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Malay Mail API endpoint
Malay Mail section headlines API
Returns current Malay Mail headline cards for one News section. `section` is required and takes one of `malaysia`, `singapore`, `money`, `world`, `life`, `eat-drink`, `showbiz`, `opinion`, `sports`, `tech-gadgets` or `what-you-think`. Each item has its title and URL; no summary, author, time or image is returned.
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Malay Mail/malaymail/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /malaymail/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Malay Mail
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameters:
section(required): one ofmalaysia,singapore,money,world,life,eat-drink,showbiz,opinion,sports,tech-gadgets, orwhat-you-think. Get the current primary News section list from/api/v1/malaymail/sections.
Returns current headline cards from the selected public section archive.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /malaymail/headlines?section=malaysia. Live check on 2026-10-14: 26 items returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url.
Resolve a returned canonical story URL with Get a Malay Mail article.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /malaymail/headlines?section=malaysia
- Items in items
- 26
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 2
| Field | Filled in, of 26 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 26 | median 77 characters |
| url | 26 | malaymail.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Malay Mail News section slug Allowed values: malaysia, singapore, money, world, life, eat-drink, showbiz, opinion, sports, tech-gadgets, what-you-think. | malaysia | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/malaymail/headlines?section=malaysia" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "malaysia",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example Malay Mail story",
"url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/29/example-story/237025"
}
]
}
}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 Malay Mail top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 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/malaymail/headlines?section=malaysia" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"