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Philadelphia Inquirer API endpoint
Philadelphia Inquirer top stories API
Returns the current Philadelphia Inquirer top stories, with no parameters. Each item has a title, canonical URL, summary, publication time and author name when available. Associated Press wire copy, which makes up much of the source, is excluded.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestPhiladelphia Inquirerpublicnews.newsResponseDoc
Philadelphia Inquirer/phillyinquirer/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /phillyinquirer/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns fresh Philadelphia Inquirer top stories from the public news feed. Each item has a title, canonical URL, summary, publication time, and author name when the feed provides them. Associated Press wire copy, which fills a large share of the raw feed, is not included.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /phillyinquirer/news
- Items in items
- 29
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 1
| Field | Filled in, of 29 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 29 | median 87 characters |
| url | 29 | inquirer.com |
| summary | 29 | median 158 characters |
| published_at | 29 | 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 29 | |
| image_url | 28 | inquirer.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/phillyinquirer/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Example Inquirer headline",
"url": "https://www.inquirer.com/news/example-story-20260924.html",
"summary": "Example summary.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T16:21:30Z",
"author": "Example Author"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.NewsResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].url | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/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/phillyinquirer/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"