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Daily Maverick API endpoint
Daily Maverick news API
Lists recent Daily Maverick articles and opinionista pieces from a rolling set of the newest entries. Each item has its title, URL, `type`, publication time and, when available, summary, author and image. Videos, cartoons and other non-article pages are excluded.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestDaily Maverickpublicnews.newsResponseDoc
Daily Maverick/dailymaverick/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /dailymaverick/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Daily Maverick
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns article and opinionista metadata from Daily Maverick's public Google News sitemap (https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/news-sitemap.xml). The sitemap is a rolling set of recent publisher entries; non-article pages such as videos and cartoons are excluded.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /dailymaverick/news
- Items in items
- 80
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 4
| Field | Filled in, of 80 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 80 | median 73 characters |
| url | 80 | dailymaverick.co.za |
| type | 80 | article (71), opinionista (9) |
| published_at | 80 | 2026-10-11 to 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/dailymaverick/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "NMB Flying Squad get two cars and a promise of more",
"url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-29-nmb-flying-squad-get-two-cars-and-a-promise-of-more/",
"type": "article",
"published_at": "2026-09-29T15:15:00Z"
}
]
}
}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/dailymaverick/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"