OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: The Guardian Content Sections API
description: The Guardian's Open Platform Content API provides free access to all content published on theguardian.com. Search for articles, browse sections and tags, retrieve specific content items, and access edition-specific content. Supports filtering by date, section, tag, and more.
version: 2.0.0
contact:
name: The Guardian Open Platform
url: https://open-platform.theguardian.com/
termsOfService: https://open-platform.theguardian.com/access/
x-jentic-source-url: https://open-platform.theguardian.com/
servers:
- url: https://content.guardianapis.com
description: Guardian Content API Production Server
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Sections
description: Browse Guardian sections
paths:
/sections:
get:
operationId: getSections
summary: List all sections
description: Retrieve all Guardian sections. Sections represent the major content categories like News, Sport, Culture, etc.
tags:
- Sections
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
description: Search query for section names
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response with sections
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SectionsResponse'
components:
schemas:
SectionsResponse:
type: object
properties:
response:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
userTier:
type: string
total:
type: integer
results:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Section'
Section:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
webTitle:
type: string
webUrl:
type: string
format: uri
apiUrl:
type: string
format: uri
editions:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
webTitle:
type: string
webUrl:
type: string
format: uri
apiUrl:
type: string
format: uri
code:
type: string
securitySchemes:
apiKeyQuery:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: api-key
description: API key obtained from https://open-platform.theguardian.com/access/. A test key 'test' is available for development.