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Try the Townhall top stories API

Returns the latest Townhall stories, news and opinion columns mixed, newest first, about 50 items. Each has its title, URL, short summary, publication time, author byline and lead image. Video pages are left out. Takes no parameters.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 50 items; 6 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /townhall/news
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-13; url: townhall.com; title: median 73 characters.

Request: GET /townhall/news
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.newsResponseDocTownhall

GET /townhall/news

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Townhall top stories API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 50 items; 6 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /townhall/news
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-13; url: townhall.com; title: median 73 characters.

Request: GET /townhall/news
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More Townhall endpoints

Get Townhall article content Get a Townhall author profile Get Townhall section headlines Get Townhall sections

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Endpoint

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.newsResponseDocTownhall

GET /townhall/news

Get Townhall top stories

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API key

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

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Active Playground key: not configured

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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": {
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
        "url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
        "summary": "The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
        "author": "Amy Curtis",
        "image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a.png"
      }
    ]
  }
}