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AL.com API endpoint
AL.com section headlines API
Returns current headlines from one of AL.com's section feeds. Summaries are brief publisher teasers, not full article text.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestAL.compublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
AL.com/alcom/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /alcom/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- AL.com
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameters:
section(required):news,sports, orlife.
Notable response behavior: Reads the corresponding public Arc RSS feed. Item summaries are brief teasers; full article text is not available through this endpoint.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /alcom/headlines?section=sports
- Items in items
- 50
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 6
| Field | Filled in, of 50 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 50 | median 68 characters |
| url | 50 | al.com |
| summary | 50 | median 78 characters |
| published_at | 50 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 50 | |
| image_url | 50 | al.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | AL.com editorial section Allowed values: news, sports, life. | news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/alcom/headlines?section=news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "sports",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example sports headline",
"url": "https://www.al.com/sports/2026/09/example-story.html",
"summary": "A short publisher teaser.",
"published_at": "2026-09-28T12:00:00Z",
"author": "Example Reporter"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.HeadlinesResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under AL.com top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/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/alcom/headlines?section=news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"