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Mirror API endpoint
Mirror section headlines API
Returns recent Mirror headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 34 slugs or paths, such as `news/uk-news`, `sport/football`, `3am` or `lifestyle/food-drink`. Each item has a title and URL, and may include summary, author, publication time and image.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestMirrorpublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
Mirror/mirror/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /mirror/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Mirror
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of news, news/uk-news, news/world-news, news/politics, news/weird-news, news/royals, news/health, news/us-news, news/real-life-stories, sport, sport/football, sport/boxing, sport/cricket, sport/formula-1, sport/golf, sport/horse-racing, sport/rugby-league, sport/rugby-union, 3am, 3am/style, 3am/us-celebrity-news, lifestyle, lifestyle/family, lifestyle/food-drink, lifestyle/gardening, lifestyle/motoring, lifestyle/sex-relationships, travel, money, money/shopping-deals, tv, film, gaming, tech.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /mirror/headlines?section=news
- Items in items
- 25
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 25 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 25 | median 86 characters |
| url | 25 | mirror.co.uk |
| summary | 25 | median 175 characters |
| published_at | 25 | 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 25 | i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk and 1 other host |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Mirror section slug Allowed values: news, news/uk-news, news/world-news, news/politics, news/weird-news, news/royals, news/health, news/us-news, news/real-life-stories, sport, sport/football, sport/boxing, sport/cricket, sport/formula-1, sport/golf, sport/horse-racing, sport/rugby-league, sport/rugby-union, 3am, 3am/style, 3am/us-celebrity-news, lifestyle, lifestyle/family, lifestyle/food-drink, lifestyle/gardening, lifestyle/motoring, lifestyle/sex-relationships, travel, money, money/shopping-deals, tv, film, gaming, tech. | news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/mirror/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.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/example-headline-37697006"
}
]
}
}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 Mirror 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/mirror/headlines?section=news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"