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Politico API endpoint
Politico section archive API
Returns the newest public Politico stories on one section archive page. topic is a section slug -- see politico-categories for the full known value space.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestPoliticopolitico.topicResponseDoc
Politico/politico/topicEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /politico/topic
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Politico
- Response schema
- #/definitions/politico.topicResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: required topic, a Politico section slug, e.g. congress-news-updates-analysis. See politico-categories for the full known value space.
Returns the newest public Politico stories on that section archive page: title, URL, authors, and publication date.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /politico/topic?topic=congress-news-updates-analysis
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 1.93 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /politico/topic?topic=congress-news-updates-analysis
- Items in items
- 18
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 18 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 18 | “Mary Peltola raises $17M in Q3 in Alaska’s Senate race” and 17 other values |
| url | 18 | politico.com |
| authors | 18 | median 1 entry |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| topic | string | Yes | Politico section slug | congress-news-updates-analysis | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/politico/topic?topic=congress-news-updates-analysis" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"topic": "congress-news-updates-analysis",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/example-headline-01234567",
"authors": [
"Jamie Fixture"
],
"published_at": "2026-09-18T12:00:00Z"
}
]
},
"msg": "OK"
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/politico.topicResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | politico.TopicResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].authors | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.topic | 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/politico/topic?topic=congress-news-updates-analysis" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"