Fact Check Tools API

Getting Started

The Google FactCheck ClaimReview Read/Write API

Typical use cases

• Adding ClaimReview markup, editing ClaimReview Markup, deleting ClaimReview Markup for a site’s fact checking articles (URLs). To learn more about ClaimReview, visit the Fact Check developer docs .
Note: To add or make changes to a site’s markup using this API, users must be authorized through Google Search Console. Any account that is listed as a restricted or full user of a site will be able to create markup for any articles of that site. The required steps are:
• Talk to your webmaster to find out if your site is already on Search Console. If not, follow these steps .
• Ask your webmaster to add you as a user to the site, either as a restricted or full user ( instructions ).

You are responsible for informing your users that your API client will contribute data to dataCommons . Use of the ClaimReview Read/Write API is subject to Google’s API Terms of Service .

To learn more, check the detailed API documentation .

The Google FactCheck Claim Search API

Typical use cases

• Users can use this API to query the same set of Fact Check results available via the Fact Check Explorer tool. Details here .
• Alternatively, a developer may wish to call this API to continuously get the latest updates on a particular query.
Note: To use this API, you must set up an API key .

Use of the FactCheck Claim Search API is subject to Google’s API Terms of Service .

To learn more, check the detailed API documentation .