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Stuff API endpoint
Stuff section headlines API
Returns the latest Stuff (New Zealand) stories for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 31 slugs, including slash-separated regional and sport ones such as `nz-news/auckland` and `sport/rugby`, plus `world-news`, `business`, `politics` and `motoring`. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time, author and image.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestStuffpublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
Stuff/stuff/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /stuff/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Stuff
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of latest-news, nz-news, nz-news/auckland, nz-news/wellington, nz-news/canterbury, nz-news/north-island, nz-news/south-island, world-news, business, money, politics, perspectives, pou-tiaki, forever-project, sport, sport/rugby, sport/cricket, sport/netball, sport/football, sport/rugby-league, home-property, home-property/good-life, travel, life-and-style, wellbeing, wellbeing/house-wellness, food-drink, culture, motoring, health, or quizzes. Any other value returns an invalid-parameters error.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /stuff/headlines?section=money
- Items in items
- 56
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 6
| Field | Filled in, of 56 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 56 | median 77 characters |
| url | 56 | stuff.co.nz |
| summary | 56 | median 78 characters |
| published_at | 56 | 2026-07-26 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 56 | |
| image_url | 56 | stuff.co.nz |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Stuff section slug Allowed values: latest-news, nz-news, nz-news/auckland, nz-news/wellington, nz-news/canterbury, nz-news/north-island, nz-news/south-island, world-news, business, money, politics, perspectives, pou-tiaki, forever-project, sport, sport/rugby, sport/cricket, sport/netball, sport/football, sport/rugby-league, home-property, home-property/good-life, travel, life-and-style, wellbeing, wellbeing/house-wellness, food-drink, culture, motoring, health, quizzes. | latest-news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/stuff/headlines?section=latest-news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "money",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/361000001/example-story",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z"
}
]
}
}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 Stuff 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/stuff/headlines?section=latest-news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"