Get media data

Question

I would like to download media data (please see screenshot) in LESG workplace with both titles and actual articles,  but couldn't find where to download. The Save button here seems to only save the search.

Manually copying and pasting is not realistic for the case since we need a large amount of data for analysis later. Is there any API available, or would scraping be permitted?

Thanks,

Yun

Jirapongse · Answer

The ld.news.get_headlines method accepts the following parameters.

get_headlines(query: str, count: int = 10, start: 'OptDateTime' = None, end: 'OptDateTime' = None, order_by: Union[str, lseg.data.content.news.headlines._sort_order.SortOrder] = <SortOrder.new_to_old: 'newToOld'>) -> pandas.core.frame.DataFrame

    Retrieves news headlines.

Parameters

    ----------

    query: str

        The user search query for news headlines.

    count: int, optional

        Count to limit number of headlines.

    start: str or timedelta, optional

        Beginning of date range.

        String format is: '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'. e.g. '2016-01-20T15:04:05'.

    end: str or timedelta, optional

        End of date range.

        String format is: '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'. e.g. '2016-01-20T15:04:05'.

    order_by: str or SortOrder

        Sort order for headline items.

The first parameter (query) accepts a news query which typically the same news query used in the news monitor app. It doesn't support an imported CSV file. For the limitations, please refer to the following articles:

*  LSEG Data Library for Python - Reference Guide
* Check LSEG Data Library for Python Usage Limits Remaining

Yun · Answer

Hi Jirapongse,

Thanks for your reply!

May I know whether the API supports applying filters when retrieving news, such as country, source, time period, topic, or company (for example, using a self-defined company list imported from a CSV file)?

Also, are there any limitations when retrieving data, such as time range limits, request rate limits, or amount limits?

Thank you!

Yun

Jirapongse · Answer

@Yun

Thank you for reaching out to us.

You can use the LSEG Data Library for Python to pull news headlines and news stories.

The example is on GitHub.

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