> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one page from the Social Fetch docs (markdown export). For curated orientation and workflow guidance, start with [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); for agent onboarding and crawl rules, use [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt); for the full endpoint list with links to pages like this one, use [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt); for one platform's parameters and curls, use [`/llms-{platform}.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-tiktok.txt); use [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) when you need structured JSON for tool registration. ## This page - **On-site (HTML):** - **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** ## API base URL and authentication - **API origin (from OpenAPI `servers`):** `https://api.socialfetch.dev` - **Authentication:** send `x-api-key: sfk_...` on `/v1/**` and `/v2/**` routes unless the operation is explicitly anonymous (check OpenAPI `security`, the [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx), [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt), or [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) for each route). - **OpenAPI JSON:** ## Recommended docs entrypoints (this site) - [Documentation overview](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs.mdx) — top-level orientation (markdown). - [Quickstart](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/quickstart.mdx) — authenticate with `x-api-key`, validate auth with `whoami`, and understand the JSON envelope. - [SDK](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk.mdx) — official TypeScript SDK guide, including `SocialFetchClient`, `Result`, and `unwrap()`. - [Capability matrix](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/capability-matrix.mdx) — every operation with identifiers, pagination, outcomes, media download, credits, and its SDK method. Generated from OpenAPI, so use it for route selection instead of scanning individual pages. - [Recipes](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/recipes.mdx) — copyable workflows (brand monitoring, transcripts, Ad Library, creator scoring, Reddit research) with credit callouts and SDK examples. - [Integrations](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations.mdx) — MCP for AI clients, n8n verified node, Apify Store Actors, Make custom app, SDK, and REST API connection paths. - [MCP product page](https://www.socialfetch.dev/mcp) — hosted MCP overview, OAuth, Skills install. - [MCP integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/mcp.mdx) — hosted `/mcp` server, OAuth, Cursor/VS Code/Claude install snippets, 910 endpoint tools, plus docs_search/docs_read for implementation help. - [n8n integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/n8n.mdx) — install `n8n-nodes-socialfetch`, credentials, and workflow examples. - [Apify integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/apify.mdx) — Store Actors under @social-fetch, PPE billing, dataset export, and quick start. - [Make integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/make.mdx) — custom app modules for Make scenarios, API key credentials, and module catalog. - [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt) — every documented operation with a direct link to that route's agent-readable markdown page (prefer this over parsing OpenAPI). - [`/llms-{platform}.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-tiktok.txt) — per-platform endpoint files generated from OpenAPI (parameters, credits, curls). - [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt) — agent crawl/onboarding file with capabilities, auth rules, and allowlist. - [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) — structured machine-readable operation inventory with parameter names, pagination, outcomes, credits, and SDK mapping. - [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx) — human-friendly index of operations with links into generated pages. - [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) — shared error envelope and HTTP status guidance. - [Credits](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/credits.mdx) — metering, `402`, and planning batch jobs. - Outcome semantics such as `found`, `not_found`, and `private` are documented in [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) and on operation pages when present in the OpenAPI contract. ## Markdown docs convention - Every docs page has a markdown twin: append **`.mdx`** to the docs pathname (for example `/docs/quickstart` → `/docs/quickstart.mdx`). - Agents that send `Accept: text/markdown` on `/docs/**` HTML URLs may receive markdown directly (same URL, `Vary: Accept`). - Published blog posts use the same convention: `/blog/{slug}` → `/blog/{slug}.mdx`, or `Accept: text/markdown` on the HTML URL (`Vary: Accept`). --- # Get Google News topic or publisher id (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/google-news/topics/resolve/get) ## Summary Get Google News topic or publisher ids matching a place, section, MID or name. **Tags:** `Google News` ## HTTP - **Method:** GET - **Path:** `/v1/google-news/topics/resolve` - **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev` ## Capability summary - **SDK mapping:** `client.googleNews.resolveTopic({ place: "London", language: "en-GB", country: "GB" })` - **Accepted identifiers:** `query` (query) - **Pagination:** none - **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found` ## Credits - **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup. - **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit. - **Failed requests (`lookup_failed`, `503`):** not charged. - **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`. ## Authentication - **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`) ## Parameters ### `language` (query) - **Required:** no - **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 2; maxLength: 16 - **Description:** Language and locale of the edition, e.g. `en-US`, `de`, `pt-BR` or `zh-Hant`. Default: `en-US`. The 400 response for an unsupported pair lists every supported pair. ### `country` (query) - **Required:** no - **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 2; maxLength: 2 - **Description:** Two-letter country of the edition, e.g. `US`, `GB` or `JP`. Default: `US`. Send it with `language`; an unsupported pair is rejected with every supported pair listed. ### `place` (query) - **Required:** no - **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1; maxLength: 200 - **Description:** Place name to resolve, e.g. `London` or `San Francisco, CA`. ### `section` (query) - **Required:** no - **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: WORLD, NATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, HEALTH - **Description:** Section name to resolve: `WORLD`, `NATION`, `BUSINESS`, `TECHNOLOGY`, `ENTERTAINMENT`, `SPORTS`, `SCIENCE` or `HEALTH`. ### `mid` (query) - **Required:** no - **Constraints:** type `string`; pattern: `^\/[mg]\/[A-Za-z0-9_]+$` - **Description:** Knowledge Graph MID to resolve, e.g. `/m/09nm_`. ### `query` (query) - **Required:** no - **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1; maxLength: 200 - **Description:** Name to resolve through Google News suggestions, e.g. `Taylor Swift` or `Reuters`. Matches are noisy; the candidates are returned. ## Responses (status codes) - **200**: Resolve a place, section, MID or name. - **400**: Invalid request - **401**: Missing or invalid API key - **402**: Insufficient credits - **500**: Unexpected or billing error - **502**: Lookup could not be completed. - **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. ## Response body (200) Resolve a place, section, MID or name. ### Field outline - **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload. - **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found. `found` when the entity exists, including when it has no articles right now. `not_found` when the id does not exist. - **input** (required) — type `object`. The input that was resolved, with the others null. - **place** (required) — type `string`; nullable. The place name that was resolved, or null. - **section** (required) — type `string`; nullable. The section name that was resolved, or null. - **mid** (required) — type `string`; nullable. The Knowledge Graph MID that was resolved, or null. - **query** (required) — type `string`; nullable. The name that was resolved through suggestions, or null. - **resolved** (required) — type `object`; nullable. The best match; null when nothing was resolved. - **id** (required) — type `string`. The resolved topic or publication id. - **kind** (required) — type `string`; enum: topic, publisher, unknown. `topic` for an entity, section or place topic; `publisher` for an outlet; `unknown` when the kind is not known. - **name** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Name of the entity, when it has one. - **mid** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Knowledge Graph MID decoded from a topic id. Compare it to the MID asked for to see whether a place name fell back to the U.S. topic. - **url** (required) — type `string`; nullable. The Google News page for the resolved id. - **matchedInput** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Whether the result matches what was asked. False when a place name fell back to the U.S. topic, compared by id rather than by the local name; null when it cannot be compared (a section, a record with no name, or no suggestion match). An unknown place can resolve to the U.S. topic or be not_found, and this field tells which. - **iconUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Icon for the match; null when the match has none. - **candidates** (required) — type `array`. Other matches from the suggestion box. Empty for place, section and MID resolution. - _items:_ - **id** (required) — type `string`. The resolved topic or publication id. - **kind** (required) — type `string`; enum: topic, publisher, unknown. `topic` for an entity, section or place topic; `publisher` for an outlet; `unknown` when the kind is not known. - **name** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Name of the entity, when it has one. - **mid** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Knowledge Graph MID decoded from a topic id. Compare it to the MID asked for to see whether a place name fell back to the U.S. topic. - **url** (required) — type `string`; nullable. The Google News page for the resolved id. - **matchedInput** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Whether the result matches what was asked. False when a place name fell back to the U.S. topic, compared by id rather than by the local name; null when it cannot be compared (a section, a record with no name, or no suggestion match). An unknown place can resolve to the U.S. topic or be not_found, and this field tells which. - **iconUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Icon for the match; null when the match has none. - **edition** (required) — type `object`. The edition of this result. - **language** (required) — type `string`. Language and locale of the edition, e.g. `en-US`. - **country** (required) — type `string`. Two-letter country of the edition, e.g. `US`. - **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome. - **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call. - **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request. - **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response. ### Example JSON (found) ```json { "data": { "lookupStatus": "found", "input": { "place": "Zzzzzzville", "section": null, "mid": null, "query": null }, "resolved": { "id": "CAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNRGxqTjNjd0VnSmxiaWdBUAE", "kind": "topic", "name": "U.S.", "mid": "/m/09c7w0", "url": "https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNRGxqTjNjd0VnSmxiaWdBUAE", "matchedInput": false, "iconUrl": null }, "candidates": [], "edition": { "language": "en-US", "country": "US" } }, "meta": { "requestId": "req_0e23b637-1422-4953-9058-6bac14e2cad8", "creditsCharged": 1, "version": "v1" } } ``` ### Machine-readable error codes When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime): - `bad_request` ## Error handling & retries Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status. - **400**: Invalid request **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help. - **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help. - **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help). - **500**: Unexpected or billing error - **502**: Lookup could not be completed. **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable. - **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter. ### Suggested client defaults - Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request. - On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user. - On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries. ## Examples ### TypeScript SDK ```typescript import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk"; const client = new SocialFetchClient({ apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!, }); const result = await client.googleNews.resolveTopic({ query: "technology", }); if (!result.ok) { console.error(result.error); } else { console.log(result.value.data); } ``` ### Node.js ```javascript const response = await fetch( "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/google-news/topics/resolve?query=technology", { headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" } } ); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); ``` ### cURL ```bash curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/google-news/topics/resolve?query=technology" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" ``` ### Python ```python import requests response = requests.get( "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/google-news/topics/resolve?query=technology", headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}, ) data = response.json() print(data) ```