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Salon API endpoint
Salon top stories API
Returns Salon's latest top stories across the site. Takes no parameters, and `salon-headlines` narrows by section instead. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time, author and image.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestSalonpublicnews.newsResponseDoc
Salon/salon/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /salon/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Salon
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns fresh public Salon RSS headline metadata.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /salon/news
- Items in items
- 30
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 6
| Field | Filled in, of 30 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 30 | median 60 characters |
| url | 30 | salon.com |
| summary | 30 | median 104 characters |
| published_at | 30 | 2006-05-03 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 30 | |
| image_url | 30 | salon.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/salon/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Example Salon headline",
"url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/09/23/example-headline/"
}
]
}
}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/salon/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"