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PC Gamer API endpoint
PC Gamer section headlines API
Returns recent PC Gamer headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes one of eight slugs: `deals`, `games`, `gaming-industry`, `guides`, `hardware`, `movies-tv`, `news` or `software`. Each item has a title and URL, and may include summary, author, publication time and image.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestPC Gamerpublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
PC Gamer/pcgamer/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /pcgamer/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- PC Gamer
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of deals, games, gaming-industry, guides, hardware, movies-tv, news, or software.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /pcgamer/headlines?section=games
- Items in items
- 135
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 135 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 135 | median 92 characters |
| url | 135 | pcgamer.com |
| published_at | 135 | 2026-04-19 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 135 | |
| image_url | 135 | cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | PC Gamer section slug Allowed values: deals, games, gaming-industry, guides, hardware, movies-tv, news, software. | deals | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/pcgamer/headlines?section=deals" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "games",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/example-article",
"author": "Example Author",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T13:29:05Z"
}
]
}
}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 PC Gamer 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/pcgamer/headlines?section=deals" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"