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Florida Man

10,000+ real 'Florida Man' headlines as static JSON by date

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A tongue-in-cheek but real dataset of Florida Man news headlines, served as static JSON files on GitHub Pages. Fetch every headline for a given calendar date, a whole month, or the full index — each entry carries title, source, date, and extracted keywords. No key, no server, just files.

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GET https://juliayxhuang.github.io/florida-man-api/api/04/23.json

[
  {
    "title": "Florida Man visits Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays",
    "url": "https://www.wcjb.com/2026/04/23/florida-man-visits-tropicana-field-home-tampa-bay-rays/",
    "source": "wcjb.com",
    "date": "2026-04-23",
    "keywords": [
      "florida",
      "visits",
      "tropicana"
    ]
  }
]
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://juliayxhuang.github.io/florida-man-api/api/04/23.json"
const res = await fetch("https://juliayxhuang.github.io/florida-man-api/api/04/23.json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://juliayxhuang.github.io/florida-man-api/api/04/23.json")
print(res.json())
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First rollup pending — GET /api/04/23.json has been probed
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10,000+ real 'Florida Man' headlines as static JSON by date

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/api/headlines.json

Headlines Json — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Florida Man: common questions

Is Florida Man free to use?

Yes — Florida Man is a free open data API. Free tier: Free — static JSON on GitHub Pages, no key. Commercial use is allowed on the free tier.

Does Florida Man need an API key?

No — Florida Man needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished (served via GitHub Pages)).

Can I call Florida Man from the browser?

Yes — Florida Man returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Florida Man up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Florida Man is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.