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Times of India API endpoint
Times of India section headlines API
Returns the current headlines for one Times of India section or city edition. `section` is required, for example `top-stories`, `india`, `world`, `business`, `cricket`, `mumbai`, `delhi` or `bangalore`. Items carry the title and URL, plus summary, author, publication time and image when the outlet provides them.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestTimes of Indiapublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
Times of India/timesofindia/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /timesofindia/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Times of India
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of top-stories, india, world, nri, business, cricket, sports, science, environment, tech, education, entertainment, life-style, astrology, auto, mumbai, delhi, bangalore, hyderabad, chennai, ahmedabad, allahabad, bhubaneswar, coimbatore, gurgaon, guwahati, hubli, kanpur, kolkata, ludhiana, mangalore, mysore, noida, pune, goa, chandigarh, lucknow, patna, jaipur, nagpur, rajkot, ranchi, surat, vadodara, varanasi, thane, thiruvananthapuram, us, pakistan, south-asia, uk, europe, china, middle-east, rest-of-world.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /timesofindia/headlines?section=business
- Items in items
- 19
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 4
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 2
| Field | Filled in, of 19 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 19 | median 79 characters |
| url | 19 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com |
| summary | 16 | median 388 characters |
| published_at | 19 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 17 | |
| image_url | 19 | static.toiimg.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Times of India section slug Allowed values: top-stories, india, world, nri, business, cricket, sports, science, environment, tech, education, entertainment, life-style, astrology, auto, mumbai, delhi, bangalore, hyderabad, chennai, ahmedabad, allahabad, bhubaneswar, coimbatore, gurgaon, guwahati, hubli, kanpur, kolkata, ludhiana, mangalore, mysore, noida, pune, goa, chandigarh, lucknow, patna, jaipur, nagpur, rajkot, ranchi, surat, vadodara, varanasi, thane, thiruvananthapuram, us, pakistan, south-asia, uk, europe, china, middle-east, rest-of-world. | top-stories | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/timesofindia/headlines?section=top-stories" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "business",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/example-story/articleshow/134456699.cms",
"summary": "A one-sentence description of the story.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T14:22:47+05:30",
"author": "Jane Reporter"
}
]
}
}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 Times of India 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/timesofindia/headlines?section=top-stories" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"