News18 API endpoint
Returns recent News18 stories for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 18 slugs, such as `india`, `cricket`, `elections`, `viral` or `breaking-news`. Each item has a title and URL, and may include summary, author, publication time and image.
/news18/headlinesQuery parameter: section is required and must be one of india, world, cricket, business, sports, movies, lifestyle, tech, auto, opinion, elections, politics, viral, explainers, education-career, astrology, cities, or breaking-news.
| Field | Filled in, of 139 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 139 | median 94 characters |
| url | 139 | news18.com |
| summary | 139 | median 151 characters |
| published_at | 139 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 139 | |
| image_url | 139 | images.news18.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | News18 RSS section slug Allowed values: india, world, cricket, business, sports, movies, lifestyle, tech, auto, opinion, elections, politics, viral, explainers, education-career, astrology, cities, breaking-news. | india | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/news18/headlines?section=india" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "india",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.news18.com/india/example-article-slug-10350678.html"
}
]
}
}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 News18 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/news18/headlines?section=india" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"