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IndieWire API endpoint
IndieWire section headlines API
Returns fresh headlines from one public IndieWire section feed. Gallery and list pages are omitted because they are not text articles.
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IndieWire/indiewire/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /indiewire/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- IndieWire
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of analysis, animation, awards, awards-premium, best-of, box-office, brand-content, breaking-news, business, commentary, consider-this, craft, criticism, culture, events, features, festivals, film, general, general-news, industry, interviews, movies, news, obituary, podcast, predictions, results, shop, shows, special-projects, trailers. Any other value returns an invalid-params error. Use /api/v1/indiewire/sections for the same inventory with display names and feed URLs.
Returns fresh headline metadata (title, URL, summary, publish time, author, lead image) from that section's public feed. Gallery and list pages are omitted because they are not text articles.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /indiewire/headlines?section=news
- Items in items
- 12
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 12 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 12 | median 101 characters |
| url | 12 | indiewire.com |
| summary | 12 | median 120 characters |
| published_at | 12 | 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 12 |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | IndieWire section slug Allowed values: analysis, animation, awards, awards-premium, best-of, box-office, brand-content, breaking-news, business, commentary, consider-this, craft, criticism, culture, events, features, festivals, film, general, general-news, industry, interviews, movies, news, obituary, podcast, predictions, results, shop, shows, special-projects, trailers. | analysis | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/indiewire/headlines?section=analysis" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "criticism",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/handle-with-care-dvd-traveling-indie-film-physical-media-1235216158",
"summary": "A one-sentence description of the story.",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T22:02:44Z",
"author": "Alison Foreman"
}
]
}
}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 IndieWire 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/indiewire/headlines?section=analysis" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"