Dawn News Web Scraper API
An API built with
API Documentation
The endpoints of this API have been documented with Swagger
Base URL: <host>:3000/api/v1/
Swagger API Docs: <host>:3000/swagger/index.html
API Usage
This section gives you a brief introduction to the
To query the API for the latest news articles published on Dawn.com
- Endpoint:
<host>:3000/api/v1/latest-news/
The API will respond with the following attributes for each article in JSON format:
- Article title (headline)
- Link to the article on Dawn.Com (url)
- Date and time at which the article was published (timestamp)
- An excerpt of the story contained in the article (excerpt)
Sample JSON Response
[
{
"headline": "Shinzo Abe’s body returns to his home as Japan grieves for slain ex-PM",
"url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/1699005/shinzo-abes-body-returns-to-his-home-as-japan-grieves-for-slain-ex-pm",
"timestamp": "2022-07-09 04:26 PM",
"excerpt": "Abe, 67, served twice as prime minister, stepping down citing ill health on both occasions."
},
{
"headline": "Sri Lanka protesters storm president's house after clashing with police",
"url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/1698986/sri-lanka-protesters-storm-presidents-house-after-clashing-with-police",
"timestamp": "2022-07-09 03:11 PM",
"excerpt": "PM summons emergency meeting; at least 21 people, including two policemen, have been injured in the ongoing protests."
},
{
"headline": "US, Chinese foreign ministers hold first in person talks since October",
"url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/1698981/us-chinese-foreign-ministers-hold-first-in-person-talks-since-october",
"timestamp": "2022-07-09 12:12 PM",
"excerpt": "Officials say the meeting aimed at keeping difficult US relationship with China stable."
},
{
"headline": "Sopranos actor Tony Sirico dies at age 79",
"url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/1698979/sopranos-actor-tony-sirico-dies-at-age-79",
"timestamp": "2022-07-09 10:48 AM",
"excerpt": "He was known for playing Paulie Walnuts, a mobster in the hit show that started in 1999."
},
{
"headline": "Twitter vows legal fight after Elon Musk pulls out of $44bn deal",
"url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/1698978/twitter-vows-legal-fight-after-elon-musk-pulls-out-of-44bn-deal",
"timestamp": "2022-07-09 04:27 PM",
"excerpt": "\"Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk,\" says chairman Bret Taylor."
}
]To query the information for a news article published on Dawn.com
- Each article is identified by a unique ID
- For instance: https://www.dawn.com/news/1698978
- The number followed by "https://www.dawn.com/news/" is this article's ID
- Pass this ID as a parameter to the Dawn News API as follows:
<host>:3000/api/v1/article/1698978
The API will respond with the following attributes for the queried article in JSON format:
- Article title (title)
- Link to the article on Dawn.Com (url)
- Date and time at which the article was published (timestamp)
- Story contained in the article (story)
Sample JSON Response
{
"title": "Twitter vows legal fight after Elon Musk pulls out of $44bn deal",
"url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/1698978/twitter-vows-legal-fight-after-elon-musk-pulls-out-of-44bn-deal",
"timestamp": "2022-07-09 04:27 PM",
"story": "Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, has said he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement..."
}