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GDELT Event Intelligence Normalizer

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GDELT Event Intelligence Normalizer

GDELT Event Intelligence Normalizer

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Extract GDELT global event data — news events, conflicts, protests, diplomatic activities. Geopolitical analysis, risk monitoring, media intelligence.

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Chris Wakefield

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GDELT News Intelligence Normalizer

Search the live GDELT Project global news database and get clean, deduplicated article intelligence for OSINT, communications, market research and geopolitical monitoring. GDELT monitors news in more than 100 languages and updates continuously.

What this Actor does

  • Searches GDELT's public DOC 2.0 API — no API key or account required
  • Canonicalizes URLs and removes duplicate syndicated articles
  • Normalizes titles, source domains, dates, languages and tone
  • Extracts useful named entities from headlines and preserves GDELT locations
  • Adds a readable tone label (positive / neutral / negative) from GDELT's tone score
  • Returns both a dataset for automation and OUTPUT/STATS records for humans and dashboards

Input parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
searchQuerystringGDELT query expression, e.g. semiconductor supply chain
maxResultsintegerMaximum unique articles, 1–250 (default 25)
languagestringOptional source language filter, e.g. English
timespanselect1d, 7d, 30d, or 3m (default 7d)

Example input

{
"searchQuery": "artificial intelligence",
"maxResults": 20,
"timespan": "7d"
}

Example output

{
"url": "https://example.com/article",
"title": "Example normalized headline",
"sourceDomain": "example.com",
"language": "English",
"seendate": "20260827120000",
"tone": 1.42,
"toneLabel": "neutral",
"locations": ["United States"],
"entities": ["Example Company"],
"sourceCountry": "US",
"urlHash": "deduplication-key"
}

Use cases

  • OSINT and geopolitical monitoring
  • PR and communications tracking
  • Competitive intelligence and market research
  • Media-bias and sentiment trend analysis
  • Research datasets requiring duplicate removal and consistent source fields

Data source attribution

Powered by the GDELT Project and its DOC 2.0 API. GDELT data is provided for public research and monitoring; users should review the source's current terms and attribution requirements.