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Try the Townhall top stories API

Test Crawlora's Townhall top stories API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /townhall/news
Platform: Townhall
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: None

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/townhall/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.newsResponseDocTownhall

GET /townhall/news

Get Townhall top stories

Returns fresh Townhall news and column stories from the public site-wide RSS feed.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns fresh Townhall news and column stories from the public site-wide RSS feed.

Method: GET
Path: /townhall/news
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: Townhall
Parameters: 1 documented fields

Request parameters

x-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.itemsdata.items[].authordata.items[].image_urldata.items[].published_atdata.items[].summarydata.items[].titledata.items[].typedata.items[].url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/townhall/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

View endpoint docs Open platform page Browse all endpoints Pricing Get Townhall article content Get a Townhall author profile Get Townhall section headlines Get Townhall sections

Endpoint Playground

Try the Townhall top stories API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /townhall/news
Platform: Townhall
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: None

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/townhall/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

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Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.newsResponseDocTownhall

GET /townhall/news

Get Townhall top stories

Returns fresh Townhall news and column stories from the public site-wide RSS feed.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

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If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns fresh Townhall news and column stories from the public site-wide RSS feed.

Method: GET
Path: /townhall/news
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: Townhall
Parameters: 1 documented fields

Request parameters

x-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.itemsdata.items[].authordata.items[].image_urldata.items[].published_atdata.items[].summarydata.items[].titledata.items[].typedata.items[].url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/townhall/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

View endpoint docs Open platform page Browse all endpoints Pricing Get Townhall article content Get a Townhall author profile Get Townhall section headlines Get Townhall sections