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POST
/
v1
/
knowledge-graph
/
sources
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curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.bigdata.com/v1/knowledge-graph/sources \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "MT Newswire",
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "FR",
    "GB"
  ],
  "ranks": [
    "RANK_1",
    "RANK_2",
    "RANK_3"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "transcripts",
    "research",
    "podcasts",
    "news",
    "filings",
    "expert_interviews"
  ],
  "packages": [
    "sec_filings"
  ]
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/knowledge-graph/sources"

payload = {
"query": "MT Newswire",
"countries": ["US", "FR", "GB"],
"ranks": ["RANK_1", "RANK_2", "RANK_3"],
"categories": ["transcripts", "research", "podcasts", "news", "filings", "expert_interviews"],
"packages": ["sec_filings"]
}
headers = {
"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
query: 'MT Newswire',
countries: ['US', 'FR', 'GB'],
ranks: ['RANK_1', 'RANK_2', 'RANK_3'],
categories: ['transcripts', 'research', 'podcasts', 'news', 'filings', 'expert_interviews'],
packages: ['sec_filings']
})
};

fetch('https://api.bigdata.com/v1/knowledge-graph/sources', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/knowledge-graph/sources",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'query' => 'MT Newswire',
'countries' => [
'US',
'FR',
'GB'
],
'ranks' => [
'RANK_1',
'RANK_2',
'RANK_3'
],
'categories' => [
'transcripts',
'research',
'podcasts',
'news',
'filings',
'expert_interviews'
],
'packages' => [
'sec_filings'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/knowledge-graph/sources"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"query\": \"MT Newswire\",\n \"countries\": [\n \"US\",\n \"FR\",\n \"GB\"\n ],\n \"ranks\": [\n \"RANK_1\",\n \"RANK_2\",\n \"RANK_3\"\n ],\n \"categories\": [\n \"transcripts\",\n \"research\",\n \"podcasts\",\n \"news\",\n \"filings\",\n \"expert_interviews\"\n ],\n \"packages\": [\n \"sec_filings\"\n ]\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/knowledge-graph/sources")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"query\": \"MT Newswire\",\n \"countries\": [\n \"US\",\n \"FR\",\n \"GB\"\n ],\n \"ranks\": [\n \"RANK_1\",\n \"RANK_2\",\n \"RANK_3\"\n ],\n \"categories\": [\n \"transcripts\",\n \"research\",\n \"podcasts\",\n \"news\",\n \"filings\",\n \"expert_interviews\"\n ],\n \"packages\": [\n \"sec_filings\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/knowledge-graph/sources")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"query\": \"MT Newswire\",\n \"countries\": [\n \"US\",\n \"FR\",\n \"GB\"\n ],\n \"ranks\": [\n \"RANK_1\",\n \"RANK_2\",\n \"RANK_3\"\n ],\n \"categories\": [\n \"transcripts\",\n \"research\",\n \"podcasts\",\n \"news\",\n \"filings\",\n \"expert_interviews\"\n ],\n \"packages\": [\n \"sec_filings\"\n ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "97C483",
      "name": "Personal Finance with Warren Ingram",
      "country": "ZA",
      "rank": "RANK_1",
      "description": "Personal Finance with Warren Ingram is a program that provides practical advice on money management, including guidance on investing, retirement planning, and wealth creation, through its podcast.",
      "retention": "FULL_HISTORY",
      "webpage": "TV and Radio Transcripts",
      "categories": [
        "podcasts"
      ],
      "packages": [
        "podcasts",
        "all"
      ],
      "subscribed": true
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "request_id": "user_2k3Z4SerTUIieyCfQhGR5UF2Af3",
    "timestamp": "2025-09-30T07:23:05.019121+00:00"
  }
}

Authorizations

X-API-KEY
string
header
required

Body

application/json

Request body for finding sources. Each field is optional. However, you must provide at least one field to perform a valid search.

query
string

Text query to search for sources by name or description. (e.g.,'MT Newswire', 'Benzinga', 'Bloomberg')

Example:

"MT Newswire"

countries
string[]

Country codes using the ISO 3166-1 A-2 format (e.g., 'US' for United States, 'FR' for France, 'GB' for Great Britain)

Pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}$
Example:
["US", "FR", "GB"]
ranks
enum<string>[]

Source ranking from 1 to 5, where RANK_1 is the highest quality

Available options:
RANK_1,
RANK_2,
RANK_3,
RANK_4,
RANK_5
Example:
["RANK_1", "RANK_2", "RANK_3"]
categories
enum<string>[]

Available source categories

Available options:
transcripts,
research,
podcasts,
news,
filings,
expert_interviews
Example:
[
"transcripts",
"research",
"podcasts",
"news",
"filings",
"expert_interviews"
]
packages
enum<string>[]

Filter sources by available data packages

Available options:
alliance_news,
benzinga,
crypto_markets,
expert_networks,
financial_newswires,
fly_on_the_wall,
fxstreet,
middle_eastern_markets,
midnight_trader,
quartr_presentation_materials,
quartr_reports,
quartr_transcripts,
rp_factset_earnings_comparision,
rp_multi_source_earnings_comparision,
sec_filings,
public
Example:
["sec_filings"]

Response

200 - application/json

Successful response with source data

Response containing source results and metadata

results
object[]
required

Array of source results

metadata
object
required