---
title: "Get IOL top stories"
method: GET
path: "/iol/news"
tags: ["IOL"]
---

# Get IOL top stories

`GET /iol/news`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/iol/news`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns the 30 newest stories from IOL (Independent Online, South Africa), with no parameters. Each item has its title, canonical article URL, short summary, publication time, author byline and lead image.

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsNewsResponseDoc
  - `data` NewsplatformNewsResponse
    - `items` NewsplatformHeadlineItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `type` string
      - `url` string

## Other responses

- `503`: Service Unavailable

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