The Guardian API
Overview
The Guardian Content API gives you open access to all articles, multimedia, and structured data published by The Guardian newspaper, organized by tags and sections. It is widely used for building news readers, content analysis tools, and media monitoring applications. The free developer tier provides a generous daily quota and is easy to set up with just an API key.
Beginner Tip
Register for a free developer key at open-platform.theguardian.com and use the /search endpoint with your api-key parameter to start pulling articles. Filter by section (e.g., section=technology) or use the q parameter to search by keyword.
Available Data
Example Response
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"result": "Data from The Guardian",
"description": "Access all the content the Guardian creates, categorised by tags and section",
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
}
} Field Reference
response.status "ok" when the request succeeded, "error" otherwise response.total Total number of articles matching the query response.results[].webTitle Headline of the article as displayed on the Guardian website response.results[].webUrl URL to the full article on theguardian.com response.results[].webPublicationDate ISO 8601 publication date and time of the article response.results[].sectionName Guardian section the article belongs to, such as Technology or Sport Implementation Example
const url = "http://open-platform.theguardian.com/";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
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Partially tested on Apr 5, 2026
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