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The Guardian

Search Guardian articles, tags, and sections

📚 Open DataUNMONITOREDchecked 44 min ago
AUTH APIKEYCORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

The Guardian Open Platform exposes search, tags, and section feeds as JSON. Developer key required (free for non-commercial use); responses include web URL, headline, and body fields.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://content.guardianapis.com/search?show-fields=headline&page-size=1&api-key=test

{
  "response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "userTier": "developer",
    "total": 2678048,
    "startIndex": 1,
    "pageSize": 1,
    "currentPage": 1,
    "pages": 2678048,
    "orderBy": "newest"
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://content.guardianapis.com/search?show-fields=headline&page-size=1&api-key=test"
const res = await fetch("https://content.guardianapis.com/search?show-fields=headline&page-size=1&api-key=test");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://content.guardianapis.com/search?show-fields=headline&page-size=1&api-key=test")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
First rollup pending — GET /search?show-fields=headline&page-size=1&api-key=test has been probed
GET/search?show-fields=headline&page-size=1&api-key=testPROBED

Search Guardian articles, tags, and sections

GET/search?limit=5

Search by query parameters.

GET/search?page=1

Search by query parameters.

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.

The Guardian: common questions

Is The Guardian free to use?

Yes — The Guardian is a free open data API. Free tier: Free developer key — registration required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does The Guardian need an API key?

Yes — The Guardian needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: 5000 calls/day (developer tier).

Can I call The Guardian from the browser?

Yes — The Guardian 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 The Guardian up right now?

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