PolitiFact API: Search fact checks
Finds PolitiFact fact checks matching a claim, topic, or person, newest first. An exact person match returns that person's checked statements; otherwise fact-check text is searched. An optional Truth-O-Meter rating filters the results.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.
- Query, required
query Claim, topic, or person to find, for example gas prices or Joe Biden.
gas prices
- Rating optional
rating Truth-O-Meter rating, for example mostly_false; any includes all ratings.
any
One of
any,true,mostly_true,half_true,mostly_false,false,pants_on_fire. Defaultany.- Max Results optional
max_results Most fact checks to return, for example 20.
25
Whole number from 1 to 100. Default
20.
Input as JSON
{ "query": "gas prices", "rating": "any", "max_results": 25}Output
{ "fact_checks": [ { "rating": "False", "said_at": "stated on May 7, 2026 in remarks to reporters:", "speaker": "Donald Trump", "statement": "Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”", "fact_checker": "Louis Jacobson", "fact_check_url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/may/08/donald-trump/gasoline-prices-falling-crude-oil/" , "published_date": "2026-05-08", "rating_image_url": "https://politifact.com/wp-content/themes/politifact-wp/assets/img/flat-meter-false.jpg" }, { "rating": "False", "said_at": "stated on October 27, 2022 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.:", "speaker": "Joe Biden", "statement": "The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.”", "fact_checker": "Louis Jacobson", "fact_check_url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/joe-biden/gas-prices-hit-5-gallon-more-year-after-joe-biden/" , "published_date": "2022-10-28", "rating_image_url": "https://politifact.com/wp-content/themes/politifact-wp/assets/img/flat-meter-false.jpg" }, { "rating": "False", "said_at": "stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post:", "speaker": "Viral image", "statement": "Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.”", "fact_checker": "Ciara O'Rourke", "fact_check_url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/18/viral-image/no-kamala-harris-didnt-say-this-about-gas-prices/" , "published_date": "2022-10-18", "rating_image_url": "https://politifact.com/wp-content/themes/politifact-wp/assets/img/flat-meter-false.jpg" } ]}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"politifact.com/search_fact_checks","input":{"query":"gas prices","rating":"any","max_results":25}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "politifact.com/search_fact_checks" , "input": { "query": "gas prices", "rating": "any", "max_results": 25 }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "politifact.com/search_fact_checks" , "input": { "query": "gas prices", "rating": "any", "max_results": 25 } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run politifact.com/search_fact_checks# with {"query":"gas prices","rating":"any","max_results":25}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Claim, topic, or person to find, for example gas prices or Joe Biden." }, "rating": { "enum": [ "any", "true", "mostly_true", "half_true", "mostly_false", "false", "pants_on_fire" ], "type": "string", "default": "any", "description": "Truth-O-Meter rating, for example mostly_false; any includes all ratings." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Most fact checks to return, for example 20." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "fact_checks" ], "properties": { "fact_checks": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "speaker", "statement", "said_at", "rating", "published_date", "fact_checker", "rating_image_url", "fact_check_url" ], "properties": { "rating": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Truth-O-Meter rating label." }, "said_at": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Where and when the claim was stated, as shown by PolitiFact." }, "speaker": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Person or group credited with the claim." }, "statement": { "type": "string", "description": "Statement checked." }, "fact_checker": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Name of the fact checker." }, "fact_check_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Link to the fact-check page." }, "published_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Date the fact check was published." }, "rating_image_url": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Link to the rating image." } } }, "description": "Matching fact checks, newest first." } }}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
politifact.com/search_fact_checks- Returns
- speaker, statement, said_at, rating, published_date, fact_checker, rating_image_url, fact_check_url
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method politifact.com/search_fact_checks with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
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