Yardbarker API endpoint
Returns recent Yardbarker story metadata and short summaries from its public homepage. Use /yardbarker/sections to discover the supported sports, team, school, and topic sections.
/yardbarker/newsReturns current Yardbarker top-story cards and short summaries from the public homepage. Only canonical story URLs are returned; quiz links are filtered out, and article bodies are not included.
Start from the checked request: GET /yardbarker/news. Live check on 2026-10-14: 6 items returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url. Observed field variation: summary was populated in 1 of 6; image_url was populated in 1 of 6.
Resolve a returned canonical story URL with Get a Yardbarker article.
| Field | Filled in, of 6 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 6 | median 72 characters |
| url | 6 | yardbarker.com |
| summary | 1 | median 118 characters |
| image_url | 1 | res.cloudinary.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/yardbarker/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Example Yardbarker headline",
"url": "https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/example_story/s1_17730_44366680",
"summary": "A short homepage summary.",
"image_url": "https://images.yardbarker.com/example.jpg"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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/yardbarker/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"