Community API

nytimes · Media

Media No Auth Free & Open media open_data

Get access to comments from registered users on New York Times articles. NOTE: This API is deprecated.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Comments by Date

Comments by Date

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/by-date.json?date=2026-06-02

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/by-date.json?date=2026-06-02"

import requests
params = {
    "date": "2026-06-02"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/by-date.json",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/by-date.json');
url.searchParams.set('date', '2026-06-02');

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/community/3.0.0/user-content/by-date.json")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("date", "2026-06-02")
	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/community/3.0.0/user-content/by-date.json")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "date" => "2026-06-02"
})

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/community/3.0.0/user-content/by-date.json?" . http_build_query([
    "date" => "2026-06-02"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Comments by URL

Comments by URL

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/url.json?url=https://example.com

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/url.json?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com"

import requests
params = {
    "url": "https://example.com"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/url.json",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/url.json');
url.searchParams.set('url', 'https://example.com');

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/community/3.0.0/user-content/url.json")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("url", "https://example.com")
	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/community/3.0.0/user-content/url.json")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "url" => "https://example.com"
})

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/community/3.0.0/user-content/url.json?" . http_build_query([
    "url" => "https://example.com"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Comments by User

Comments by User

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/user.json?userID=1

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/user.json?userID=1"

import requests
params = {
    "userID": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/user.json",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/nytimes.com/community/3.0.0/user-content/user.json');
url.searchParams.set('userID', '1');

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/community/3.0.0/user-content/user.json")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("userID", "1")
	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/community/3.0.0/user-content/user.json")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "userID" => "1"
})

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/community/3.0.0/user-content/user.json?" . http_build_query([
    "userID" => "1"
]);
$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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