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The Express Tribune API endpoint
Get The Express Tribune top stories API
Returns current top stories from The Express Tribune's public RSS feed. Feed dates and publisher teasers are returned as published.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestThe Express Tribunepublicnews.newsResponseDoc
The Express Tribune/expresstribune/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /expresstribune/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- The Express Tribune
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Parameters: API key in x-api-key header.
Returns the publisher's current home RSS feed items. Summaries and publication dates are supplied by the publisher; some section feeds can contain older material.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /expresstribune/news
- Items in items
- 56
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 56 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 56 | median 66 characters |
| url | 56 | tribune.com.pk |
| summary | 56 | median 91 characters |
| published_at | 56 | “Tue, 13 Oct 26 14:41:29 +0500” and 50 other values |
| author | 56 |
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/expresstribune/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/12345/example-headline",
"summary": "Publisher teaser",
"published_at": "2026-09-30T10:00:00+05:00"
}
]
}
}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/expresstribune/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"