---
title: "Get today's Kicker"
method: GET
path: "/kicker/today"
tags: ["Homepage"]
---

# Get today's Kicker

`GET /kicker/today`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://dev.theverge.com:3002/api`
- URL: `http://dev.theverge.com:3002/api/kicker/today`
- Auth: none declared

Returns the resolved Kicker module payload for The Verge homepage.

## Query parameters

- `kickerDate` string
- `kickerVariant` string
- `kickerSeries` string
- `kickerFixture` string

## Response `200`

Kicker resolved successfully

- object
  - `data` KickerTodayResponse, required
    - `kicker` ResolvedKickerBase, required
      - `date` string, required
      - `version` number, required
      - `source` 'seeded-series' | 'editorial' | 'metrics' | 'fixture', required
      - `sourceId` string, required
      - `variant` 'series', required
      - `payload` KickerSeriesPayload, required
        - `seriesId` 'decoder' | 'vergecast' | 'version-history' | 'optimizer' | 'notepad' | 'installer' | 'stepback', required
        - `seriesType` 'newsletter' | 'podcast', required
        - `title` string, required
        - `headline` string
        - `dek` string: The latest post's dek (standfirst), plain text.
        - `authorName` string
        - `publishedAt` string
        - `path` string, required
        - `permalink` string
        - `ctaLabel` string, required
        - `visualTheme` 'dark' | 'light', required
        - `video` union
          - object
            - `kind` 'volume', required
            - `uuid` string, required
            - `player` string, required
            - `posterUrl` string
            - `title` string
          - object
            - `kind` 'embed', required
            - `provider` string, required
            - `html` string, required
            - `url` string
      - `resolvedAt` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input parameters
- `500`: Internal server error

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