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Vanguard top stories API

Returns the latest 20 Vanguard (Nigeria) stories with no parameters. Each has a title, URL, summary, publication time and image where available. `author` is the site's account name, often a desk account such as `Nwafor`; use `vanguardng-article` for the on-page byline.

GETapiKey1 credit/requestVanguardpublicnews.newsResponseDoc/vanguardng/news

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /vanguardng/news
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Vanguard
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc

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How this endpoint behaves

Returns the latest 20 stories from Vanguard's (vanguardngr.com, Nigeria) public site-wide RSS feed: title, url, summary, published_at, author and image_url where the feed carries them. author is the site's account name and is often a desk account such as Nwafor; use vanguardng-article for the on-page byline. Each call makes one upstream request.

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /vanguardng/news
Items in items: 20
Fields filled in every checked item: 5

Field	Filled in, of 20 checked	Values in the sample
title	20	median 64 characters
url	20	vanguardngr.com
summary	20	median 333 characters
published_at	20	2026-10-13
author	20

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/vanguardng/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Nigeria’s trauma burden calls for coordinated care — Orthopaedic surgeons",
        "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/nigerias-trauma-burden-calls-for-coordinated-care-orthopaedic-surgeons",
        "summary": "By Chioma Obinna Experts in orthopaedic and trauma care have called for a fundamental shift…",
        "published_at": "2026-09-25T00:46:00Z",
        "author": "Nwafor"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	newsplatform.NewsResponse	No
data.items	array	No
data.items[].author	string	No
data.items[].image_url	string	No
data.items[].published_at	string	No
data.items[].summary	string	No
data.items[].title	string	No
data.items[].type	string	No
data.items[].url	string	No

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
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/vanguardng/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Vanguard API endpoint

Vanguard top stories API

GETapiKey1 credit/requestVanguardpublicnews.newsResponseDoc/vanguardng/news

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /vanguardng/news
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Vanguard
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc

Vanguard Scraper API Try Vanguard top stories API in Playground Vanguard API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /vanguardng/news
Items in items: 20
Fields filled in every checked item: 5

Field	Filled in, of 20 checked	Values in the sample
title	20	median 64 characters
url	20	vanguardngr.com
summary	20	median 333 characters
published_at	20	2026-10-13
author	20

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/vanguardng/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Nigeria’s trauma burden calls for coordinated care — Orthopaedic surgeons",
        "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/nigerias-trauma-burden-calls-for-coordinated-care-orthopaedic-surgeons",
        "summary": "By Chioma Obinna Experts in orthopaedic and trauma care have called for a fundamental shift…",
        "published_at": "2026-09-25T00:46:00Z",
        "author": "Nwafor"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	newsplatform.NewsResponse	No
data.items	array	No
data.items[].author	string	No
data.items[].image_url	string	No
data.items[].published_at	string	No
data.items[].summary	string	No
data.items[].title	string	No
data.items[].type	string	No
data.items[].url	string	No

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
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/vanguardng/news" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Vanguard top stories API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

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Vanguard top stories API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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