AL.com API Documentation

First request

Endpoint

GET /alcom/sections

Cost

1 credit/request

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/alcom/sections" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

How to use AL.com endpoints

AL.com is Alabama reporting organized around News, Sports, and Life. A live /alcom/sections response on 2026-10-14 contained 3 section records; refresh it before scheduling because publisher feeds change. Use the three publisher feed lanes to separate statewide reporting, team coverage, and lifestyle stories. Section labels in a story URL are useful context, but this feed contract does not expose a complete archive taxonomy. The sampled Arc feeds each return a bounded set of 50 entries. Descriptions and encoded feed content are summaries or embeds; article pages and staff profiles were blocked during route validation, so there is no article or author lookup here. Use the endpoint cards for this integration's accepted inputs.

1. Step 1

   Poll News, Sports and Life as separate lanes

   A live /alcom/sections response on 2026-10-14 contained 3 section records; refresh it before scheduling because publisher feeds change. Use the three publisher feed lanes to separate statewide reporting, team coverage, and lifestyle stories. Section labels in a story URL are useful context, but this feed contract does not expose a complete archive taxonomy.

2. Step 2

   Deduplicate lanes by canonical URL and keep teasers as teasers

   For a regional watchlist, poll News, Sports, and Life separately and deduplicate by canonical story URL. The route sample is capped at 50 cards per feed; retain each card's description as a teaser and mark article/profile verification as unavailable until those publisher routes can be reached.

3. Step 3

   Keep the lane name with every card

   For a regional watchlist, poll News, Sports, and Life separately and deduplicate by canonical story URL. The route sample is capped at 50 cards per feed; retain each card's description as a teaser and mark article/profile verification as unavailable until those publisher routes can be reached. Pass only a value returned by /alcom/sections and accepted by /alcom/headlines; preserve the selected desk with its results.

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