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News.com.au API endpoint
News.com.au section headlines API
Returns fresh headlines from one News.com.au section or category listing page. section accepts any slug returned by GET /newscomau/sections (236 values, too many to enumerate inline -- see that endpoint for the full, current list), for example "national" or the nested "national/nsw-act/politics".
GETapiKey1 credit/requestNews.com.aupublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
News.com.au/newscomau/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /newscomau/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- News.com.au
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required. Accepts any slug returned by
newscomau-sections (236 values, e.g. national
or the nested national/nsw-act/politics) -- see that endpoint for the
full, current, live-verified list. An unrecognized slug returns a 400
error rather than being silently accepted.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /newscomau/headlines?section=national
- Items in items
- 22
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 22 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 22 | median 40 characters |
| url | 22 | news.com.au |
| summary | 22 | median 135 characters |
| published_at | 22 | 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 22 | content.api.news |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | News.com.au section slug, from GET /newscomau/sections | national | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/newscomau/headlines?section=national" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "national",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/example-headline/news-story/0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T12:06:00Z"
}
]
}
}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 News.com.au 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/newscomau/headlines?section=national" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"