How to Integrate Intrinio’s Stock News APIs into Your Investment Platform

Investors don’t just need numbers. They need context. A tweet, press release, or news headline can shift sentiment faster than earnings reports or balance sheets. That’s why top investment platforms are adding real-time, relevant stock news alongside their core data feeds—and why Intrinio’s Stock News API is built to deliver exactly that.

Whether you’re building for active traders, long-term investors, or wealth advisors, integrating news can drastically improve user experience, decision-making, and platform stickiness. Here’s how you can make it happen.

The strategic benefits of adding a stock news API

Add instant context to price movements

Price action doesn’t happen in a vacuum. With a news feed integrated next to charts and portfolios, users can see why a stock is moving—not just that it is.

Improve user trust and retention

Timely, relevant news builds trust. If your users have to jump to Google to figure out what’s going on, that’s a missed opportunity for engagement (and credibility).

Differentiate your platform

News is a simple but powerful differentiator. Many platforms still don’t include reliable news feeds—or worse, they plug in clunky, ad-riddled sources that degrade UX.

Support compliance and research workflows

Professional users benefit from headline monitoring, sentiment scoring, and archived historical articles—especially when integrated into alerting or research tools.

Power custom alerts and insights

With access to article sentiment, source filtering, and business relevance scores, you can build tools that go far beyond RSS-style scrolling.

How to add a stock news API

Intrinio’s Stock News API makes it easy to start small and scale as needed. Here’s how the basic setup works:

Step 1: Choose your identifier

Start with a company ticker, CIK, LEI, or Intrinio ID to target the news you need. For example, use AAPL to pull Apple’s news feed.

Step 2: Use the All News by Company endpoint

This endpoint returns the latest and historical news stories, including:

• Title
• Summary
• URL
• Sentiment (Moody’s)
• Business relevance (Moody’s)
• Source
• Publication date

*There is an “All News” endpoint available as well, with the same filters and returns.

Step 3: Add filters to tailor your feed

Depending on your platform goals, you can:

• Pull only from specific sources (e.g., Moody’s, Yahoo)
• Filter by sentiment (positive, neutral, negative - Moody’s only)
• Set a date range (start_date, end_date)
• Limit by business relevance or word count (Moody’s only)
• Exclude spam articles (Moody’s only)

Step 4: Display it cleanly

Keep the interface minimal: headlines, timestamps, and expandable summaries work well. Always link to the full article, and attribute the source clearly.

Step 5: Paginate or cache for performance

Use the next_page token to paginate results and avoid overloading users with a massive scroll. For high-traffic platforms, consider caching news server-side and refreshing every few minutes.

Best practices for implementing a stock news API

Prioritize relevance, not volume

Don’t overload your users with everything. Use filters to deliver stories that are actually connected to the companies they follow or hold.

Integrate news into existing workflows

Instead of a standalone tab, embed news feeds into dashboards, watchlists, and charts. Context is most valuable when it’s in the flow of decision-making.

Leverage sentiment and metadata

Intrinio’s feed supports sentiment scoring and business relevance—use this to power alerts, display visual indicators, or rank stories.

Watch your UX

News should feel seamless. Avoid pop-ups, autoplay videos, or third-party ad links. Keep the design clean, fast, and user-first.

Stay compliant

Especially for platforms serving institutions, remember to track attribution and copyright metadata, and ensure your use cases align with your license.

Stay competitive with Intrinio

Integrating stock news isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s a must if you want to serve modern investors. But not all news feeds are created equal. Some are bloated. Some are stale. Others are just too expensive for the value they deliver.

Intrinio offers:

• Developer-friendly APIs
• Filterable, relevant news
• Support for historical and real-time use cases
• Scalable pricing and clear licensing
• Human support to help you integrate faster

If you’re building an investment platform that empowers users with data-driven context, let’s talk. You can start a trial, explore the documentation, or connect with our team for integration support.

👉 Start your free trial or book a consultation to see how news can level up your platform.

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