USA Today API endpoint
Returns the newest USA Today items for one top-level section, up to 100. `section` is required and takes `news`, `sports`, `entertainment`, `life`, `money`, `tech`, `travel`, `opinion`, `cars`, `shopping`, `weather`, `politics` or `grocery`. Each item has its title, URL, published and updated times, and lead image when there is one.
/usatoday/headlinesQuery parameter: required section, one of news, sports, entertainment, life, money, tech, travel, opinion, cars, shopping, weather, politics, grocery (see /usatoday/sections for the full discovery list).
Returns the newest items from one top-level USA Today section, filtered from the same public news feed as /usatoday/news: title, canonical url, published_at, updated_at, and the lead image_url when available (up to 100 items).
| Field | Filled in, of 100 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 100 | median 70 characters |
| url | 100 | usatoday.com |
| published_at | 100 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| updated_at | 100 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 92 | gannett-cdn.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | Top-level USA Today section Allowed values: news, sports, entertainment, life, money, tech, travel, opinion, cars, shopping, weather, politics, grocery. | news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/usatoday/headlines?section=news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"section": "sports",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/dodgers/2026/09/23/example/91899080007/",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T06:05:07.848Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-23T06:05:14.323Z"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/usatoday.headlinesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | usatoday.HeadlinesResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 5 fields: image_url, published_at, title, updated_at, url. Described under USA Today fresh headlines API. | |||
| data.section | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/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/usatoday/headlines?section=news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"