FT API endpoint
Lists every Financial Times section accepted by /ft/headlines, grouped by top-level section, with each section's slug, display name, and landing-page URL.
/ft/categoriesTakes no parameters.
Lists every Financial Times section accepted by /ft/headlines, grouped by top-level section. Each entry carries the section slug, display name, and landing-page url; each top-level section also lists its advertised sections (sub-sections). Every slug is a valid section value for /ft/headlines, and this is the discovery source for that endpoint's full accepted value space.
| Field | Filled in, of 24 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| slug | 22 | |
| name | 24 | “Home” and 11 other values |
| url | 24 | ft.com |
| sections | 8 | median 6 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ft/categories" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"sections": [
{
"slug": "world",
"name": "World",
"url": "https://www.ft.com/world",
"sections": [
{
"slug": "world-uk",
"name": "UK",
"url": "https://www.ft.com/world-uk"
},
{
"slug": "us",
"name": "US",
"url": "https://www.ft.com/us"
}
]
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/ft.categoriesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | ft.CategoriesResponse | No | ||||
| data.sections | array | No | ||||
| data.sections[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].sections | array | No | ||||
| data.sections[].sections[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].sections[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].sections[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/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/ft/categories" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"