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ZDNet API endpoint
ZDNet section headlines API
Lists fresh ZDNet headlines for one topic or content type. `section` is required and takes a slug such as `artificial-intelligence`, `security`, `smartphones`, `vpn`, `how-to` or `news`; `zdnet-sections` lists all of them. Video pages are dropped, and an invalid value returns a 400 error.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestZDNetpublicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
ZDNet/zdnet/headlinesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /zdnet/headlines
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- ZDNet
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: section is required and must be one of 5g, amazon, android, apple, ar-vr, artificial-intelligence, broadband, business, cloud, cloud-storage, collaboration, companies, computers-tech, computing, creativity-software, cyber-threats, data-centers, data-management, deals, digital-transformation, e-commerce, education, energy, enterprise-software, events, finance, fitness-bands, gaming, gaming-accessories, gaming-devices, google, hardware, headphones, health, home-and-office, home-entertainment, home-networking, home-security, how-to, innovation, ios, ipad, iphone, kitchen-household, laptops, linux, mac-os, magsafe-accessories, microsoft, mobile-accessories, mobile-carriers, mobile-os, networking, news, office-hardware-appliances, open-source, operating-systems, password-manager, pcs, photo-video, power-banks-and-batteries, productivity, projectors, quantum-computing, robot-vacuums, samsung, security, servers, services-software, sleep, smart-assistants, smart-glasses, smart-home, smart-rings, smart-watches, smartphones, social-media, space, speakers, storage, streaming-devices, streaming-services, tablets, taxes, tech, tools, transportation, tvs, video-conferencing, video-streaming-services, vpn, wearables, web-hosting, windows, windows-11, work-life, yard-outdoors. Use zdnet-sections to list them with display names. Video pages are dropped from the results. Invalid values return a 400 error.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /zdnet/headlines?section=security
- Items in items
- 9
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 9 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 9 | median 77 characters |
| url | 9 | zdnet.com |
| summary | 9 | median 121 characters |
| published_at | 9 | 2026-06-10 to 2026-09-30 |
| author | 9 |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | ZDNet topic or content-type slug Allowed values: 5g, amazon, android, apple, ar-vr, artificial-intelligence, broadband, business, cloud, cloud-storage, collaboration, companies, computers-tech, computing, creativity-software, cyber-threats, data-centers, data-management, deals, digital-transformation, e-commerce, education, energy, enterprise-software, events, finance, fitness-bands, gaming, gaming-accessories, gaming-devices, google, hardware, headphones, health, home-and-office, home-entertainment, home-networking, home-security, how-to, innovation, ios, ipad, iphone, kitchen-household, laptops, linux, mac-os, magsafe-accessories, microsoft, mobile-accessories, mobile-carriers, mobile-os, networking, news, office-hardware-appliances, open-source, operating-systems, password-manager, pcs, photo-video, power-banks-and-batteries, productivity, projectors, quantum-computing, robot-vacuums, samsung, security, servers, services-software, sleep, smart-assistants, smart-glasses, smart-home, smart-rings, smart-watches, smartphones, social-media, space, speakers, storage, streaming-devices, streaming-services, tablets, taxes, tech, tools, transportation, tvs, video-conferencing, video-streaming-services, vpn, wearables, web-hosting, windows, windows-11, work-life, yard-outdoors. | 5g | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/zdnet/headlines?section=5g" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "security",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.zdnet.com/article/example-article",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T11:31:01Z"
}
]
}
}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 ZDNet top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 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/zdnet/headlines?section=5g" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"