Get BBC News Headlines API
What is the BBC News API on upAPI?
The BBC News API on upAPI returns BBC headlines as JSON: pick a section such as world, business or sport and get each headline's title, summary and URL. It reads BBC public RSS feeds, not an official API. No BBC key of your own is needed, only one upAPI key. The Free plan includes 1,000 weighted units a month.
Fetch headlines from a BBC section (news / world / business / technology / science-environment / entertainment-arts / sport) via the official BBC RSS feeds. Pure HTTP (no browser). Returns title, article URL, and summary for each headline.
How to call it
Send one POST to api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get with your key in the X-Api-Key header and the parameters below as a JSON body. Each call spends 1 weighted unit of your monthly quota. The operation times out after 30 seconds. Identical requests are served from cache for 300 seconds, unbilled.
POST https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get
Get BBC News Headlines API reference
Request parameters
- limit
- integer — Max headlines to return
- section
- enum — BBC section slug
Response fields
- url
- stringrequired
- section
- stringrequired
- fetchedAt
- stringrequired
- headlines
- arrayrequired
- headlines[].url
- stringrequired
- headlines[].title
- stringrequired
- headlines[].summary
- stringrequired
- headlines[].position
- integerrequired
- totalCount
- integerrequired
Example request and response
The example response is generated from this operation’s published output schema — it shows the shape and field names, not values from a recorded call.
{
"limit": 15,
"section": "news"
}{
"url": "https://github.com",
"section": "example",
"fetchedAt": "example",
"headlines": [
{
"url": "https://github.com",
"title": "Alan Turing",
"summary": "example",
"position": 1
}
],
"totalCount": 1
}Code snippets
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{ "limit": 15, "section": "news" }'JavaScript
const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"limit": 15,
"section": "news"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
'https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get',
headers={
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
json={
"limit": 15,
"section": "news"
},
)
print(response.json())Go
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
payload := []byte(`{ "limit": 15, "section": "news" }`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get", bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
var result map[string]any
json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
fmt.Println(result)
}PHP
<?php
$payload = json_encode([
'limit' => 15,
'section' => 'news',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $payload,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Content-Type: application/json',
'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
var_dump($data);Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = { "limit": 15, "section": "news" }.to_json
response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.parse(response.body)Java
import okhttp3.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.util.Map;
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = "{ \"limit\": 15, \"section\": \"news\" }";
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get")
.post(body)
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
Map<?, ?> result = mapper.readValue(response.body().string(), Map.class);
System.out.println(result);
}C#
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>("{ \"limit\": 15, \"section\": \"news\" }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/bbc-news.get", payload);
var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);Frequently asked questions
How much does the Get BBC News Headlines API cost per call?
Each call spends 1 weighted unit of your plan's monthly quota. Full pricing is at https://upapi.io/pricing.
How do I authenticate to the Get BBC News Headlines API?
Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.
Are Get BBC News Headlines API responses cached?
Yes — identical requests are served from cache for 300 seconds, and a cache hit is not billed.