Article Search API

nytimes · Media

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With the Article Search API, you can search New York Times articles from Sept. 18, 1851 to today, retrieving headlines, abstracts, lead paragraphs, links to associated multimedia and other article metadata. Note: In URI examples and field names, italics indicate placeholders for variables or values. Brackets [ ] indicate optional items. Parentheses ( ) are not a convention — when URIs include parentheses, interpret them literally.

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Sample Requests

GET Article Search

Article Search requests use the following URI structure:

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/article_search/1.0.0/articlesearch.json?q=test&fl=example&fq=example&hl=false&page=0&sort=newest&end_date=2024-12-31&begin_date=example&facet_field=example&facet_filter=false

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/article_search/1.0.0/articlesearch.json?q=test&fl=example&fq=example&hl=false&page=0&sort=newest&end_date=2024-12-31&begin_date=example&facet_field=example&facet_filter=false"

import requests
params = {
    "q": "test",
    "fl": "example",
    "fq": "example",
    "hl": "false",
    "page": "0",
    "sort": "newest",
    "end_date": "2024-12-31",
    "begin_date": "example",
    "facet_field": "example",
    "facet_filter": "false"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/article_search/1.0.0/articlesearch.json",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/article_search/1.0.0/articlesearch.json');
url.searchParams.set('q', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('fl', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('fq', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('hl', 'false');
url.searchParams.set('page', '0');
url.searchParams.set('sort', 'newest');
url.searchParams.set('end_date', '2024-12-31');
url.searchParams.set('begin_date', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('facet_field', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('facet_filter', 'false');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/article_search/1.0.0/articlesearch.json")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("q", "test")
	q.Set("fl", "example")
	q.Set("fq", "example")
	q.Set("hl", "false")
	q.Set("page", "0")
	q.Set("sort", "newest")
	q.Set("end_date", "2024-12-31")
	q.Set("begin_date", "example")
	q.Set("facet_field", "example")
	q.Set("facet_filter", "false")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/article_search/1.0.0/articlesearch.json")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "q" => "test",
  "fl" => "example",
  "fq" => "example",
  "hl" => "false",
  "page" => "0",
  "sort" => "newest",
  "end_date" => "2024-12-31",
  "begin_date" => "example",
  "facet_field" => "example",
  "facet_filter" => "false"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/article_search/1.0.0/articlesearch.json?" . http_build_query([
    "q" => "test",
    "fl" => "example",
    "fq" => "example",
    "hl" => "false",
    "page" => "0",
    "sort" => "newest",
    "end_date" => "2024-12-31",
    "begin_date" => "example",
    "facet_field" => "example",
    "facet_filter" => "false"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Article Search API?

Article Search API is a Media API. Developers commonly use media APIs for:

storing and delivering images, video, and audio
building digital asset management and media libraries
transcoding and optimising media for the web
adding video streaming and playback to your app
automating content tagging and metadata extraction

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Article Search API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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