GET/dawn/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns one Dawn article by its canonical `url` in the form `https://www.dawn.com/news/<id>/<slug>`. The response has the title, description, publish and update times, section, authors, lead image and body `paragraphs`. Blocked or malformed pages return an upstream error.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 8 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-24; url: dawn.com; title: 87 characters; authors: 1 entry; description: 120 characters; updated_at: 2026-09-24; image_url: i.dawn.com; paragraphs: 31 entries.
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GET/dawn/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns one Dawn byline's public profile (name and biography, when Dawn publishes one) and their recent articles from a canonical author URL.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 22 items. Filled in every item: title, url. Not in every item: summary (20), published_at (20), image_url (20). In the sample: published_at: 2026-05-21 to 2026-10-08; url: dawn.com; title: median 21 characters; summary: median 115 characters; image_url: i.dawn.com.
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GET/dawn/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the latest Dawn headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes a slug such as `pakistan`, `pakistan-sindh`, `world-south-asia`, `business-finance`, `sport-cricket`, `opinion` or `prism`. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time and, when the outlet provides one, image.
Required: section (17 allowed values: pakistan, pakistan-balochistan, pakistan-ict, pakistan-kp-fata, pakistan-punjab, pakistan-sindh, world, world-south-asia, business, business-finance, sport, sport-cricket, opinion, tech, newspaper, magazines, prism).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 30 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, image_url. In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-10 to 2026-10-13; url: dawn.com; title: median 62 characters; summary: median 3,384 characters; image_url: i.dawn.com.
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GET/dawn/newsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the current top stories from Dawn, the Pakistani newspaper. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time and, when the outlet provides one, image. Takes no parameters; use `dawn-headlines` for a single section.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 27 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, image_url. In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-13; url: dawn.com; title: median 70 characters; summary: median 4,028 characters; image_url: i.dawn.com.
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GET/dawn/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the complete public Dawn section inventory (Pakistan provinces, World, Business, Sport, Opinion, Technology, Newspaper, Magazines, and Prism) accepted by /dawn/headlines.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 17 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “Pakistan” and 16 other values; url: dawn.com.
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