Trending entities (people and companies)

GET

/api/v1/gdelt/entities/trending

Last modified:2026-07-19 17:02:27

Maintainer:Not configured

OperationId:gdelt_entities_trending

People and organizations recognized in the news by the GDELT Global Entity Graph (Google NL API), ranked by how many distinct articles mention them in the window (DATA-13). Each carries its type, Google Knowledge Graph MID (when available), max salience, last seen, and sample article URLs. Optional name= returns one entity's recent articles. period=1h reads the rolling window; 6h/24h merge daily shards.

Request

Authorization

API Key

Add parameter in header

x-api-key

Example:

x-api-key: ********************

Query Params

Header Params

Request Code Samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

curl --location 'https://sugra.ai/api/v1/gdelt/entities/trending?period=undefined&limit=undefined&name=Acme%20Corp' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'

Responses

🟢200OK

application/json

Top-N entities by article count with recognition metadata and freshness flags.

Bodyapplication/json

Example

{
    "data": {
        "entities": [
            {
                "name": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "mid": "string",
                "articles": 0,
                "max_salience": 0,
                "last_seen": "string",
                "sample_urls": [
                    "string"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "total": 0,
        "window_end": "string",
        "stale": true,
        "partial": true
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
        "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
        "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
        "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
        "source": "string",
        "attribution": "string",
        "fallback_used": true,
        "fallback_chain": [
            "string"
        ],
        "cached": true,
        "stale": true
    }
}

🟠401Unauthorized

🟠422Parameter Error

🟠429

🔴503Service Unavailable

Modified at 2026-07-19 17:02:27

Trending events by media attention