New York Times API
Provides access to New York Times content including article search, top stories, most popular articles, bestseller lists, and archive data.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
HTTPS enforced; API key in query param risks logging; no per-key scopes or read/write separation
⚡ Reliability
Best When
Building apps that specifically feature NYT journalism, books data, or need deep historical article search.
Avoid When
You need broad multi-source news aggregation or full article body text without NYT subscription integration.
Use Cases
- • Searching NYT article archive (since 1851)
- • Fetching top stories by section
- • Tracking NYT bestseller lists
- • Analyzing most-emailed/shared/viewed articles
- • News app content features powered by NYT editorial
Not For
- • Full article text without a NYT subscription
- • Real-time wire news from non-NYT sources
- • High-volume production scraping without enterprise agreement
Interface
Authentication
Single API key via query parameter; separate keys per API product in developer portal
Pricing
Free with registration; generous for most non-commercial use cases; commercial use requires agreement with NYT
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ 5 req/min rate limit easily exceeded by agents making parallel calls
- ⚠ Separate API keys required per product (Article Search, Top Stories, etc.)
- ⚠ Full article body not available; agents receive abstracts only
- ⚠ Archive API returns raw metadata that requires parsing
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.