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Times of India API endpoint
Times of India sections API
Lists the 55 Times of India sections that the headlines endpoint accepts, covering national and international topics such as `india`, `world`, `business` and `cricket`, and India city editions such as `mumbai`, `delhi` and `bangalore`. Each entry has a `slug`, a display `name` and the section feed `url`.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestTimes of Indiapublicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
Times of India/timesofindia/sectionsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /timesofindia/sections
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Times of India
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.sectionsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns Times of India's complete public section inventory (55 sections, live-verified against the site's own public RSS feed directory at https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rss.cms), the value space accepted by /api/v1/timesofindia/headlines. Includes national/international topical sections (india, world, business, cricket, sports, ...) and India city editions (mumbai, delhi, bangalore, ...).
Each section includes a stable slug, display name, and the public upstream RSS feed url for that section.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /timesofindia/sections
- Items in sections
- 55
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 55 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| slug | 55 | |
| name | 55 | “Top Stories” and 54 other values |
| url | 55 | timesofindia.indiatimes.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/timesofindia/sections" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"sections": [
{
"slug": "business",
"name": "Business",
"url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rssfeeds/1898055.cms"
}
]
}
}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/timesofindia/sections" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"