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SBS News API endpoint
SBS News top stories API
Returns the current SBS News Top Stories. Takes no parameters. Each item has its title, canonical SBS News article URL and summary, with publication time, author and image when present.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestSBS Newspublicnews.newsResponseDoc
SBS News/sbsnews/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /sbsnews/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- SBS News
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns the current public Top Stories feed. Story links are canonical SBS News article URLs.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /sbsnews/news. Live check on 2026-10-14: 25 items returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, image_url.
Resolve a returned canonical story URL with Get SBS News article content.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /sbsnews/news
- Items in items
- 25
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 25 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 25 | median 75 characters |
| url | 25 | sbs.com.au |
| summary | 25 | median 102 characters |
| published_at | 25 | 2026-08-21 to 2026-08-26 |
| image_url | 25 | assets.sbs.com.au |
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/sbsnews/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Example SBS News headline",
"url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/example-story/abc123xyz",
"summary": "A concise public feed summary."
}
]
}
}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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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/sbsnews/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"