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TimesLIVE API endpoint
TimesLIVE section headlines API
Returns current TimesLIVE stories for a section. Pass a slug from timeslive_sections; results are the first 15 items in the live section order.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestTimesLIVEpublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
TimesLIVE/timeslive/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /timeslive/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- TimesLIVE
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of news, news/south-africa, news/africa, news/world, news/business, news/sci-tech, politics, opinion, ideas, investigations, tshisa-live, lifestyle, lifestyle/fashion, lifestyle/food, lifestyle/travel, lifestyle/books, lifestyle/spotlight, sport, sport/soccer, sport/rugby, sport/cricket, sport/arena-sports-show, or motoring. Other values return HTTP 400. Use timeslive-sections to discover the list. The live Arc section feed returns the first 15 entries in its current order; this API does not expose pagination.
Response fields: section; items, each with title, url, type, summary, published_at, author, and image_url when available.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /timeslive/headlines?section=news%2Fworld. Live check on 2026-10-14: 15 items returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url, type, summary, published_at, author, image_url.
Resolve a returned canonical story URL with Get TimesLIVE article content.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /timeslive/headlines?section=news%2Fworld
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 2.21 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /timeslive/headlines?section=news%2Fworld
- Items in items
- 15
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 7
| Field | Filled in, of 15 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 15 | median 70 characters |
| url | 15 | timeslive.co.za |
| type | 15 | story in all 15 |
| summary | 15 | median 87 characters |
| published_at | 15 | 2026-10-13 to 2026-10-14 |
| author | 15 | |
| image_url | 15 | cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | TimesLIVE editorial section slug Allowed values: news, news/south-africa, news/africa, news/world, news/business, news/sci-tech, politics, opinion, ideas, investigations, tshisa-live, lifestyle, lifestyle/fashion, lifestyle/food, lifestyle/travel, lifestyle/books, lifestyle/spotlight, sport, sport/soccer, sport/rugby, sport/cricket, sport/arena-sports-show, motoring. | news/world | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/timeslive/headlines?section=news%2Fworld" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "news/world",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example world headline",
"url": "https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2026-09-29-example-story",
"summary": "A short story summary.",
"published_at": "2026-09-29T15:00:00Z",
"author": "Reuters Agency"
}
]
}
}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 TimesLIVE 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/timeslive/headlines?section=news%2Fworld" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"