MCP

IPTC Media Topics MCP Server

IPTC Media Topics is a media taxonomy of over 1,200 terms available in 13 languages for classifying news and text subjects. It is important for editorial systems, archives, search, metadata tagging, and newsroom workflows.

MCP Version: 1.0.0 3 MCP Tools Authentication

Base URL

https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp

Authentication

MCP calls also use Bearer tokens over JSON-RPC 2.0 requests.

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN

headlines

Get news headlines

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
code	`string`	Yes	Entity code (e.g., ticker symbol, industry code)
lang_code	`string`	No	Filter by language code (ISO 639-1)
country_code	`string`	No	Filter by country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
count	`integer`	No	Number of results to return
cursor	`string`	No	Pagination cursor (alternative to search_after)
sort	`string`	No	Sort order (date or relevance)
date_from	`string`	No	Start date for news (YYYY-MM-DD format)
date_to	`string`	No	End date for news (YYYY-MM-DD format)

Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "headlines",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
}'

import requests, json

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "headlines",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.post("https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp", json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

const payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "headlines",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
};

fetch("https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"},
  body: JSON.stringify(payload)
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

briefs

Get news briefs

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
code	`string`	Yes	Entity code (e.g., ticker symbol, industry code)
lang_code	`string`	No	Filter by language code (ISO 639-1)
country_code	`string`	No	Filter by country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
count	`integer`	No	Number of results to return
cursor	`string`	No	Pagination cursor (alternative to search_after)
sort	`string`	No	Sort order (date or relevance)
date_from	`string`	No	Start date for news (YYYY-MM-DD format)
date_to	`string`	No	End date for news (YYYY-MM-DD format)

Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "briefs",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
}'

import requests, json

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "briefs",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.post("https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp", json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

const payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "briefs",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
};

fetch("https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"},
  body: JSON.stringify(payload)
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

fulltext

Get full-text news

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
code	`string`	Yes	Entity code (e.g., ticker symbol, industry code)
lang_code	`string`	No	Filter by language code (ISO 639-1)
country_code	`string`	No	Filter by country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
count	`integer`	No	Number of results to return
cursor	`string`	No	Pagination cursor (alternative to search_after)
sort	`string`	No	Sort order (date or relevance)
date_from	`string`	No	Start date for news (YYYY-MM-DD format)
date_to	`string`	No	End date for news (YYYY-MM-DD format)

Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "fulltext",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
}'

import requests, json

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "fulltext",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.post("https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp", json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

const payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "fulltext",
    "arguments": {
      "code": "VALUE"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
};

fetch("https://mcp.pressmonitor.fr/mcp", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"},
  body: JSON.stringify(payload)
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);