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The Indian Express API endpoint
The Indian Express sections API
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`.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestThe Indian Expresspublicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
The Indian Express/indianexpress/sectionsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /indianexpress/sections
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- The Indian Express
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns the public RSS section slugs accepted by indianexpress-headlines: 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.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /indianexpress/sections
- Items in sections
- 56
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 56 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| slug | 56 | |
| name | 56 | “Politics” and 55 other values |
| url | 56 | indianexpress.com |
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/indianexpress/sections" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"sections": [
{
"slug": "india",
"name": "India",
"url": "https://indianexpress.com/section/india/feed/"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.SectionsResponse | No | ||||
| data.sections | array | No | ||||
| data.sections[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.sections[].url | string | No |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/indianexpress/sections" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"