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Healthgrades API endpoint
Healthgrades specialties API
Returns every specialty name and directory URL shown on Healthgrades' public A-Z specialty directory.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestHealthgradeshealthgrades.specialtiesResponseDoc
Healthgrades/healthgrades/specialtiesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /healthgrades/specialties
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Healthgrades
- Response schema
- #/definitions/healthgrades.specialtiesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameters: none.
Returns the A-Z specialty names and canonical directory URLs listed on Healthgrades' public specialty directory. The live capture on 2026-10-01 contained 184 entries; the endpoint reads the directory live, so the list can change.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /healthgrades/specialties
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 2.24 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /healthgrades/specialties
- Items in specialties
- 184
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 2
| Field | Filled in, of 184 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| name | 184 | |
| url | 184 | healthgrades.com |
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/healthgrades/specialties" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"specialties": [
{
"name": "Acupuncture",
"url": "https://www.healthgrades.com/acupuncture-directory"
},
{
"name": "Addiction Medicine",
"url": "https://www.healthgrades.com/addiction-medicine-directory"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/healthgrades.specialtiesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | healthgrades.SpecialtiesResponse | No | ||||
| data.specialties | array | No | ||||
| data.specialties[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.specialties[].url | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/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/healthgrades/specialties" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"Shared guides
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