GET/pcmag/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns a PCMag article or product review by canonical `pcmag.com` `url`, such as `/news/<slug>` or `/reviews/<slug>`. The response has title, description, publication time, section label, authors, lead image and body `paragraphs`. Hub pages, author pages and pages without a readable body return an upstream error.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 8 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-22; section: “Laptops”; url: pcmag.com; title: 76 characters; authors: 1 entry; description: 74 characters; image_url: i.pcmag.com; paragraphs: 11 entries.
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GET/pcmag/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns a PCMag author profile by `slug` (for example `michael-kan`) or a pcmag.com authors `url`; supply exactly one. The response has `name`, `role`, `biography`, `image_url`, `expertise` topics linked to category hubs, `social_links` (X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads) as full URLs, and recent articles.
Optional: slug, url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 11 items. Filled in every item: title, url. Not in every item: summary (5), published_at (5), author (5), image_url (5). In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13; url: pcmag.com; title: median 70 characters; summary: median 153 characters; image_url: i.pcmag.com.
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GET/pcmag/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns recent PCMag headlines for one product or topic category. `section` is required and takes a category slug such as `ai`, `antivirus`, `cameras`, `crm-software` or `gaming-systems`; `pcmag-sections` lists them. Each item has a title and URL, and may include summary, author, publication time and image.
Required: section (232 allowed values, including 3d-printers, accounting, ai, air-purifiers, android, android-apps, anti-ransomware-for-business, antivirus, appliances, applicant-tracking-systems, application-performance-management, asset-management, audio, audio-accessories, audio-editing, audio-recording, background-check-services, batteries-power, benefits-administration-software, billing-invoicing-software, blu-ray-players, bluetooth-headsets, browsers, business-card-printing, business-plan-software, call-center-features, camera-accessories, cameras, car-accessories, cars-auto, cloud-backup-for-business, cloud-file-storage-for-business, cloud-infrastructure, collaboration, communications, components, computer-mice, connected-kitchen, contract-management-software, credit-card-processors).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 18 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, image_url. Not in every item: author (17), published_at (17). In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-12; url: pcmag.com; title: median 72 characters; summary: median 148 characters; image_url: i.pcmag.com.
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GET/pcmag/newsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the current PCMag top stories, with no parameters. Each item has a title, canonical URL, summary, publication time and author name when available. Use `pcmag-headlines` to read one product or topic category.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 100 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at. In the sample: published_at: “Tue, 13 Oct 26 17:11:53 +0000” and 94 other values; url: pcmag.com; title: median 71 characters; summary: median 163 characters.
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GET/pcmag/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists the PCMag product and topic category slugs accepted by `pcmag-headlines`, such as `3d-printers`, `ai`, `antivirus`, `crm-software` and `drones`. Each entry has a `slug`, a display `name` and the category hub `url`.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 232 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “3D Printers” and 231 other values; url: pcmag.com.
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PCMag API endpoints