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Medical News Today API endpoint
Medical News Today newsroom sections API
Returns the exact public editorial news-section value accepted by medicalnewstoday-headlines. Health Topics and Health Hubs are educational resources, not newsroom sections.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestMedical News Todaymedicalnewstoday.sectionsResponseDoc
Medical News Today/medicalnewstoday/sectionsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /medicalnewstoday/sections
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Medical News Today
- Response schema
- #/definitions/medicalnewstoday.sectionsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Parameters: none.
Returns the exact newsroom section list accepted by medicalnewstoday-headlines. The only dedicated dated editorial stream found is Health News at /news; Health Topics and Health Hubs are educational resource surfaces and are excluded.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /medicalnewstoday/sections. Live check on 2026-10-14: 1 sections returned. Fields present in every checked item: slug, name, url.
Use a returned section value with Get Medical News Today section headlines.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /medicalnewstoday/sections
- Items in sections
- 1
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 1 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| slug | 1 | |
| name | 1 | “Health News” |
| url | 1 | medicalnewstoday.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/medicalnewstoday/sections" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"sections": [
{
"slug": "news",
"name": "Health News",
"url": "https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/news"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/medicalnewstoday.sectionsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | medicalnewstoday.SectionsResponse | No | ||||
| data.sections | array | No | ||||
| data.sections[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/medicalnewstoday/sections" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"