Phys.org API Documentation

First request

Endpoint

GET /physorg/sections

Cost

1 credit/request

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/physorg/sections" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

How to use Phys.org endpoints

Phys.org is ScienceX science news across nanotechnology, physics, astronomy and space, Earth science, chemistry, biology, and other sciences. A live /physorg/sections response on 2026-10-14 contained 9 topic feeds; refresh it before scheduling because publisher feeds change. Call sections to discover the nine verified science feeds, including breaking stories and editorials, then pass one of those exact slugs for headlines. Canonical dated /news/ story URLs are accepted for public article paragraphs. The linked byline points to ScienceX's editorial team rather than an individual author profile. The API has no search, author, tag, or pagination contract. Do not interpret the organization/editorial-team page as a person profile or promise arbitrary archive traversal. Use the endpoint cards for this integration's accepted inputs.

1. Step 1

   Discover the nine science feeds first

   A live /physorg/sections response on 2026-10-14 contained 9 topic feeds; refresh it before scheduling because publisher feeds change. Call sections to discover the nine verified science feeds, including breaking stories and editorials, then pass one of those exact slugs for headlines. Canonical dated /news/ story URLs are accepted for public article paragraphs. The linked byline points to ScienceX's editorial team rather than an individual author profile.

2. Step 2

   Record each topic sample's collection time

   The nine topical feeds let a collector separate subject areas before fetching stories. Article extraction is available on canonical story URLs, but no author endpoint or caller-controlled paging was validated; retain the source feed label with each article.

3. Step 3

   Pass one exact topic slug

   The nine topical feeds let a collector separate subject areas before fetching stories. Article extraction is available on canonical story URLs, but no author endpoint or caller-controlled paging was validated; retain the source feed label with each article. Pass only a value returned by /physorg/sections and accepted by /physorg/headlines; preserve the selected desk with its results.

4. Step 4

   Accept canonical dated /news/ URLs

   The API has no search, author, tag, or pagination contract. Do not interpret the organization/editorial-team page as a person profile or promise arbitrary archive traversal. Keep teaser, truncation, premium, or access fields beside the canonical URL so downstream users can see what the publisher actually returned.

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