IT and Development
finlight
8 min
finlight is a real time news api, delivering curated financial, geopolitical, and market related content for developers, businesses, and analysts with the finlight app in {{product name}} , you can search and watch for news articles in your finlight account requirements to use the finlight app in {{product name}} , you must have a paid finlight account for subscription information, refer to the finlight pricing page connect finlight and {{product name}} to get started, you must first create a connection between finlight and {{product name}} , allowing the two services to communicate to create the connection, you need to finlight /#obtain your api key in finlight finlight /#create the connection in obtain your api key in finlight before you create the connection in {{product name}} , you should first obtain an api key in your finlight account to obtain the api key log in to your finlight account in the left sidebar, click api keys copy the default api key value and store it in a safe place you'll use this value in the api key connection field in {{product name}} create the connection in {{product name}} once you have your finlight value, you're ready to create the connection in {{product name}} to create the connection log in to your {{product name}} account, add a finlight module to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} , and click create a connection if you add a module with an instant tag, click create a webhook , then create a connection optional in the connection name field, enter a name for the connection in the api key field, enter the api key you copied from your finlight account click save optional in the webhook name suffix field, enter a name for the webhook click save you've successfully created the connection and can now use the finlight app in your {{scenario plural lowercase}} if you want to make changes to your connection in the future, follow the steps here https //help make com/connect an application#tn2pj finlight modules after connecting to the finlight app, you can use the following types of modules to build your {{scenario plural lowercase}} triggers watch articles actions make an api call searches search articles templates you can look for finlight templates in make's template gallery , where you'll find thousands of pre created {{scenario plural lowercase}} finlight resources finlight api documentation finlight authentication section finlight help center finlight relevant articles