tickerbot_search_news
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SQL query over the news archive. Article rows, or rollups when you group them. Filter to a ticker with the ticker param, or in q via the auto-unnest alias tk = 'NVDA'. search is full-text over title and summary. Rollups with group_by/having return truncated: true instead of paging.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticker | string | no | Articles mentioning this symbol (ANDed with `q`). |
| tickers | string | no | Comma list, up to 50 — articles mentioning ANY of them. Not combinable with `ticker` or `universe`. |
| universe | string | no | Universe slug — articles mentioning any member. Not combinable with `ticker`/`tickers`. |
| from | string | no | Earliest `time_published` (inclusive) — strict ISO: `YYYY-MM-DD` or `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM[:SS]Z`. (`since` accepted as an alias.) |
| to | string | no | Articles strictly before this instant — same strict ISO subset, matching `/v2/events`. (`until` accepted as an alias.) |
| search | string | no | Full-text search over `title` + `summary` — websearch grammar: `apple earnings` (all words), `"price target"` (phrase), `chips OR semiconductors`, `-crypto` (negation). Max 200 chars. ANDs with `q` and the scoping params. Language-stemmed English. |
| q | string | no | WHERE clause over the news_article table. Max 4000 chars. Required UNLESS `search` or a scoping param (`ticker`/`tickers`/`universe`/`from`/`to`) is present — the simplest call needs no SQL. Queryable columns: `time_published`, `title`, `summary`, `source`, `source_domain`, `category`, `authors`, `topics`, `overall_sentiment_score`, `overall_sentiment_label`, `tickers`, `ticker_data`, `banner_image`, `url`, `id`, `created_at` — plus `tk`, the per-ticker UNNEST alias. Signal/state columns are not joinable here. |
| order | string | no | Sort — a bare column name or SELECT alias only (put expressions in `select` and order by their alias). Defaults to `time_published` (article rows) or `volume` (aggregate rows). |
| dir | string | no | Sort direction. |
| limit | integer | no | Page size. Max 1000. |
| cursor | string | no | Opaque pagination cursor from a prior response's `next_cursor`. |
| group_by | string | no | AGGREGATE MODE: comma-separated group keys, 1-6 (max 1000 chars). Switches the response to rollup rows. Use `tk` to roll up per ticker without writing the UNNEST. Name a key with `AS` to choose its JSON key; an un-named expression is named for you rather than returned as `?column?`. |
| select | string | no | Columns/expressions to return (max 2000 chars). Defaults to article columns (no `group_by`) or `<group_by cols>, COUNT(*) AS volume` (with `group_by`). |
| having | string | no | HAVING clause on the aggregate (max 1000 chars). Requires `group_by`. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Articles mentioning this symbol (ANDed with `q`)."
},
"tickers": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma list, up to 50 — articles mentioning ANY of them. Not combinable with `ticker` or `universe`."
},
"universe": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Universe slug — articles mentioning any member. Not combinable with `ticker`/`tickers`."
},
"from": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Earliest `time_published` (inclusive) — strict ISO: `YYYY-MM-DD` or `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM[:SS]Z`. (`since` accepted as an alias.)"
},
"to": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Articles strictly before this instant — same strict ISO subset, matching `/v2/events`. (`until` accepted as an alias.)"
},
"search": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full-text search over `title` + `summary` — websearch grammar: `apple earnings` (all words), `\"price target\"` (phrase), `chips OR semiconductors`, `-crypto` (negation). Max 200 chars. ANDs with `q` and the scoping params. Language-stemmed English."
},
"q": {
"type": "string",
"description": "WHERE clause over the news_article table. Max 4000 chars. Required UNLESS `search` or a scoping param (`ticker`/`tickers`/`universe`/`from`/`to`) is present — the simplest call needs no SQL. Queryable columns: `time_published`, `title`, `summary`, `source`, `source_domain`, `category`, `authors`, `topics`, `overall_sentiment_score`, `overall_sentiment_label`, `tickers`, `ticker_data`, `banner_image`, `url`, `id`, `created_at` — plus `tk`, the per-ticker UNNEST alias. Signal/state columns are not joinable here."
},
"order": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Sort — a bare column name or SELECT alias only (put expressions in `select` and order by their alias). Defaults to `time_published` (article rows) or `volume` (aggregate rows)."
},
"dir": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Sort direction.",
"enum": [
"asc",
"desc"
],
"default": "desc"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Page size. Max 1000.",
"default": 50
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Opaque pagination cursor from a prior response's `next_cursor`."
},
"group_by": {
"type": "string",
"description": "AGGREGATE MODE: comma-separated group keys, 1-6 (max 1000 chars). Switches the response to rollup rows. Use `tk` to roll up per ticker without writing the UNNEST. Name a key with `AS` to choose its JSON key; an un-named expression is named for you rather than returned as `?column?`."
},
"select": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Columns/expressions to return (max 2000 chars). Defaults to article columns (no `group_by`) or `<group_by cols>, COUNT(*) AS volume` (with `group_by`)."
},
"having": {
"type": "string",
"description": "HAVING clause on the aggregate (max 1000 chars). Requires `group_by`."
}
}
}