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The Next Web API endpoint
The Next Web sections API
Returns the ten editorial sections in The Next Web's current homepage navigation. Topic/tag archives, media, events and promotional categories are excluded.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestThe Next Webpublicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
The Next Web/thenextweb/sectionsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /thenextweb/sections
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- The Next Web
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns the ten current editorial sections linked in The Next Web's homepage
navigation. Topic/tag archives, legacy categories, media, event, and sponsored
surfaces are not section values. Use a returned slug with
/api/v1/thenextweb/headlines.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /thenextweb/sections. Live check on 2026-10-14: 10 sections returned. Fields present in every checked item: slug, name, url.
Use a returned section value with Get The Next Web section headlines.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /thenextweb/sections
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 0.14 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /thenextweb/sections
- Items in sections
- 10
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| slug | 10 | |
| name | 10 | “Deep tech” and 9 other values |
| url | 10 | thenextweb.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/thenextweb/sections" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"sections": [
{
"slug": "deep-tech",
"name": "Deep tech",
"url": "https://thenextweb.com/deep-tech"
}
]
}
}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/thenextweb/sections" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"