Recipes / Follow a topic in a specific language only
Follow a topic in a specific language only
/stories in semantic mode. The parameters matter less
than the reasoning behind them, so that is most of what is below.
The request
GET /stories
?q=<topic, in English>
&mode=semantic
&language=deu
&from=<now - 7d>Why these parameters
Query in English and let semantic matching bridge to the target language. This is the pattern behind most cross-lingual monitoring: you do not need to compose the query in a language you do not read, only to constrain the results to it.
What comes back
Coverage in that language, headlines in their original script. For industrial and trade subjects the domestic press is typically days ahead of any English summary.
How this goes wrong
Leaving the language filter off and assuming the topic implies the market. An unscoped query about German automotive returns mostly English-language coverage about Germany, which is a different and thinner thing.