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Start Here
News, Blogs, Forums & Reviews APIs
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Build a Dataset
Using the Archive Wizard
Building Queries
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API Reference
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Building Queries

Archive uses the same Boolean query language as the live API. If a query works live, it works in Archive - in both the Wizard and the API.

Operators

OperatorMeaningExample
spaceANDbitcoin price
OREither termipod OR ipad
-Excludeapple -fruit
( )Group(ipod OR ipad) -android
"..."Exact phrase"machine learning"

Free-text terms match against the post text and title.

Common filters

FilterPurposeExample
site_typeLimit by data typesite_type:news
languageLimit by languagelanguage:english
thread.countryLimit by countrythread.country:US
siteLimit to a domainsite:cnn.com
ratingReviews by scorerating:5
person / organization / locationMatch entitiesorganization:Microsoft

Example

News and blogs about Microsoft, in English, excluding job posts:

Microsoft (site_type:news OR site_type:blogs) language:english -"job opening"

Filter availability by date

Enrichment filters only exist in data from a certain date. If your timeframe starts earlier, those filters return little or nothing for the older months - and the API rejects some outright (see Archive API error codes).

FilterAvailable from
Entities (person, organization, location)March 2015
performance_scoreMay 2015
domain_rankApril 2016
SentimentJune 2016
Social signalsAugust 2016
Site categoriesAugust 2016
Review ratingsFebruary 2017

Validate the query with a free sample first, then reuse the exact same query in the Wizard or in setArchiveQuery.

Last updated: July 6, 2026
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