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GET
/
news-signals
/
{signalId}
Get News Signal by ID
curl --request GET \
  --url https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/news-signals/{signalId} \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/news-signals/{signalId}"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/news-signals/{signalId}', 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://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/news-signals/{signalId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"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"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/news-signals/{signalId}"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

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

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

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/news-signals/{signalId}")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/news-signals/{signalId}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "signal_id": 1234567,
  "article_id": 987654,
  "article_url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/15/acme-series-b/",
  "categories": [
    "funding"
  ],
  "meaningful_updates": [
    "FUNDING_UPDATE"
  ],
  "published_date": "2025-06-15",
  "fetched_at": "2025-06-15T12:00:00Z",
  "title": "Acme raises $40M Series B led by Lead VC",
  "title_original": "Acme raises $40M Series B led by Lead VC",
  "featured_image_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/acme.png",
  "entity_id": "66d926166261234567890123",
  "company_name": "Acme",
  "company_domain": "acme.com",
  "whats_new": "Acme raised a $40M Series B led by Lead VC.",
  "score": 4,
  "traction": "Customer count doubled YoY."
}
{
"errorCode": "API_KEY_MISSING",
"message": "No API Key was presented on the header X-API-KEY"
}
{
"errorCode": "OUT_OF_CREDITS",
"message": "<string>"
}
{
"errorCode": "NOT_PERMITTED",
"message": "You do not have permission to access this resource."
}
{
"errorCode": "<string>",
"message": "<string>"
}
{
"errorCode": "<string>",
"message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

X-API-Key
string
header
required

Path Parameters

signalId
integer
required

The ID of the news signal being requested.

Response

The requested news signal.

A single classified company mention within a news article; if an article mentions multiple companies, each mention is recorded as a separate signal.

signal_id
integer
required

Unique identifier for this news signal.

Example:

1234567

article_id
integer
required

Underlying article id. Articles that mention multiple companies share this id across signals.

Example:

987654

article_url
string
required

The URL linking to the original source article.

Example:

"https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/15/acme-series-b/"

categories
string[]
required

Categories the publication tagged this article with.

Example:
["funding"]
meaningful_updates
enum<string>[]
required

Categories of newsworthy update detected on the article — revenue figures, profitability, traction milestones, funding rounds, acquisitions / deals.

Available options:
REVENUE_UPDATE,
PROFIT_UPDATE,
TRACTION_UPDATE,
FUNDING_UPDATE,
DEAL_UPDATE
Example:
["FUNDING_UPDATE"]
published_date
string<date>

Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the article was published.

Example:

"2025-06-15"

fetched_at
string<date-time>

Timestamp Specter fetched the article.

Example:

"2025-06-15T12:00:00Z"

title
string

Article title in English (translated when needed).

Example:

"Acme raises $40M Series B led by Lead VC"

title_original
string

Article title in the original publication language.

Example:

"Acme raises $40M Series B led by Lead VC"

URL to the article's featured image.

Example:

"https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/acme.png"

entity_id
string

Specter company id that the signal is attributed to.

Example:

"66d926166261234567890123"

company_name
string

Name of the company the signal is attributed to.

Example:

"Acme"

company_domain
string

Primary domain of the company.

Example:

"acme.com"

whats_new
string

A short AI-generated summary of what the article reports for this company.

Example:

"Acme raised a $40M Series B led by Lead VC."

score
integer

Importance score (0–5). 4+ is considered "major news".

Example:

4

traction
string

Free-text traction headline associated with the company, if any.

Example:

"Customer count doubled YoY."