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The Motley Fool API endpoint
The Motley Fool news API
Returns up to 50 recent Motley Fool investing stories, newest first, each with its title, URL and publication time. Only stories at `/investing/YYYY/MM/DD/slug/` URLs are included. It takes no parameters; use the headlines endpoint for a named section.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestThe Motley Foolpublicnews.newsResponseDoc
The Motley Fool/motleyfool/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /motleyfool/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- The Motley Fool
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Parameters: x-api-key header (required).
Returns up to 50 recent public investing stories from The Motley Fool's news
sitemap, newest first. Stories outside the /investing/YYYY/MM/DD/slug/ article
surface are excluded.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /motleyfool/news. Live check on 2026-10-14: 50 items returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url, published_at.
Resolve a returned canonical story URL with Get a Motley Fool article.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /motleyfool/news
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 2.81 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /motleyfool/news
- Items in items
- 50
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 50 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 50 | median 67 characters |
| url | 50 | fool.com |
| published_at | 50 | 2026-10-13 to 2026-10-14 |
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/motleyfool/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "A Financial Stock Can Be a Great Business and a Bad Investment. Here's How to Tell Them Apart.",
"url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/28/financial-stock-great-business-bad-investment-how",
"published_at": "2026-09-28T06:45:00Z"
}
]
}
}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 |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/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/motleyfool/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"