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Try the IOL sections API

Returns the verified IOL section inventory accepted by the headlines endpoint: news, sport, business, lifestyle, entertainment, technology, motoring, travel and opinion, their sub-sections, provincial news and the sister-title feeds.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 123 sections; 3 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /iol/sections
Fields with a value in every checked item: slug, name, url

Sample value profiles: name: “News” and 122 other values; url: iol.co.za.

Request: GET /iol/sections
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

IOL sections API documentation IOL platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/iol/sections' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "sections": [
      {
        "slug": "news",
        "name": "News",
        "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/"
      },
      {
        "slug": "news/africa",
        "name": "News > Africa",
        "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/africa/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More IOL endpoints

Get IOL article content Get an IOL author profile Get IOL section headlines Get IOL top stories

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Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.sectionsResponseDocIOL

GET /iol/sections

Get IOL sections

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "sections": [
      {
        "slug": "news",
        "name": "News",
        "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/"
      },
      {
        "slug": "news/africa",
        "name": "News > Africa",
        "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/africa/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the IOL sections API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 123 sections; 3 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /iol/sections
Fields with a value in every checked item: slug, name, url

Sample value profiles: name: “News” and 122 other values; url: iol.co.za.

Request: GET /iol/sections
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

IOL sections API documentation IOL platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/iol/sections' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "sections": [
      {
        "slug": "news",
        "name": "News",
        "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/"
      },
      {
        "slug": "news/africa",
        "name": "News > Africa",
        "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/africa/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More IOL endpoints

Get IOL article content Get an IOL author profile Get IOL section headlines Get IOL top stories

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

Set up API key Endpoint docs

Endpoint

Choose one catalog endpoint for this request.

1 shown

Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.sectionsResponseDocIOL

GET /iol/sections

Get IOL sections

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "sections": [
      {
        "slug": "news",
        "name": "News",
        "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/"
      },
      {
        "slug": "news/africa",
        "name": "News > Africa",
        "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/africa/"
      }
    ]
  }
}