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The Indian Express API endpoint
The Indian Express section headlines API
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`.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestThe Indian Expresspublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
The Indian Express/indianexpress/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /indianexpress/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- The Indian Express
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of 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, technology, technology-tech-news, technology-tech-reviews, sports, sports-cricket, sports-football, sports-chess, sports-asian-games, health-wellness, education, research, books-and-literature, long-reads, fresh-take, political-pulse, or smart-stocks.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /indianexpress/headlines?section=india
- Items in items
- 200
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 4
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 1
| Field | Filled in, of 200 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 200 | median 82 characters |
| url | 200 | indianexpress.com |
| published_at | 200 | 2026-10-06 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 158 | |
| image_url | 200 | images.indianexpress.com and 1 other host |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | The Indian Express RSS section slug Allowed values: 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, technology, technology-tech-news, technology-tech-reviews, sports, sports-cricket, sports-football, sports-chess, sports-asian-games, health-wellness, education, research, books-and-literature, long-reads, fresh-take, political-pulse, smart-stocks. | politics | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/indianexpress/headlines?section=politics" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "india",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/example-article-slug-10892304/"
}
]
}
}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 Indian Express 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/indianexpress/headlines?section=politics" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"