# GDELT Geographic News Intelligence — Location Mentions by Topic

> GDELT Geographic News Intelligence — Location Mentions by Topic is a paid API for AI agents from news-x402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a ranked list of geographic locations (with coordinates and mention counts) where a given news topic is being discussed, drawn from global GDELT news data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://news-x402.com/news/geographic
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gdelt-geographic-news-intelligence-location-mentions-by-topic-d22e5a0d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_IpjMlJxFVaTxz6rbcYkco

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## 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 gdelt-geographic-news-intelligence-location-mentions-by-topic-d22e5a0d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me which locations around the world are being mentioned most in news about wildfires over the last 24 hours — give me place names, coordinates, and how many times each was mentioned.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to understand the geographic spread or hotspots of news coverage for a specific topic — e.g., mapping where a crisis, event, or keyword is being reported. Prefer this over general news search endpoints when the output you need is location-centric (coordinates, country, mention volume) rather than article headlines or entity lists.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'topic' query parameter returns a 400/422 error
- Very niche or misspelled topic returns an empty locations array
- Payment not received or malformed x402 payment header results in 402 Payment Required
- Invalid timespan format may fall back to default 24h or return an error
- GDELT source data lag may mean very recent events (< 15 min) are not yet indexed

## How this service works

AI-friendly JSON API for global news intelligence. Built on GDELT (free public source), optimized for AI agents — clean responses, 5 use-case endpoints, parallel-aggregated entity graphs, no rate limits, no API keys. Pay-per-query in USDC on Base mainnet via x402.

## Output

A JSON object containing the original topic, the timespan used, and an array of location objects — each with a place name, latitude, longitude, optional country code, and an integer mention count indicating how frequently that location appeared in matching news articles.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "topic": "artificial intelligence",
   "timespan": "24h"
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "topic"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "topic": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Search query"
      },
      "timespan": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Time window (default 24h)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "topic",
      "timespan",
      "locations"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "topic": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "timespan": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "locations": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
         "name",
         "lat",
         "lng",
         "mention_count"
        ],
        "properties": {
         "lat": {
          "type": "number"
         },
         "lng": {
          "type": "number"
         },
         "name": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "country_code": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "mention_count": {
          "type": "integer"
         }
        }
       }
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "topic": "earthquake",
  "timespan": "24h",
  "locations": [
   {
    "lat": 37.09,
    "lng": -95.71,
    "name": "United States",
    "country_code": "",
    "mention_count": 42
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gdelt-geographic-news-intelligence-location-mentions-by-topic-d22e5a0d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from news-x402.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/news-x402.com/llms.txt)