Tom's Guide API endpoint
Returns the current headlines for one Tom's Guide section. `section` is required and takes one of 22 slugs, such as `ai`, `audio`, `deals`, `how-to`, `news`, `reviews`, `tvs` or `phones`. Each item has its title, URL, summary, author, publication time and image.
/tomsguide/headlinesQuery parameter: section is required and must be one of ai, audio, best-picks, cameras-photography, computing, deals, entertainment, face-off, gaming, home, how-to, mattresses, news, reference, reviews, sales-events, tech, tech-events, tvs, vehicle-tech, wellness, or phones.
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 10 | median 85 characters |
| url | 10 | tomsguide.com |
| summary | 10 | median 140 characters |
| published_at | 10 | 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 10 | |
| image_url | 10 | cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Tom's Guide section slug Allowed values: ai, audio, best-picks, cameras-photography, computing, deals, entertainment, face-off, gaming, home, how-to, mattresses, news, reference, reviews, sales-events, tech, tech-events, tvs, vehicle-tech, wellness, phones. | ai | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/tomsguide/headlines?section=ai" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "phones",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/example-article-slug"
}
]
}
}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 Tom's Guide top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/tomsguide/headlines?section=ai" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"