GET/indianexpress/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns public The Indian Express article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. A story gated behind an Express Premium subscription returns a permission error instead of a truncated or paid body.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 9 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-24; section: “Delhi,Cities”; url: indianexpress.com; title: 81 characters; authors: 1 entry; description: 235 characters; updated_at: 2026-09-24; image_url: images.indianexpress.com.
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GET/indianexpress/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns a The Indian Express author's profile by `url`, a canonical `indianexpress.com/profile/author/<slug>/` link: name, image URL, biography and recent articles with title, URL, summary and image. `image_url` and `biography` may be missing, and `published_at` is the page's date text such as `Sep 24, 2026 16:36 IST`, not a timestamp.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 25 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, image_url. In the sample: url: indianexpress.com; title: median 81 characters; summary: median 97 characters; image_url: images.indianexpress.com.
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GET/indianexpress/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the current headlines for one The Indian Express section. `section` is required and takes a slug such as `india`, `explained`, `cities-delhi`, `entertainment-bollywood`, `sports-cricket` or `political-pulse`. Items carry title, URL, summary, author, publication time and image, and the response echoes the `section`.
Required: section (56 allowed values, including politics, india, world, explained, express-exclusive, opinion, opinion-columns, business, cities, cities-delhi, cities-mumbai, cities-kolkata, cities-pune, cities-chandigarh, cities-ahmedabad, cities-lucknow, cities-chennai, cities-hyderabad, cities-bangalore, upsc-current-affairs, entertainment, entertainment-bollywood, entertainment-hollywood, entertainment-malayalam, entertainment-movie-review, entertainment-regional, entertainment-tamil, entertainment-television, entertainment-telugu, entertainment-web-series, lifestyle, lifestyle-art-and-culture, lifestyle-destination-of-the-week, lifestyle-fashion, lifestyle-feelings, lifestyle-fitness, lifestyle-food-wine, lifestyle-health, lifestyle-pets-animals, lifestyle-workplace).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 200 items. Filled in every item: title, url, published_at, image_url. Not in every item: author (158). In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-06 to 2026-10-13; url: indianexpress.com; title: median 82 characters; image_url: images.indianexpress.com and 1 other host.
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GET/indianexpress/newsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns the current top stories from The Indian Express. It takes no parameters. Each item has its title, URL and, where the outlet gives them, a summary, author, publication time, image URL and `type`. Use the headlines endpoint to read one section.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 200 items. Filled in every item: title, url, published_at, image_url. Not in every item: author (109). In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-13; url: indianexpress.com; title: median 80 characters; image_url: images.indianexpress.com and 1 other host.
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GET/indianexpress/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists the The Indian Express section slugs that the headlines endpoint accepts, including `politics`, `india`, `explained`, `cities-mumbai`, `entertainment-tamil`, `lifestyle-health` and `smart-stocks`. Each entry has a `slug`, a display `name` and a section `url`.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 56 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “Politics” and 55 other values; url: indianexpress.com.
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The Indian Express API endpoints