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Gulf News API endpoint
Gulf News section headlines API
Returns current Gulf News headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 19 slugs such as `latest-news`, `business`, `uae`, `sport`, `living-in-uae` or `your-money`; other values return an invalid-params error. Each item has a title and canonical article URL.
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Gulf News/gulfnews/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /gulfnews/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Gulf News
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of latest-news, business, best-buys, uae, entertainment, world, sport, living-in-uae, lifestyle, opinion, travel, podcasts, special-reports, things-to-do, friday, the-kurator, uae-success-stories, photos, your-money. Any other value returns an invalid-params error.
Headlines come from the section's landing page and carry a title and canonical article URL.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /gulfnews/headlines?section=business
- Items in items
- 18
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 2
| Field | Filled in, of 18 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 18 | median 50 characters |
| url | 18 | gulfnews.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Gulf News section slug Allowed values: latest-news, business, best-buys, uae, entertainment, world, sport, living-in-uae, lifestyle, opinion, travel, podcasts, special-reports, things-to-do, friday, the-kurator, uae-success-stories, photos, your-money. | latest-news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/gulfnews/headlines?section=latest-news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "business",
"items": [
{
"title": "Air India-flydubai tie-up opens 52 more destinations via Dubai",
"url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/air-india-flydubai-tie-up-opens-52-more-destinations-via-dubai-1.500686930"
}
]
}
}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 Gulf News top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/gulfnews/headlines?section=latest-news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"