# gate402 News Headlines & Sentiment

> gate402 News Headlines & Sentiment is a paid API for AI agents from gate402.app, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches recent news headlines for a ticker or topic from Google News and returns a heuristic bull/bear sentiment signal without using an LLM.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://gate402.app/v1/news
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gate402-news-headlines-sentiment-da45e4f5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HO6Yg2OZJHaErBGvJHCwx

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability gate402-news-headlines-sentiment-da45e4f5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest 10 news headlines for NVDA and tell me whether the sentiment is bullish or bearish right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, low-cost snapshot of market sentiment from real headlines without the latency or cost of an LLM-based analysis. Ideal for pre-trade checks, quick sentiment scans, or feeding structured signals into a broader trading or research pipeline. Prefer over general web search when you specifically want financial/topical news with a pre-computed bull/bear signal attached.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for obscure or misspelled tickers/topics
- Google News rate limiting or feed unavailability causing empty response
- Sentiment signal may be inaccurate for ambiguous or low-volume topics
- Limit parameter out of range (must be 1–25) returns validation error
- Very recent events may not yet be indexed in Google News feed

## How this service works

Recent news headlines + heuristic bull/bear sentiment for a ticker or topic (Google News, no LLM).

## Output

Returns a list of recent news headlines (up to 25) sourced from Google News for the given ticker or topic, along with a heuristic bull/bear sentiment classification derived from the headlines without LLM processing. Typically includes headline text, source, publication time, and an aggregate sentiment signal.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Max headlines (1–25, default 10)."
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Ticker, company, or topic (e.g. \"NVDA\", \"ethereum ETF\")."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gate402-news-headlines-sentiment-da45e4f5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from gate402.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/gate402.app/llms.txt)