GET/men/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns a Manchester Evening News article by `url`, a canonical HTTPS article link. The response has the title, description, section, authors, lead image, publish and update times, body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag. Subscriber-only or blocked articles return an upstream error.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 8 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2019-12-16; url: manchestereveningnews.co.uk; title: 46 characters; authors: 1 entry; description: 88 characters; updated_at: 2019-12-16; image_url: i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk; paragraphs: 11 entries.
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GET/men/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns a Manchester Evening News author profile, identified by `slug` (such as `lee-swettenham`) or a canonical `manchestereveningnews.co.uk/authors/<slug>/` `url`; provide exactly one. The response has the name, job title, bio, `email`, `twitter` and one page of recent articles with title, URL and label. Contact fields are absent when unlisted.
Optional: slug, url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 24 items. Filled in every item: title, url, label, label_url. In the sample: url: manchestereveningnews.co.uk; title: median 86 characters; label_url: manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
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GET/men/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns current Manchester Evening News headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes a slug such as `news`, `news/greater-manchester-news`, `sport/football/transfer-news`, `whats-on/theatre-news` or `trips-and-breaks`. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time and image.
Required: section (27 allowed values: news, news/uk-news, news/greater-manchester-news, news/local-news, news/world-news, news/health, news/property, news/cost-of-living, news/money-saving, news/parenting, news/real-life, news/showbiz-news, news/tv, sport, sport/football, sport/football/football-news, sport/football/transfer-news, sport/boxing, sport/cricket, whats-on, whats-on/whats-on-news, whats-on/family-kids-news, whats-on/food-drink-news, whats-on/music-nightlife-news, whats-on/theatre-news, whats-on/shopping, trips-and-breaks).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 25 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at. Not in every item: image_url (24). In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-13; url: manchestereveningnews.co.uk; title: median 86 characters; summary: median 77 characters; image_url: i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk and 1 other host.
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GET/men/newsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the Manchester Evening News' current top stories, with no parameters. Each item has its title, URL, summary, author, publication time and image where available.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 25 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at. Not in every item: image_url (24). In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-13; url: manchestereveningnews.co.uk; title: median 86 characters; summary: median 77 characters; image_url: i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk and 1 other host.
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GET/men/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists the Manchester Evening News sections accepted by `men-headlines`, such as `news`, `news/uk-news`, `sport/football`, `whats-on/music-nightlife-news` and `trips-and-breaks`. Each entry has a stable `slug`, display `name` and section `url`. Takes no parameters.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 27 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “News” and 26 other values; url: manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
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Manchester Evening News API endpoints