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CTV News API endpoint
CTV News top stories API
Returns the newest CTV News stories (about the last 24 hours, newest first) from its public news sitemap, each with headline, publication time and lead image.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestCTV Newspublicnews.newsResponseDoc
CTV News/ctvnews/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /ctvnews/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- CTV News
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns the newest public CTV News stories, newest first. Coverage is roughly the last 24 hours (about 300 stories across every national and local newsroom). Each item has a headline, canonical story URL, ISO-8601 UTC publication time and a lead image. Video and photo-gallery pages are not included.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /ctvnews/news
- Items in items
- 211
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 4
| Field | Filled in, of 211 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 211 | median 73 characters |
| url | 211 | ctvnews.ca |
| published_at | 211 | 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 211 | ctvnews.ca |
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/ctvnews/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/example-article-slug",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T18:55:56Z",
"image_url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/resizer/v2/EXAMPLE.jpg?auth=example"
}
]
}
}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 |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/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/ctvnews/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"