I need some source of information for a data science project (academic research). Specifically, I need to retrieve an historical record of news about certain topic so I am thinking of using a news API instead of web scraping because these APIs seem to return the kind of data I am searching for.
I’ve came upon some of them such as newsdata.io, newsapi.org and newsapi.ai, but I am wondering if its usage is legal and realiable? I mean, are they legal themselves? And if so, am I inherently allowed to use them for my personal (academic) purposes?
Term & Conditions say this:
“We don’t have the right to authorise any user to use the data for their personal and professional purposes. However, the users can use the data for their personal or professional purposes”
I mean, should I have any concern about this? It’s not like Twitter or Reddit’s API where data belongs to them and they deliberately give it to you. (In fact, I’m asking this because I planned to extract data from these platforms but I’ve just realized it’s just not possible at all so I am wondering if there’s another alternative I can use to meet my requirment)
Well… in essence, my questions are: Are these platforms/tools (APIs) legitimate and meant for data science? or, in other words: is it a common/familiar practice to use these kind of “news APIs” for data science?
I didn’t even knew them. Have you ever tried them before? Should I do web scraping instead or can you see another alternative you could advise me to use?
I’d appreciate your help.
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