GET/dw/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns one Deutsche Welle article by its canonical `url`, either a standard `/en/<slug>/a-<id>` article or a `/en/<slug>/live-<id>` live-blog page. The response has the title, description, publish time, section, authors, lead image and body `paragraphs`. Blocked or malformed pages return an upstream error.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 7 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-23; url: dw.com; title: 48 characters; authors: 1 entry; updated_at: 2026-09-23; image_url: static.dw.com; paragraphs: 15 entries.
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GET/dw/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns one Deutsche Welle correspondent's public profile (name, expertise, biography) and their recent articles from a canonical person-profile URL. Many DW breaking-news items are bylined to the "Deutsche Welle" editorial organization rather than a named person; those articles have no person-profile URL to look up.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 9 items. Filled in every item: title, url. Not in every item: summary (3). In the sample: url: dw.com; title: median 51 characters; summary: median 112 characters.
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GET/dw/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the latest Deutsche Welle headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 18 slugs, such as `africa`, `middle-east`, `germany`, `climate`, `migration`, `human-rights`, `business` or `sports`. Each item has its title and URL, plus an image when the card shows one.
Required: section (18 allowed values: africa, asia, europe, latin-america, middle-east, north-america, germany, climate, equality, health, human-rights, migration, technology, business, science, environment, culture, sports).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 10 items. Filled in every item: title, url. In the sample: url: dw.com; title: median 56 characters.
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GET/dw/newsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the current Deutsche Welle top stories. Each item has its title, URL, summary and publication time. Takes no parameters; use `dw-headlines` for a single region, topic or category.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 135 items. Filled in every item: title, url, type, summary, published_at. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13; type: “News” and 8 other values; url: dw.com; title: median 59 characters; summary: median 198 characters.
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GET/dw/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists the DW English-edition sections accepted by `dw-headlines`, grouped under the site's three navigation groups: regions, topics and categories. Each entry has a stable `slug`, display `name` and the section `url`. Takes no parameters.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 18 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “Africa” and 17 other values; url: dw.com.
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