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Hindustan Times API endpoint
Hindustan Times section headlines API
Returns current Hindustan Times headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 24 slugs such as `india-news`, `world-news`, `cricket`, `business`, `htcity` or `editorials`. Each item has its title, URL, summary, author, publication time and image where the site provides them.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestHindustan Timespublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
Hindustan Times/hindustantimes/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /hindustantimes/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Hindustan Times
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of india-news, world-news, cities, business, sports, cricket, entertainment, lifestyle, astrology, education, technology, opinion, science, books, real-estate, car-bike, nri, htcity, ht-insight, ht-explainers, editorials, trending, india-and-the-elections, or editors-pick.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /hindustantimes/headlines?section=india-news
- Items in items
- 100
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 4
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 1
| Field | Filled in, of 100 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 100 | median 87 characters |
| url | 100 | hindustantimes.com |
| summary | 99 | median 134 characters |
| published_at | 100 | 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 100 | hindustantimes.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Hindustan Times section slug Allowed values: india-news, world-news, cities, business, sports, cricket, entertainment, lifestyle, astrology, education, technology, opinion, science, books, real-estate, car-bike, nri, htcity, ht-insight, ht-explainers, editorials, trending, india-and-the-elections, editors-pick. | india-news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/hindustantimes/headlines?section=india-news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "india-news",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/example-article-slug-101790241314039.html"
}
]
}
}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 Hindustan Times 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/hindustantimes/headlines?section=india-news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"