> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nordicfinancialnews.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # List Countries > Returns the Nordic countries covered by the API, ordered alphabetically. Use the country `id` or `iso2_code` to filter articles, stories, and companies by country. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://nordicfinancialnews.com/openapi/v1/openapi.yaml get /api/v1/countries openapi: 3.0.1 info: title: Nordic Financial News API version: v1.0 description: > REST API for Nordic financial news. Each article is summarized in English (headline, short summary, and key points) with the original-language article linked via `article_url`. The full article body stays at the source. ## Authentication All endpoints require Bearer token authentication using an API key. Include the API key in the Authorization header: ``` Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY ``` ## Rate Limiting The API enforces per-hour rate limits based on your plan: - **Free**: 100 requests/hour - **Pro**: 5,000 requests/hour Rate limit information is included in response headers: - `X-RateLimit-Limit`: Maximum requests per hour - `X-RateLimit-Remaining`: Requests remaining - `X-RateLimit-Reset`: Seconds until limit resets - `X-RateLimit-Policy`: Human-readable rate limit policy (e.g. `5000 per hour; token bucket`) The `/health` endpoint is exempt from rate limiting and does not return rate limit headers. ## Monthly Usage Limits Free and Plus keys have a fixed monthly allowance that resets at the start of each calendar month: - **Free**: 100 requests/month - **Plus**: 100 requests/month Responses on these plans include: - `X-Monthly-Limit`: Maximum requests for the current month - `X-Monthly-Remaining`: Requests remaining this month - `X-Monthly-Reset`: ISO 8601 timestamp when the allowance resets When the allowance is exceeded, the API returns `429 Too Many Requests` with a `Retry-After` header. Pro has no hard limit. It includes 25,000 requests per billing cycle, with usage-based pricing beyond that, so requests are never blocked. Responses on Pro include: - `X-Monthly-Usage`: Requests used in the current billing cycle - `X-Monthly-Reset`: ISO 8601 timestamp when the current billing cycle ends A Pro billing cycle follows your subscription's billing period, which begins on the date you subscribed and is not necessarily a calendar month. Usage is counted by day, so the first day of a billing cycle is counted in full. ## Caching The API supports HTTP caching with ETags. Include the `If-None-Match` header with the ETag from a previous response to receive a 304 Not Modified response if the data hasn't changed. ## Pagination List endpoints support cursor-based pagination. Use the `cursor` parameter with the value from `pagination.next_cursor` in the response to fetch the next page. Paginated responses also include a `Link` header with `rel="next"` pointing to the next page URL. ## Incremental Sync To keep a local copy current, poll `updated_after` — not `published_after`. 1. Request `?updated_after=`. 2. Results are ordered by `updated_at` ascending and cursor-paginated. 3. Follow `pagination.next_cursor`, resending the same `updated_after`, until it is `null`. 4. Only then store the time the sync started, minus a small overlap, as your new watermark. A minute is plenty. Step 3 matters: a response is capped at `limit` (default 25, max 100), so a changed set larger than one page arrives across several. Advancing your watermark before draining every page skips the remainder. The overlap in step 4 matters for the same reason: a record's `updated_at` is set when the write happens, but it only becomes visible when that write commits a moment later. Without an overlap a record can be stamped just before your watermark and land just after it, and you would never ask for it again. Re-reading a minute of changes is cheap and idempotent. `published_at` is editorial time — when the news happened, not when the record reached this API — so a record can appear with a `published_at` older than one you already hold. Records are re-sent when they change, so reconcile by `id`. Removals are not signalled: an article withdrawn from the feed simply stops being returned. Incremental sync tells you what changed, not what disappeared, so treat a local mirror as append-and-update rather than an exact replica. ## Error Handling Errors follow the RFC 9457 Problem Details format with appropriate HTTP status codes. contact: name: API Support email: hello@nordicfinancialnews.com servers: - url: https://nordicfinancialnews.com description: Production server security: [] paths: /api/v1/countries: get: tags: - Countries summary: List Countries description: >- Returns the Nordic countries covered by the API, ordered alphabetically. Use the country `id` or `iso2_code` to filter articles, stories, and companies by country. parameters: - name: limit in: query required: false description: Number of countries to return per page (default 25, max 100). example: 25 schema: type: integer - name: cursor in: query required: false description: Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response. schema: type: string - name: fields in: query required: false description: >- Comma-separated list of fields to include. Available fields: `id`, `name`, `iso2_code`. example: id,name,iso2_code schema: type: string responses: '200': description: Countries retrieved successfully content: application/json: examples: countries_list: value: countries: - id: ctry_sweden12 name: Sweden iso2_code: SE pagination: count: 1 next_cursor: null schema: type: object properties: countries: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountrySummary' pagination: type: object properties: count: type: integer next_cursor: type: string nullable: true required: - countries security: - bearer_auth: [] components: schemas: CountrySummary: type: object required: - id - name - iso2_code properties: id: type: string description: Unique country identifier example: ctry_sweden12 name: type: string description: Country display name example: Sweden iso2_code: type: string description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code example: SE securitySchemes: bearer_auth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: API Key description: API Key authentication using Bearer token ````