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Los Angeles Times API endpoint
Los Angeles Times section headlines API
Returns fresh headlines from a public Los Angeles Times section RSS feed: title, canonical URL, summary, author, publication time, and lead image. section defaults to main.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestLos Angeles Timeslatimes.headlinesResponseDoc
Los Angeles Times/latimes/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /latimes/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Los Angeles Times
- Response schema
- #/definitions/latimes.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: optional section, a supported Los Angeles Times section slug. It defaults to main. Allowed values: main, business, business/autos, business/real-estate, business/technology, california, california/orange-county, entertainment-arts, entertainment-arts/awards, entertainment-arts/books, entertainment-arts/business, entertainment-arts/movies, entertainment-arts/music, entertainment-arts/tv, environment, espanol/comida, espanol/deportes, espanol/eeuu, espanol/entretenimiento, espanol/internacional, espanol/mexico, espanol/politica, espanol/vida-y-estilo, food, lifestyle, obituaries, opinion, politics, science, sports, sports/angels, sports/chargers, sports/clippers, sports/dodgers, sports/highschool, sports/hockey, sports/lakers, sports/rams, sports/soccer, sports/ucla, sports/usc, travel, world-nation. Discover the current set with latimes-sections.
Returns fresh public stories with their title, canonical URL, summary, author, publication time, and lead image when available.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /latimes/headlines?section=environment
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 1.39 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /latimes/headlines?section=environment
- Items in items
- 93
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 2
| Field | Filled in, of 93 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 93 | median 82 characters |
| url | 93 | latimes.com |
| summary | 93 | median 158 characters |
| author | 93 | |
| published_at | 93 | “2026-10-12T10:00:00Z” and 84 other values |
| image_url | 53 | ca-times.brightspotcdn.com |
| image_caption | 52 | median 270 characters |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | No | main | Section slug from latimes-sections, defaults to main Allowed values: main, business, business/autos, business/real-estate, business/technology, california, california/orange-county, entertainment-arts, entertainment-arts/awards, entertainment-arts/books, entertainment-arts/business, entertainment-arts/movies, entertainment-arts/music, entertainment-arts/tv, environment, espanol/comida, espanol/deportes, espanol/eeuu, espanol/entretenimiento, espanol/internacional, espanol/mexico, espanol/politica, espanol/vida-y-estilo, food, lifestyle, obituaries, opinion, politics, science, sports, sports/angels, sports/chargers, sports/clippers, sports/dodgers, sports/highschool, sports/hockey, sports/lakers, sports/rams, sports/soccer, sports/ucla, sports/usc, travel, world-nation. | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/latimes/headlines?section=main" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"section": "environment",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example story",
"url": "https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-09-18/example",
"published_at": "2026-09-19T02:58:01Z"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/latimes.headlinesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | latimes.HeadlinesResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].image_caption | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.section | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/latimes/headlines?section=main" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"