USA Today API endpoint
Returns the newest window of USA Today's public news feed: title, canonical URL, publication and update times, and the lead image when USA Today publishes one.
/usatoday/newsTakes no parameters.
Returns the newest window of USA Today's public news feed: title, canonical url, published_at, updated_at, and the lead image_url when USA Today publishes one. The feed does not support a pagination parameter, so this always returns the same bounded set of the newest items (up to 100).
| Field | Filled in, of 100 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 100 | median 69 characters |
| url | 100 | usatoday.com |
| published_at | 100 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| updated_at | 100 | 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 91 | gannett-cdn.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/usatoday/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"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",
"image_url": "https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/authoring-images/2026/09/23/USAT/example.JPG"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/usatoday.newsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | usatoday.NewsResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].updated_at | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 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/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"