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Try the Guardian section headlines API

Returns recent Guardian headlines for one section. `section` is optional and defaults to `world`; the other values are `uk-news`, `us-news`, `politics`, `business`, `technology`, `environment`, `science`, `sport`, `culture`, `lifeandstyle` and `commentisfree`. Each item has a title, URL, summary, publication time and author, plus its section when available.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 45 items; 6 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /guardian/headlines?section=world
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, section

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-08 to 2026-10-13; url: theguardian.com; title: median 79 characters.

Request: GET /guardian/headlines
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 1.53 s
Monitored request: GET /guardian/headlines?section=world

Guardian section headlines API documentation The Guardian platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/guardian/headlines?section=world' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
section	string	No	world	Guardian RSS section, defaults to world

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "world",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean"
      }
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}

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GET /guardian/headlines

Get Guardian section headlines

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "world",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean"
      }
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Guardian section headlines API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 45 items; 6 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /guardian/headlines?section=world
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, section

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-08 to 2026-10-13; url: theguardian.com; title: median 79 characters.

Request: GET /guardian/headlines
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 1.53 s
Monitored request: GET /guardian/headlines?section=world

Guardian section headlines API documentation The Guardian platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/guardian/headlines?section=world' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
section	string	No	world	Guardian RSS section, defaults to world

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "world",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean"
      }
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}

More Guardian endpoints

Get Guardian article content Get Guardian contributor profile Get Guardian live blog snapshot Get Guardian topic archive

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GETapiKey1 credit/requestguardian.headlinesResponseDocGuardian

GET /guardian/headlines

Get Guardian section headlines

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API key

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "world",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean"
      }
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}