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News24 API endpoint
News24 section headlines API
Returns News24 headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes a path such as `business/markets`, `sport/rugby/springboks` or `politics`, from the 73 listed by `news24-sections`. Each item has a title and URL, and `type` is `subscriber` on cards News24 marks subscriber-only. Summary, author, publication time and image appear when available.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestNews24publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
News24/news24/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /news24/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- News24
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of business, business/climate-future, business/climate-future/energy, business/climate-future/environment, business/climate-future/news, business/climate-future/solutions, business/companies, business/consumer-lookout, business/economy, business/markets, business/money, business/opinion, business/tech, investigations, investigations/eskomfiles, investigations/phala-phala, investigations/silenced, life, life/arts-and-entertainment, life/books, life/food, life/lifestyle-trends, life/motoring, life/relationships, life/travel, life/wellness, life/wine, opinions, opinions/analysis, opinions/cartoons, opinions/columnists, opinions/explainers, opinions/fridaybriefing/editions, opinions/letters, opinions/reader-hub, politics, southafrica, southafrica/crime-and-courts, southafrica/debunking, southafrica/education, southafrica/good-news, southafrica/good-news/outdoor, southafrica/health-news, southafrica/schools-hub, southafrica/weather, specialreports, sport, sport/columnists, sport/cricket, sport/cricket/proteas, sport/cricket/sa20, sport/golf, sport/motorsport, sport/motorsport/formula-one, sport/other-sport, sport/rugby, sport/rugby/bulls, sport/rugby/cheetahs, sport/rugby/lions, sport/rugby/pnpgoldcup, sport/rugby/sharks, sport/rugby/springboks, sport/rugby/stormers, sport/rugby/urc, sport/soccer, sport/soccer/bafana-bafana-and-banyana-banyana, sport/soccer/english-premier-league, sport/soccer/psl, sport/soccer/worldcup, sport/tennis, sunday, world, world/africa. Use news24-sections to list them with display names. Invalid values return a 400 error. type is subscriber for stories News24 marks subscriber-only.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /news24/headlines?section=world
- Items in items
- 21
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 1
| Field | Filled in, of 21 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 21 | median 69 characters |
| url | 21 | news24.com |
| type | 2 | “subscriber” |
| image_url | 21 | news24cobalt.24.co.za |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | News24 section path Allowed values: business, business/climate-future, business/climate-future/energy, business/climate-future/environment, business/climate-future/news, business/climate-future/solutions, business/companies, business/consumer-lookout, business/economy, business/markets, business/money, business/opinion, business/tech, investigations, investigations/eskomfiles, investigations/phala-phala, investigations/silenced, life, life/arts-and-entertainment, life/books, life/food, life/lifestyle-trends, life/motoring, life/relationships, life/travel, life/wellness, life/wine, opinions, opinions/analysis, opinions/cartoons, opinions/columnists, opinions/explainers, opinions/fridaybriefing/editions, opinions/letters, opinions/reader-hub, politics, southafrica, southafrica/crime-and-courts, southafrica/debunking, southafrica/education, southafrica/good-news, southafrica/good-news/outdoor, southafrica/health-news, southafrica/schools-hub, southafrica/weather, specialreports, sport, sport/columnists, sport/cricket, sport/cricket/proteas, sport/cricket/sa20, sport/golf, sport/motorsport, sport/motorsport/formula-one, sport/other-sport, sport/rugby, sport/rugby/bulls, sport/rugby/cheetahs, sport/rugby/lions, sport/rugby/pnpgoldcup, sport/rugby/sharks, sport/rugby/springboks, sport/rugby/stormers, sport/rugby/urc, sport/soccer, sport/soccer/bafana-bafana-and-banyana-banyana, sport/soccer/english-premier-league, sport/soccer/psl, sport/soccer/worldcup, sport/tennis, sunday, world, world/africa. | business | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/news24/headlines?section=business" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "world",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.news24.com/world/example-20260924-0692"
}
]
}
}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 News24 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/news24/headlines?section=business" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"