News API

News API (opens in a new tab) is a simple, easy-to-use REST API that returns JSON search results for current and historic news articles published by over 150,000 worldwide sources. This demo app provides basic news search based on a ticker.

Application Name

In the Application Info step, set Application Name as newsAPI.

Application Info Settings

Start URL & Intents

In the Agent SDK step, select SDK Type of Web App.

Set Start URL as (substituting the code for your directory as described earlier): https://demos.connectifi.app/platform/{YOUR_DIRECTORY_CODE}/newsAPI

Configure Supported Intents

This registers the intents the app supports with the directory, so that the app is fully discoverable and can be launched using the start url provided.

Select the Intent: ViewNews

Select the following supported Contexts:

fdc3.instrument

Note: once you’ve added an intent, click on the chip for the intent to get the picker list for contexts.

Agent SDK Settings

Finish

Got to the Preview step, check your settings, and select Finish to save the application.

Test the app using its Start URL, it should load and connect to the directory. If it has registered intents, it will now be discoverable.

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