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Live Science API endpoint
Live Science section headlines API
Returns current Live Science headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 14 slugs: `animals`, `archaeology`, `chemistry`, `features`, `health`, `human-behavior`, `interviews`, `news`, `opinion`, `physics-mathematics`, `planet-earth`, `products`, `space` or `technology`. Each item has a title and URL, plus author, publication time and image when the section page shows them.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestLive Sciencepublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
Live Science/livescience/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /livescience/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Live Science
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /livescience/headlines?section=space
- Items in items
- 27
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 27 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 27 | median 87 characters |
| url | 27 | livescience.com |
| published_at | 27 | 2026-01-13 to 2026-10-11 |
| author | 27 | |
| image_url | 27 | cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Live Science section slug Allowed values: animals, archaeology, chemistry, features, health, human-behavior, interviews, news, opinion, physics-mathematics, planet-earth, products, space, technology. | animals | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/livescience/headlines?section=animals" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "space",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/example-comet-story",
"author": "Example Author",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T10:00:00Z"
}
]
}
}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 Live Science 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/livescience/headlines?section=animals" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"