GET/bbc/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns a BBC News article's public metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Live pages are not supported.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 8 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-08-26; url: bbc.co.uk; title: 69 characters; authors: 1 entry; description: 96 characters; updated_at: 2026-08-26; image_url: ichef.bbci.co.uk; paragraphs: 61 entries.
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GET/bbc/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns a BBC News correspondent's profile from `url`, a canonical `bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/<slug>` address: name, short `bio` and recent articles with title, URL, section and publication date when the page shows one. `published_at` is `YYYY-MM-DD` when the page gives a full date; items labelled only with a relative time, such as `2 days ago`, come back as written.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 24 items. Filled in every item: title, url, section, published_at. In the sample: published_at: 2013-05-22 to 2022-03-25; url: bbc.co.uk.
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GET/bbc/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns fresh BBC News headlines for one section, `world` by default. `section` can be `all`, `world`, `uk`, `politics`, `business`, `health`, `science_and_environment`, `technology` or `entertainment_and_arts`; `all` can mix stories from several sections. Each item has a title, URL, summary and publication time when available.
Optional: section (9 allowed values: all, world, uk, politics, business, health, science_and_environment, technology, entertainment_and_arts).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 21 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, section. In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13; url: bbc.co.uk; title: median 62 characters; summary: median 101 characters.
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GET/bbc/liveapiKey2 credits/request
Returns the current server-rendered text updates from one canonical BBC News live URL. It does not subscribe to updates or return broadcast, player, or stream data.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: title, timestamp, paragraphs. In the sample: timestamp: “published at 23:16 BST 27 August23:16 BST 27 August” and 19 other values; title: median 112 characters; paragraphs: median 6 entries.
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GET/bbc/searchapiKey2 credits/request
Returns a bounded page of public BBC search-result metadata: title, URL, standfirst summary, display date, and a type of article, video, audio, live, topic, or page. Topic items are BBC topic hub pages rather than articles and carry no published_at. Media entries link only to their BBC landing pages; streams, downloads, and transcripts are not returned.
Required: q. Optional: page.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 10 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, type, site, section. Not in every item: published_at (6). In the sample: type: audio (4), article (4), topic (1) and 1 more; title: “Climate” and 8 other values; url: bbc.co.uk; summary: “All the latest content about the Climate from the BBC.” and 8 other values; site: News (5), Sounds (4), iPlayer (1); section: “Topic” and 7 other values; published_at: “2 days ago” and 3 other values.
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