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Politico API endpoint
Politico site-wide headlines API
Returns the latest Politico stories across the whole site, not limited to one section. Takes no parameters. Each item has its title, URL, a short summary, publication time and author.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestPoliticopolitico.headlinesResponseDoc
Politico/politico/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /politico/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Politico
- Response schema
- #/definitions/politico.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
No query parameters.
Returns fresh public Politico stories from the site's public, site-wide RSS feed: title, URL, summary, publication time, and author.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /politico/headlines
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 2.68 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /politico/headlines
- Items in items
- 40
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 40 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 40 | median 71 characters |
| url | 40 | politico.com and 1 other host |
| summary | 40 | median 123 characters |
| published_at | 40 | 2025-01-19 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 40 |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/politico/headlines" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/example-headline-01234567",
"summary": "A short teaser for the example story.",
"published_at": "2026-09-18T20:36:44Z",
"author": "Jamie Fixture"
}
]
},
"msg": "OK"
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/politico.headlinesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | politico.HeadlinesResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 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/politico/headlines" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"