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ScienceAlert API endpoint
ScienceAlert section headlines API
Returns the latest ScienceAlert stories for one section. `section` is required and takes `space`, `health`, `environment`, `humans`, `tech`, `nature`, `physics` or `this-week-in-science`; other values are rejected. Each item has its title and URL.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestScienceAlertpublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
ScienceAlert/sciencealert/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /sciencealert/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- ScienceAlert
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of space, health, environment, humans, tech, nature, physics, or this-week-in-science. These exact slugs are returned by sciencealert-sections; other values are rejected. Headlines are for the selected section.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /sciencealert/headlines?section=space. Live check on 2026-10-14: 17 items returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url.
Resolve a returned canonical story URL with Get ScienceAlert article content.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /sciencealert/headlines?section=space
- Items in items
- 17
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 2
| Field | Filled in, of 17 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 17 | median 73 characters |
| url | 17 | sciencealert.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Section slug Allowed values: space, health, environment, humans, tech, nature, physics, this-week-in-science. | space | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sciencealert/headlines?section=space" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "space",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example space headline",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/example-science-story",
"published_at": "2026-09-28"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.HeadlinesResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under ScienceAlert top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/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/sciencealert/headlines?section=space" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"