GET/abcau/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns an ABC News Australia article by `url`, a canonical `abc.net.au` address in the form `/news/<date>/<slug>/<id>`: title, description, publication time, section, authors, image and the body `paragraphs`. Rolling live-blog posts, whose slug ends `-live-blog`, return an error instead of partial content.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 8 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-24; url: abc.net.au; title: 64 characters; authors: 1 entry; description: 107 characters; updated_at: 2026-09-24; image_url: live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au; paragraphs: 38 entries.
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GET/abcau/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns an ABC News Australia author profile from `url`, a canonical `https://www.abc.net.au/news/<slug>/<id>` address: name, `biography`, `image_url` and recent articles. Not every author has a headshot or biography, and wire or staff bylines often have neither.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 25 items. Filled in every item: title, url. In the sample: url: abc.net.au; title: median 66 characters.
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GET/abcau/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns current headlines for one ABC News Australia section. `section` is required and takes one of 15 slugs, including `justin`, `politics`, `rural`, `analysis-and-opinion` and `australia`. Each item has a title and URL, and may also carry a summary, author, publication time and image.
Required: section (15 allowed values: justin, world, politics, business, sport, health, entertainment, science, rural, analysis-and-opinion, indigenous, environment, backstory, lifestyle, australia).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: title, url. Not in every item: summary (10), published_at (6), image_url (19). In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13; url: abc.net.au; title: median 64 characters; summary: median 154 characters; image_url: live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au.
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GET/abcau/newsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the current ABC News Australia top stories, with no input needed. Each item has a title and canonical URL, and may also carry a summary, author, publication time and image.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 25 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at. Not in every item: author (12). In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13; url: abc.net.au; title: median 64 characters; summary: median 139 characters.
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GET/abcau/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists the 15 ABC News Australia section slugs accepted by `abcau-headlines`, from `justin` and `world` to `backstory` and `australia`. Each entry has a `slug`, a display `name` (for example `Just In`) and the section's page `url`.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 15 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “Just In” and 14 other values; url: abc.net.au.
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