Raw - Subscribe to articles

The Raw WebSocket provides a lightweight, streamlined alternative to the Enhanced WebSocket. It delivers core article data in real-time without ticker matching, AI enrichment, or company entity resolution. This makes it ideal for use cases where you need fast, basic article data without the overhead of advanced processing.

Key differences from the Enhanced WebSocket:

Endpoint: wss://wss.finlight.me/raw (instead of wss://wss.finlight.me)
No initial data: Unlike the Enhanced WebSocket, the Raw WebSocket does not send the latest matching article on connection or reconnection. You will only receive newly published articles after connecting.
No AI enrichment: Articles are delivered without sentiment analysis, company matching, or ticker resolution.
Simplified parameters: No tickers, countries, includeEntities, or extended parameters.

Article model

The Raw WebSocket returns a simplified article model with core fields only. No company entities or AI-generated enrichments are included.

Name
link
Type
string
Description
URL to the full article.
Name
source
Type
string
Description
Source website. E.g. www.reuters.com
Name
title
Type
string
Description
Title of the article.
Name
summary
Type
string
Description
Summary of the article if existing. Can be nullable.
Name
publishDate
Type
Date
Description
Publication date as ISO date.
Name
createdAt
Type
Date
Description
Internal creation date of the article in the finlight system as ISO date.
Name
revisedDate
Type
Date | null
Description
Date the article was last revised after initial publication. null when the article has never been revised. Present when includeUpdates is enabled and the article has been revised.
Name
isUpdate
Type
boolean
Description
true when this delivery is triggered by a post-publication update to the article. Only present when includeUpdates is enabled.
Name
language
Type
string
Description
Language code in ISO 639-1. E.g. en | de | fr
Name
images
Type
string[]
Description
Array of image URLs from the article.
Name
countries
Type
string[]
Description
Array of country codes in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format representing the countries related to the article. E.g. ["US", "GB", "DE"]. Can be empty.
Name
categories
Type
string[]
Description
Array of article categories. Possible values: markets | economy | business | politics | geopolitics | regulation | technology | energy | commodities | crypto | health | climate | security. Can be empty.

WEBSOCKET/raw

Fetch articles

After connecting, you will only receive newly published articles that match your criteria. No initial/historical article is sent on connection.

When subscribing, you can specify the following parameters to filter the articles you receive:

Name
query
Type
string
Description
Search query to find relevant articles. Supports field-level filtering for source, title, and summary fields. Advanced queries
Name
sources
Type
string[]
Description
Filter by single or multiple sources. E.g. ["www.reuters.com", "www.cnbc.com"]. See source endpoint for valid values.
Name
excludeSources
Type
string[]
Description
Exclude single or multiple sources. E.g. ["www.reuters.com", "www.cnbc.com"]. See source endpoint for valid values.
Name
language
Type
string
Description
Filter by language (ISO 639-1). Defaults to en, which returns English only and excludes other languages — see Language & Coverage.
Name
includeUpdates
Type
boolean
Description
When enabled, updated articles are re-delivered with isUpdate=true and a revisedDate timestamp.

Request

WEBSOCKET

/raw

import { FinlightApi } from 'finlight-client'

const client = new FinlightApi(
  {
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', // Replace with your API key
  },
  {
    takeover: true, // WebSocket options
  },
)

client.rawWebsocket.connect(
  {
    query: 'Nvidia',
    language: 'en',
    sources: ['www.reuters.com', 'www.cnbc.com'],
  },
  (article) => {
    console.log('New article received:', article)
  },
)

Response

{
  "link": "https://www.example.com/article1",
  "source": "www.example.com",
  "title": "Stock Market Hits New Highs",
  "summary": "A brief summary of the article...",
  "publishDate": "2023-10-01T12:34:56Z",
  "createdAt": "2023-10-01T12:35:10Z",
  "language": "en",
  "images": [
              "https://www.example.com/image1.jpg",
              "https://www.example.com/image2.jpg"
            ],
  "countries": ["US"],
  "categories": ["markets"]
}

Response (includeUpdates: true)

{
  "link": "https://www.example.com/article1",
  "source": "www.example.com",
  "title": "Stock Market Hits New Highs — Updated",
  "summary": "An updated summary of the article...",
  "publishDate": "2023-10-01T12:34:56Z",
  "createdAt": "2023-10-01T12:35:10Z",
  "revisedDate": "2023-10-02T08:00:00Z",
  "isUpdate": true,
  "language": "en",
  "images": [
    "https://www.example.com/image1.jpg"
  ],
  "countries": ["US"],
  "categories": ["markets"]
}

Query Field-Level Filtering

The Raw WebSocket supports field-level filtering within the query parameter for the following fields:

source - Filter by article source
title - Filter by article title content
summary - Filter by article summary content

Examples:

query=title:Nvidia

Returns articles where the title contains "Nvidia".

query=summary:earnings +title:Tesla

Returns articles where the summary mentions "earnings" and the title contains "Tesla".

query=source:www.reuters.com -crypto

Returns articles from Reuters, excluding those mentioning "crypto".

See the Advanced Query Building guide for more details on query syntax.

Connection Behavior

Authentication: Uses the same x-api-key header as the Enhanced WebSocket. See WebSocket Basics for details.
Ping/Pong: The same keep-alive mechanism applies. Send periodic ping messages to maintain the connection.
Connection Duration: Subject to the same 2-hour connection limit. Implement reconnect logic accordingly.
No Initial Data: Unlike the Enhanced WebSocket, connecting or reconnecting does not return the latest matching article. Only newly published articles are delivered after connection.