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Chicago Tribune API endpoint
Chicago Tribune top stories API
Returns the current Chicago Tribune top stories from its homepage, with no input needed. Each has a title and canonical article URL, plus publication time, byline, excerpt and lead image where the story card shows them.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestChicago Tribunepublicnews.newsResponseDoc
Chicago Tribune/chicagotribune/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /chicagotribune/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Chicago Tribune
- Execution
- Managed browser rendering where the target needs it
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns the current Chicago Tribune top stories from the site's public homepage: title, canonical article URL, publication time, byline, excerpt, and lead image where the story card shows them. The homepage is the listing source because the site's /feed/ endpoints refuse non-browser clients.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"items":[{"title":"Gov. JB Pritzker turns to Illinois lawmakers to act on data center regulations","url":"https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/24/gov-jb-pritzker-illinois-lawmakers-data-centers","summary":"Gov. JB Pritzker said he isn't pursuing a moratorium on new data centers in Illinois.","published_at":"2026-09-24T23:20:19Z","image_url":"https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CTC-L-pritzker-blitz.jpg"}]}}
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /chicagotribune/news
- Items in items
- 80
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 2
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 80 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 80 | median 81 characters |
| url | 80 | chicagotribune.com |
| summary | 16 | median 96 characters |
| image_url | 31 | chicagotribune.com |
| published_at | 7 | 2026-10-13 |
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/chicagotribune/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Gov. JB Pritzker turns to Illinois lawmakers to act on data center regulations",
"url": "https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/24/gov-jb-pritzker-illinois-lawmakers-data-centers",
"summary": "Gov. JB Pritzker said he isn't pursuing a moratorium on new data centers in Illinois.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T23:20:19Z",
"image_url": "https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CTC-L-pritzker-blitz.jpg"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.NewsResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].url | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 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/chicagotribune/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"