LexisNexis REST API

Please utilize the Web Services API User Interface to build and test your GET requests before using NYU's collective limits. Access to this portal requires the access to LexisNexis REST API. 

1. Enter search terms: using quotation marks for phrase searching 
2. Order preference: Use $order to specify how results are returned
3. For News content type, use $expand= Document to improve performance.
4. Select specific fields: from the response using the $select option.
5. Create the GET request: which user can utilize it in an API client, e.g. Python, Postman.
6. Preview the results: pay attention to the number of news articles retrieved by this search.
7. Narrow down the results: use $expand= PostFilters for composing advanced searches. Detailed guidelines can be found here.

Tips: Refer to the LexisNexis Developer Portal: News API for more information of using parameters $search, $expand, $top, and $orderby.

NYU's collective limits: restricted to 5 requests/minute, 200/hour, and 2,500/day.  

Note: A 429 error indicates that the daily limit has been reached. Please wait 24 hours before attempting to extract data again. For preliminary search, please use Nexis Uni and Web Services API User Interface. Please contact the business librarians if you have further questions.

Google Colab:

• Sample query 1: Search with Orderby
• Sample query 2: Search with Filter
• Sample query 3: Search, Filter and Select

Web Services API: LexisNexis Client ID and Client Secret are required for access

LexisNexis Web Services Developer's Site

• API documentation is available to users who create an account.
• Requires a LexisNexis Client ID and Client Secret for API call testing.