Perigon API Best Practices

Comprehensive guide for building with the Perigon News Intelligence API. Covers all endpoints, query patterns, and integration best practices.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

• Searching or filtering news articles by keyword, topic, category, date, source, sentiment, or location
• Tracking evolving news stories and clustered article groups
• Generating AI-powered summaries of news coverage
• Performing semantic/vector search over news articles or Wikipedia content
• Querying the Wikipedia knowledge base for structured page data
• Looking up people, companies, journalists, or media sources
• Browsing available topics and categories
• Building dashboards, alerts, or monitoring tools powered by news data
• Integrating Perigon into any application or AI agent workflow

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