GET/thedailybeast/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns one The Daily Beast article by its canonical `url`, either a root-level slug or one under a single content vertical such as `obsessed`. The response has the title, description, section, authors, publication and update times, lead image URL, body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag. Digest or index pages are not articles and return an error.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 9 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-23; section: “politics”; url: thedailybeast.com; title: 58 characters; authors: 1 entry; description: 107 characters; updated_at: 2026-09-23; image_url: media.thedailybeast.com.
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GET/thedailybeast/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns one The Daily Beast reporter's public profile: name, job title, biography, headshot, social link, and their recent articles, from a canonical author URL.
Required: url.
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GET/thedailybeast/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the current headlines of one The Daily Beast section. `section` is required and takes a slug such as `politics`, `politics/opinion`, `obsessed/reviews`, `scouted/home` or `world/china`. Each item can carry its title, URL, summary, author, publication time, lead image and `type`, and the response echoes the `section`.
Required: section (77 allowed values, including lifestyle, lifestyle/body, lifestyle/face, lifestyle/wellness, lifestyle/hair, lifestyle/style, travel, entertainment, entertainment/music, entertainment/tv, entertainment/movies, entertainment/comedy, entertainment/awards-shows, archive, media, tech, arts-and-culture, arts-and-culture/theater, arts-and-culture/royalist, arts-and-culture/fashion, arts-and-culture/books, innovation, innovation/science, obsessed, obsessed/shop, obsessed/hot-takes, obsessed/reviews, obsessed/recaps, obsessed/what-to-watch, obsessed/trailers, obsessed/interviews, obsessed/industry, obsessed/celebrity, obsessed/media, obsessed/media/shows, obsessed/media/movies, obsessed/media/music, obsessed/media/books, obsessed/rating, obsessed/rating/see).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 14 items. Filled in every item: title, url. In the sample: url: thedailybeast.com; title: median 57 characters.
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GET/thedailybeast/newsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the current top stories from The Daily Beast. It takes no parameters. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time, author and lead image, so it is a quick front-page view; use the headlines endpoint with a `section` slug for one category.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 25 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url. In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-13; url: thedailybeast.com; title: median 60 characters; summary: median 596 characters; image_url: thedailybeast-thedailybeast-prod.web.arc-cdn.net.
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GET/thedailybeast/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists the sections of The Daily Beast that the headlines endpoint accepts, both top-level categories such as `politics` and `world` and child sub-sections such as `politics/opinion` and `world/middle-east`. Each entry has a `slug`, a display `name` and the section `url`.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 77 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “Lifestyle” and 71 other values; url: thedailybeast.com.
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