Are there limits for news stories history in Refinitiv?

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Dace
Dace Newcomer
in Eikon Data APIs

How far back in time is it possible to get news stories with an API using Python in Refinitiv workspace? Even though I set a 3 month period, the retrieved news barely cover one month? Do I need to change anything in the settings? I use this Python function: import_news = ld.news.get_headlines('ECB AND Language:LEN AND Source:RTRS', start="2025-07-28", end="2025-04-28", count=200000)

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  • MyScreenName
    MyScreenName Newcomer

    Also, is it possible to extract news headlines in excel for a given company ? Thank you.

  • Gurpreet
    Gurpreet admin

    Hello @Dace

    The limits of data retrieval from LSEG Workspace are described in the usage and limits document.

    • news.get_headlines: There is no current limit value other than the aggregate data limit (see the daily limits detailed below) (14-04-2024). The depth of history is 15 month.

    I tried getting an old news headlines and then a story for this headline and was able to do so successfully -

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    If you have a need to get more depth then available through Workspace, then please check out other products, like Machine Readable News History or DSS.

  • Jirapongse
    Jirapongse ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MyScreenName

    As far as I know, the LSEG Workspace Excel Addins can't retrieve news.

    However, please contact the helpdesk team directly via LSEG Support to confirm this.

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