sub-second latency. Event-driven notifications push data to your endpoints, ideal for automated trading and alerts. Finlight also provides AI-driven sentiment analysis and company extraction, enriching raw news with actionable insights.

Key use cases include powering trading algorithms, building financial dashboards, conducting market research, and integrating with AI assistants via MCP (Model Context Protocol) for tools like Claude and ChatGPT. The API is backed by enterprise-grade reliability and includes official SDKs for TypeScript and Python, as well as direct REST API access via cURL. A free account gives you access to a full testing suite with custom queries and real-time data.

Finlight stands out for its combination of real-time streaming, advanced filtering, and sentiment analysis, making it an essential tool for anyone who needs to stay ahead in fast-moving financial markets. Whether you're a quantitative developer, a fintech startup, or a large institution, finlight delivers the data you need with the precision and speed required for market-critical decisions. Get started in minutes with npm install finlight-client and begin building sophisticated queries immediately.

Use Cases

Key Features

real time news API advanced query builder boolean logic filtering field level filtering WebSocket streaming AI sentiment analysis company extraction event driven notifications sub second latency HTTP integration

Who is it for?

developers, traders, quantitative analysts, fintech companies, hedge funds, algorithmic trading firms, financial data analysts

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