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Issue about retrieving headlines before 13/03/2021 with Eikon API

I am trying to get the news headlines from 01/01/2020 to 31/03/2021. However, only news headlines from 13/03/2021 are retrievable. May I ask is it my code gone wrong or it is Reuters doesn't allow old news headlines retrieval. Thxxxxx

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Hi @dsnyu

Please see the Eikon Data API Usage and Data Limit Guidelines

Documentation | Refinitiv Developers

As stated on the above page:

  • get_news_headlines: The current limit value (10-Oct-2019) is 100 headlines per request. The depth of history is 15 months.

If you need older news stories, please contact your Refinitiv Account team to discuss alternative News data services.

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