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Evening Standard API endpoint
Evening Standard sections API
Lists the Evening Standard sections accepted by `standard-headlines`, as parent and child slugs such as `news`, `news/london`, `sport/rugby`, `going-out/restaurants` and `homesandproperty/gardening`. Each entry has the `slug`, display `name` and feed `url`.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestEvening Standardpublicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
Evening Standard/standard/sectionsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /standard/sections
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Evening Standard
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns the section slugs accepted by standard-headlines: news, news/london, news/politics, news/transport, news/crime, news/world, news/education, news/health, news/tech, sport, sport/football, sport/rugby, sport/cricket, sport/boxing, sport/formula-one, sport/tennis, business, business/business-news, business/markets, business/economy, business/technology-media, business/leisure-retail, business/money, business/property, lifestyle, lifestyle/fashion, lifestyle/beauty, lifestyle/travel, lifestyle/wellness, lifestyle/dating, culture, culture/theatre, culture/film, culture/tvfilm, culture/music, culture/books, going-out, going-out/restaurants, going-out/foodanddrink, going-out/bars, going-out/attractions, going-out/events, homesandproperty, homesandproperty/property-news, homesandproperty/buying-mortgages, homesandproperty/renting, homesandproperty/where-to-live, homesandproperty/interiors, homesandproperty/gardening, comment, comment/podcasts, showbiz, showbiz/celebrity-news.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /standard/sections
- Items in sections
- 53
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 53 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| slug | 53 | |
| name | 53 | “News” and 52 other values |
| url | 53 | standard.co.uk |
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/standard/sections" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"sections": [
{
"slug": "news",
"name": "News",
"url": "https://www.standard.co.uk/news/rss"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.SectionsResponse | No | ||||
| data.sections | array | No | ||||
| data.sections[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].url | string | No |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/standard/sections" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"