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Try the The Age section headlines API

Returns the current stories for one The Age section: title, canonical URL, summary, author, publication time, and image where the section lists them. section must be one of the slugs returned by /theage/sections; any other value is rejected with a 400 before The Age is contacted.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 20 items; 5 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /theage/headlines?section=politics%2Ffederal
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, image_url

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-13; url: theage.com.au; title: median 68 characters.

Request: GET /theage/headlines
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

The Age section headlines API documentation The Age platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theage/headlines?section=politics%2Ffederal' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
section	string	Yes	politics/federal	Section slug from /theage/sections

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "politics/federal",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/example-headline-20260925-p61abc.html",
        "summary": "Example summary.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z",
        "author": "Example Reporter"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GET /theage/headlines

Get The Age section headlines

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Required query parameters

section

requiredstring

Section slug from /theage/sections · allowed: melbourne-news, national/victoria, politics, politics/federal, politics/victoria, politics/nsw, politics/queensland, politics/western-australia, business, business/companies, business/markets, business/bullsnbears, business/the-economy, business/banking-and-finance, business/small-business, business/workplace, world, world/north-america, world/europe, world/asia, world/middle-east, world/south-america, world/africa, national, national/nsw, national/queensland, national/western-australia, opinion, property, property/news, property/living, sport, sport/afl, sport/cricket, sport/soccer, sport/racing, sport/tennis, sport/nrl, sport/rugby-union, sport/netball, sport/basketball, sport/motorsport, sport/cycling, sport/golf, sport/nfl, sport/athletics, sport/swimming, sport/boxing, goodfood, goodfood/melbourne-eating-out, goodfood/recipes, goodfood/tips-and-advice, goodfood/drinks, culture, culture/movies, culture/tv-and-radio, culture/music, culture/celebrity, culture/books, culture/comedy, culture/dance, culture/musicals, culture/opera, culture/theatre, culture/art-and-design, culture/live-reviews, lifestyle, lifestyle/health-and-wellness, lifestyle/fashion, lifestyle/life-and-relationships, lifestyle/beauty, traveller, traveller/inspiration/destination-guides, traveller/inspiration, traveller/reviews-and-advice, traveller/travel-news, good-weekend, sunday-life, money, money/super-and-retirement, money/investing, money/banking, money/borrowing, money/saving, money/tax, money/planning-and-budgeting, education, healthcare, environment, environment/conservation, environment/climate-change, environment/sustainability, environment/weather, technology, technology/video-games, australia-higher-education

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "politics/federal",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/example-headline-20260925-p61abc.html",
        "summary": "Example summary.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z",
        "author": "Example Reporter"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the The Age section headlines API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 20 items; 5 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /theage/headlines?section=politics%2Ffederal
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, image_url

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-13; url: theage.com.au; title: median 68 characters.

Request: GET /theage/headlines
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

The Age section headlines API documentation The Age platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theage/headlines?section=politics%2Ffederal' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
section	string	Yes	politics/federal	Section slug from /theage/sections

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "politics/federal",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/example-headline-20260925-p61abc.html",
        "summary": "Example summary.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z",
        "author": "Example Reporter"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More The Age endpoints

Get The Age article content Get an Age journalist profile Get The Age top stories Get The Age sections

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

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Endpoint

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.headlinesResponseDocThe Age

GET /theage/headlines

Get The Age section headlines

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

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API key

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Active Playground key: not configured

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Required query parameters

section

requiredstring

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Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "politics/federal",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/example-headline-20260925-p61abc.html",
        "summary": "Example summary.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z",
        "author": "Example Reporter"
      }
    ]
  }
}