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Brisbane Times API endpoint
Brisbane Times sections API
Lists the 104 accepted Brisbane Times editorial surfaces (95 article-bearing section pages and nine populated topic hubs), each with its exact path slug, menu label, and requested Brisbane Times URL. Three linkless surfaces with no explicit empty-state marker are excluded.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestBrisbane Timespublicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
Brisbane Times/brisbanetimes/sectionsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /brisbanetimes/sections
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Brisbane Times
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Lists the exact accepted values for brisbanetimes-headlines: 95 article-bearing menu listing paths and nine populated topic hubs (104 total). Each entry returns its exact path slug, captured menu name, and requested Brisbane Times url. Parent-child groupings in research notes are inferred from menu order/path prefixes, not DOM nesting.
Accepted slugs: national/queensland, politics, business, world, goodfood, lifestyle, traveller, sport, brisbane-news, politics/federal, politics/queensland, politics/nsw, politics/victoria, politics/western-australia, business/companies, business/markets, business/bullsnbears, business/the-economy, business/banking-and-finance, business/small-business, business/workplace, world/north-america, world/europe, world/asia, world/middle-east, world/south-america, world/africa, national, national/nsw, national/victoria, national/western-australia, opinion, property, property/news, property/living, sport/nrl, sport/rugby-union, sport/afl, sport/cricket, sport/soccer, sport/racing, sport/tennis, sport/netball, sport/basketball, sport/motorsport, sport/golf, sport/nfl, sport/athletics, sport/swimming, sport/boxing, goodfood/recipes, goodfood/tips-and-advice, goodfood/brisbane-eating-out, goodfood/drinks, culture, culture/movies, culture/tv-and-radio, culture/music, culture/celebrity, culture/books, culture/comedy, culture/dance, culture/musicals, culture/opera, culture/theatre, culture/art-and-design, culture/live-reviews, lifestyle/health-and-wellness, lifestyle/fashion, lifestyle/life-and-relationships, lifestyle/beauty, traveller/inspiration/destination-guides, traveller/inspiration, traveller/reviews-and-advice, traveller/travel-news, good-weekend, sunday-life, money, money/super-and-retirement, money/investing, money/banking, money/borrowing, money/saving, money/tax, money/planning-and-budgeting, education, healthcare, environment, environment/conservation, environment/climate-change, environment/sustainability, environment/weather, technology, technology/video-games, australia-higher-education, topic/media-and-marketing-5z7, topic/auctions-1nq1, topic/financing-1nq2, topic/style-luxury-1nij, topic/horoscopes-5yc, topic/home-technology-hqq, topic/phones-5zt, topic/gadgets-hqp, topic/explainers-1lz9.
The following 3 menu candidates contained no story/article links and no explicit empty-state marker, so they are excluded: world/oceania, sport/cycling, and money/insurance.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /brisbanetimes/sections. Live check on 2026-10-14: 104 sections returned. Fields present in every checked item: slug, name, url.
Use a returned section value with Get Brisbane Times section or topic headlines.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /brisbanetimes/sections
- Items in sections
- 104
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 104 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| slug | 104 | |
| name | 104 | “Queensland” and 99 other values |
| url | 104 | brisbanetimes.com.au |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/brisbanetimes/sections" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"sections": [
{
"slug": "brisbane-news",
"name": "Brisbane",
"url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/brisbane-news"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.SectionsResponse | No | ||||
| data.sections | array | No | ||||
| data.sections[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].url | string | No |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/brisbanetimes/sections" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"