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Manchester Evening News API endpoint
Manchester Evening News Headlines API
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.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestManchester Evening Newspublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
Manchester Evening News/men/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /men/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Manchester Evening News
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of 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 response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /men/headlines?section=news
- Items in items
- 25
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 4
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 1
| Field | Filled in, of 25 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 25 | median 86 characters |
| url | 25 | manchestereveningnews.co.uk |
| summary | 25 | median 77 characters |
| published_at | 25 | 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 24 | i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk and 1 other host |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Manchester Evening News section slug 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. | news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/men/headlines?section=news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "news",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/example-headline-17427838"
}
]
}
}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 Manchester Evening News 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/men/headlines?section=news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"