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Try the New York Times navigation categories API

Lists the public New York Times editorial navigation taxonomy, including top-level categories and nested destinations. Use /nyt/sections for the separately verified RSS-backed section values accepted by /nyt/headlines; product links, newsletters, and podcasts are not included as article categories.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 12 categories; 3 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

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

Sample value profiles: name: “U.S.” and 11 other values; url: nytimes.com and 1 other host; sections: median 9 entries.

Request: GET /nyt/categories
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

New York Times navigation categories API documentation New York Times platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "slug": "us",
        "name": "U.S.",
        "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/us",
        "sections": [
          {
            "slug": "politics",
            "name": "Politics",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/politics"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey1 credit/requestnyt.categoriesResponseDocNew York Times

GET /nyt/categories

List New York Times navigation categories

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "slug": "us",
        "name": "U.S.",
        "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/us",
        "sections": [
          {
            "slug": "politics",
            "name": "Politics",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/politics"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the New York Times navigation categories API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 12 categories; 3 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

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

Sample value profiles: name: “U.S.” and 11 other values; url: nytimes.com and 1 other host; sections: median 9 entries.

Request: GET /nyt/categories
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

New York Times navigation categories API documentation New York Times platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "slug": "us",
        "name": "U.S.",
        "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/us",
        "sections": [
          {
            "slug": "politics",
            "name": "Politics",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/politics"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

More New York Times endpoints

Get a New York Times article's content Get a New York Times contributor profile Get the latest stories in a New York Times section List New York Times sections

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.

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Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestnyt.categoriesResponseDocNew York Times

GET /nyt/categories

List New York Times navigation categories

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

Manage API keys in Console

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "slug": "us",
        "name": "U.S.",
        "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/us",
        "sections": [
          {
            "slug": "politics",
            "name": "Politics",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/politics"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}