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Daily Express API endpoint
Daily Express section headlines API
Returns the latest Daily Express headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes a slug such as `news`, `royal`, `showbiz-tv`, `formula-1` or `city-business`. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time and image.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestDaily Expresspublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
Daily Express/dailyexpress/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /dailyexpress/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Daily Express
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of news, uk, world, politics, royal, us, weather, science, history, weird, nature, obituaries, showbiz-tv, sport, football, tennis, formula-1, finance, city-business, personal-finance, retirement, travel, entertainment, gaming, lifestyle, health, property, cars, technology.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /dailyexpress/headlines?section=news
- Items in items
- 10
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 10 | median 85 characters |
| url | 10 | express.co.uk |
| summary | 10 | median 74 characters |
| published_at | 10 | 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 10 | cdn.images.express.co.uk |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Daily Express section slug Allowed values: news, uk, world, politics, royal, us, weather, science, history, weird, nature, obituaries, showbiz-tv, sport, football, tennis, formula-1, finance, city-business, personal-finance, retirement, travel, entertainment, gaming, lifestyle, health, property, cars, technology. | news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/dailyexpress/headlines?section=news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "news",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.express.co.uk/news/123456/example"
}
]
}
}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 Daily Express 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/dailyexpress/headlines?section=news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"