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The Independent API endpoint
The Independent section headlines API
Returns the current headlines for one The Independent section. `section` is required and takes one of 17 slugs, such as `news/uk`, `news/world`, `sport`, `voices`, `money` or `bulletin`. Each item has its title and URL, plus summary, author, publication time and image when the outlet provides them, and the response echoes the `section`.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestThe Independentpublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
The Independent/independent/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /independent/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- The Independent
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of news, news/uk, news/world, news/business, news/people, news/science, news/media, news/education, news/obituaries, environment, sport, arts-entertainment, life-style, travel, voices, money, or bulletin.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /independent/headlines?section=news%2Fworld
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 1.29 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /independent/headlines?section=news%2Fworld
- Items in items
- 66
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 6
| Field | Filled in, of 66 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 66 | median 87 characters |
| url | 66 | independent.co.uk |
| summary | 66 | median 113 characters |
| published_at | 66 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 66 | |
| image_url | 66 | static.independent.co.uk |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | The Independent RSS section slug Allowed values: news, news/uk, news/world, news/business, news/people, news/science, news/media, news/education, news/obituaries, environment, sport, arts-entertainment, life-style, travel, voices, money, bulletin. | news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/independent/headlines?section=news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "news/world",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/example-b1234567.html"
}
]
}
}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 The Independent 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/independent/headlines?section=news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"