Metro API endpoint
Returns fresh headlines from one public Metro section feed. The section must be a slug returned by the sections endpoint.
/metro/headlinesQuery parameter: section (required) must be one of home, news, uk, world, us, politics, tech, weird, sport, football, boxing, cricket, f1, golf, snooker, tennis, entertainment, showbiz, tv, film, music, gaming, tv-soaps, coronation-street, eastenders, emmerdale, hollyoaks, casualty, lifestyle, health, food, travel, money, property, families, beauty, sex, horoscopes, shopping, opinion, letters, or cartoons. Use metro-sections to list them with their feed URLs. Any other value returns 400 without contacting Metro.
Items have the same shape as metro-news. Low-volume sections (for example golf or tennis out of season) can return only a few items, some of them weeks old.
| Field | Filled in, of 21 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 21 | median 75 characters |
| url | 21 | metro.co.uk |
| published_at | 21 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 21 | |
| image_url | 21 | metro.co.uk |
| summary | 8 | median 60 characters |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Metro section slug Allowed values: home, news, uk, world, us, politics, tech, weird, sport, football, boxing, cricket, f1, golf, snooker, tennis, entertainment, showbiz, tv, film, music, gaming, tv-soaps, coronation-street, eastenders, emmerdale, hollyoaks, casualty, lifestyle, health, food, travel, money, property, families, beauty, sex, horoscopes, shopping, opinion, letters, cartoons. | home | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/headlines?section=home" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "tech",
"items": [
{
"title": "Meta reveals camera-free version of ‘pervert glasses’ after backlash",
"url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/meta-reveals-camera-free-version-pervert-glasses-backlash-29649346/",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T10:14:10Z",
"author": "Danni Scott",
"image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313749583-5869.jpg"
}
]
}
}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 Metro top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/headlines?section=home" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"