The New York Times APIs

by developer.nytimes.com

Publishers and feeds Added on October 31st, 2026 Checked and working on November 2nd, 2026

What it does

The New York Times offers a set of free APIs: Article Search for articles back to 1851, Top Stories per section, Most Popular articles, the Books API with the bestseller lists, the Times Wire for the newest articles, the Archive by month, and more. Responses are JSON. Free, with a free API key and a daily request limit.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Needed, free · More APIs with a free key
Pricing: Free, with a free API key and a daily request limit.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: developer.nytimes.com
Last checked: Working on November 2nd, 2026

More information: https://developer.nytimes.com/apis

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v2/articlesearch.json?q=london&api-key=YOUR_API_KEY'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v2/articlesearch.json?q=london&api-key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v2/articlesearch.json?q=london&api-key=YOUR_API_KEY",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your own key. The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.