# Financial Times — Wrapped API

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> Search and retrieve commodities market news articles from the Financial Times with flexible date filtering to stay informed on market trends. Access curated topic pages to quickly find news relevant to specific commodities and trading interests.

**Category:** News & Media | **Website:** [www.ft.com/commodities](https://www.ft.com/commodities) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/1da45a87-7a33-4aa2-8bd7-9a0fc2096c5c/ft-com-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/1da45a87-7a33-4aa2-8bd7-9a0fc2096c5c/ft-com-api)

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## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-ft-com-api-1da45a87/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### get_topic_articles

Get the latest curated articles from an FT topic page. The commodities page includes articles on oil, gold, copper, industrial metals, agricultural commodities, and energy markets. Articles are editorially curated and may not include publication dates.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `topic` | string | No | FT topic page slug (e.g. 'commodities', 'oil', 'gold', 'copper', 'agricultural-commodities'). |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-ft-com-api-1da45a87/get_topic_articles \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"topic":"<string>"}'
```

### search_news

Search Financial Times articles by keyword with optional date range filtering and sort order. Returns paginated results with 25 articles per page. Results include article title, URL, topic tag, summary, and publication date.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `date_from` | string | No | Start date filter in YYYY-MM-DD format. When omitted, no start date constraint is applied. |
| `date_to` | string | No | End date filter in YYYY-MM-DD format. When omitted, no end date constraint is applied. |
| `page` | string | No | Page number for pagination, starting from 1. |
| `query` | string | No | Search query string (e.g. 'commodities', 'oil prices', 'gold market'). |
| `sort` | string | No | Sort order for results. Accepts exactly one of: date, relevance. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-ft-com-api-1da45a87/search_news \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"date_from":"<string>","date_to":"<string>","page":"<string>","query":"<string>","sort":"<string>"}'
```