BORDERTREND DATA API

Live Border & Conflict Intelligence, as JSON

A structured, continuously updated feed of narco, trafficking, wars, diplomacy, maritime, cyber, and border-security stories, classified and pulled from 155+ sources — the same live data that powers bordertrend.com, available for your own backend.

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Plans

Starter

$29/month

1,000 requests / day
All 15 categories
~15-minute data freshness
Rolling 30-day article window

Pro

$99/month

20,000 requests / day
All 15 categories
~5-minute data freshness
Rolling 30-day article window
Category + pagination filters

Quick start

Request

curl "https://www.bordertrend.com/api/v1/feed?category=wars&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer bt_live_..."

Response

{
  "ok": true,
  "plan": "api_starter",
  "requestsRemaining": 998,
  "category": "wars",
  "total": 42,
  "articles": [
    {
      "headline": "...",
      "summary": "...",
      "url": "https://...",
      "source": "...",
      "region": "...",
      "category": "war",
      "categoryLabel": "WARS",
      "publishedAt": "2026-08-02T14:00:00.000Z",
      "time": "2h ago",
      "recency": "recent"
    }
  ]
}

Parameters

Param	Type	Default	Notes
`category`	string	all	One of: narco, human, weapons, wildlife, maritime, counterfeit, laundering, cyber, diplomacy, war, geopolitics, seized, cargo, airport, border
`limit`	integer	50	Max 200 per page
`page`	integer	1	Paginate through results

Endpoint: GET https://www.bordertrend.com/api/v1/feed — Auth: Authorization: Bearer <key> header on every request. Response headers X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining reflect your daily quota, which resets at midnight UTC.

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