Due to the vast difference in format and metadata between PA Media's legacy wire and the modern services it is recommended that a customer undertakes a fresh integration with the modern services that we offer.

This page lists the services that contain the datasets that used to be published on the PA Media's legacy wire and links to the important documentation to kick start your integrations.

If you want to see how content sets used to be published on the legacy wire and where you could find that content now then please see the Legacy code mapping page. However you will miss a lot of the modern services metadata and features if you just follow this mapping.

Content API

The content API contains multiple products

PA Create is the modern home of the traditional newswire.

You can either simply take the entire feed by calling /item?product=paproduct:create or you can make requests with filters applied to select the exact content sets you like.

You can find out exacty what filters are available here

Content Sets

PA Create contains the following content sets:

Stories and related sidebars
- Story - Text
- Story - Composite
- Content API filter = profile=story
- Example call - https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/item?product=paproduct:create&profile=story
Breaking news alerts
- Alert - Text
- Content API filter = profile=alert
- Example call - https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/item?product=paproduct:create&profile=alert
Advisories on PA stories and services
- Advisory - Text
- Content API filter = profile=advisory
- Example call - https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/item?product=paproduct:create&profile=advisory
Text updates to ongoing stories (called Latest posts)
- Asset - Text
- Content API filter = profile=asset&type=text
- Example call - https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/item?product=paproduct:create&profile=asset&type=text
Images and Graphics
- Asset - Picture
- Asset - Graphic
- Content API filter - profile=asset&type=graphic&type=picture
- Example call - https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/item?product=paproduct:create&profile=asset&type=graphic&type=picture
Video
- Asset - Video
- Content API filter - type=video
- Example call - https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/item?product=paproduct:create&type=video

Metadata

Services

Please find the list of services here - https://content.pamedia.io/update/docs/querying-services#/

The service endpoint can be used to get a list of items specifically from that service, for example

https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/service/paservice:news:uk/item?product=paproduct:create

Alternatively you can also apply a subject filter for the service code to any item endpoint, for example

https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/service/item?product=paproduct:create&paservice:politics

Topics

Please find the list of topics here - https://content.pamedia.io/update/docs/topics-list

A topic filter can be applied to a Content API query by using the subject parameter, for example

https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/item?product=paproduct:create&subject=patopic:politics

Territories

Instead of publishing content to the regional category codes like the legacy wire, content in the Content API is assigned a territory code. This allows a much more flexible feed of content that is relevant to the various regions.

Please find the list of territories here - https://content.pamedia.io/update/docs/territories-list#/

A territory filter can be applied to a Content API query by using the subject parameter, for example

https://content.api.pressassociation.io/v1/item?product=paproduct:create&subject=paterritory:uk:scotland

Elections

Elections API

PA Media's elections API contains comprehensive coverage of assembly elections such as:

UK General Elections
UK Parliamentary By-Elections
Scottish (Holyrood) and Welsh (Senedd) Parliament Elections
London Assembly Elections
Mayoral Elections (first past the post voting only)

Documentation can be found here - https://pa-media.stoplight.io/docs/elections-api/e3677a17b22ca-elections-api

Please discuss with your PA Media account manager if you wish to be setup on this API.

XML Feed

PA Media's Elections XML feed contains the same comprehensive coverate of assembly elections as the Elections API but also contains:

Local Council Elections
Referendums

The system also operates an "FTP pull" based delivery mechanism where your system will have to connect to our SFTP server and download the content.

Documentation for this service can be found here - https://election.pressassociation.com/xml-format-3

Please discuss with your PA Media account manager if you wish to be setup with an elections feed.

Sports Data

PA Media no longer publishes data feeds for Sports data or results.

PA Media Group's Podium division has a range of APIs that could be used instead.

You can work with your Podium account manager to get setup and for advice on how to integrate these APIs into your print workflows.