Deadline API endpoint
Returns the latest Deadline headlines for one section or vertical. `section` is required and takes one of 48 slugs, for example `film`, `tv`, `box-office`, `awards`, `casting`, `reviews` or `obituaries`. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time, author and image.
/deadline/headlinesQuery parameter: section is required and must be one of acquisitions, agencies, album, below-the-line, books, cancellations-renewals, casting, commentary, culture, documentary, executives, festivals, late-night-tv, legal, news, obituaries, podcast, politics, predictions, primetime-pilot-panic, ratings, recaps, red-carpet-premieres, reviews, sports, touring, trailers, video-games, awards, awards-news, box-office, business, cover-stories, crew-call, dialogue, feature, film, flash-mob, hammond, hero-nation, international, look-back-look-ahead, music, resident-advisor, rough-cuts, theater, tv, video.
| Field | Filled in, of 12 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 12 | median 63 characters |
| url | 12 | deadline.com |
| summary | 12 | median 329 characters |
| published_at | 12 | 2026-10-13 |
| author | 12 | |
| image_url | 12 | deadline.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Deadline section slug Allowed values: acquisitions, agencies, album, below-the-line, books, cancellations-renewals, casting, commentary, culture, documentary, executives, festivals, late-night-tv, legal, news, obituaries, podcast, politics, predictions, primetime-pilot-panic, ratings, recaps, red-carpet-premieres, reviews, sports, touring, trailers, video-games, awards, awards-news, box-office, business, cover-stories, crew-call, dialogue, feature, film, flash-mob, hammond, hero-nation, international, look-back-look-ahead, music, resident-advisor, rough-cuts, theater, tv, video. | acquisitions | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/deadline/headlines?section=acquisitions" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "film",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/example-story-1237111140/",
"summary": "A one-sentence description of the story.",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T09:00:00Z",
"author": "Jane Reporter"
}
]
}
}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 Deadline top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/deadline/headlines?section=acquisitions" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"