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The Guardian API: List headlines

Lists the stories on a Guardian section front (top stories, world, UK, US, business, environment, technology, sport or culture) in page order, with the summary and image shown on the front, the publication time (as displayed, else from the story page), and each story's section and authors from its page.

theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)Version 1ReadNo sign-inVerified Nov 2, 2026

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.

Section optionalsection

News section to list, for example world.

top stories

One of top stories, world, UK, US, business, environment, technology, sport, culture. Default top stories.

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum number of stories, for example 20.

20

Whole number from 1 to 50. Default 20.

Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "stories": [    {      "authors": [        "Nick Visser"      ],      "section": "US news",      "summary": "The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast",      "headline": "Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California",      "image_link": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9e5107f1d6a166f37f2f8a6a9f3796bed818b2b4/671_0_6713_5372/master/6713.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4",      "article_link": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave",      "published_at": null    },    {      "authors": [],      "section": "US news",      "summary": null,      "headline": "Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions",      "image_link": null,      "article_link": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/trump-administration-slashes-clean-car-rules",      "published_at": null    },    {      "authors": [        "Sara Sneath"      ],      "section": "US news",      "summary": null,      "headline": "Decades of fossil fuel influence paved way for Trump’s assault on university research, study says",      "image_link": null,      "article_link": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/fossil-fuel-industry-climate-research-universities-study",      "published_at": null    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
theguardian.com/list_headlines
Returns
headline, summary, publication time, authors, section, image link, article link

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Ask your agent

  • What are the top stories on The Guardian right now? Give me the first 10 with headlines, summaries and who wrote them.
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  • I need the current tech headlines in the order they appear on the page, with the image links and the summary blurbs. Just 5 is fine.
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    theguardian.com/search_news
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    theguardian.com/read_article
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    bbc.com/list_headlines
  • Lists The Verge story headlines, including quick posts, in the order shown on a section page. Archive pages are added when more stories are needed.

    theverge.com/list_headlines
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    npr.org/list_headlines
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    reuters.com/list_headlines
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    cnn.com/list_headlines
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    nytimes.com/list_headlines