The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company Most Popular API

The Most Popular API from The New York Times Company — 4 operation(s) for most popular.

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Operations 4

GET /emailed/{period}.json Most emailed articles on NYTimes.com.

GET /shared/{period}.json Most shared articles on NYTimes.com.

GET /shared/{period}/{share_type}.json Most shared articles on NYTimes.com of specified share type.

GET /viewed/{period}.json Most viewed articles on NYTimes.com.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2.0.0
  title: Archive Most Popular API
  description: 'The Archive API returns an array of NYT articles for a given month, going back to 1851.  Its response fields are the same as the Article Search API. The Archive API is very useful if you want to build your own database of NYT article metadata. You simply pass the API the year and month and it returns a JSON object with all articles for that month.  The response size can be large (~20mb).


    ```

    /{year}/{month}.json

    ```


    ## Example Call

    ```

    https://api.nytimes.com/svc/archive/v1/2019/1.json?api-key=yourkey

    ```

    '
servers:
- url: https://api.nytimes.com/svc/archive/v1
security:
- apikey: []
tags:
- name: Most Popular
paths:
  /emailed/{period}.json:
    get:
      summary: Most emailed articles on NYTimes.com.
      description: 'Returns an array of the most emailed articles on NYTimes.com for specified period of time (1 day, 7 days, or 30 days).

        '
      parameters:
      - name: period
        in: path
        description: 'Time period: 1, 7, or 30 days.'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 1
          - 7
          - 30
          default: 1
      tags:
      - Most Popular
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An array of articles.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                  copyright:
                    type: string
                  num_results:
                    type: integer
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailedArticle'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized request.  Make sure api-key is set.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.  You reached your per minute or per day rate limit.
  /shared/{period}.json:
    get:
      summary: Most shared articles on NYTimes.com.
      description: 'Returns an array of the most shared articles on NYTimes.com for specified period of time (1 day, 7 days, or 30 days).

        '
      parameters:
      - name: period
        in: path
        description: 'Time period: 1, 7, or 30 days.'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 1
          - 7
          - 30
          default: 1
      tags:
      - Most Popular
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An array of articles.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                  copyright:
                    type: string
                  num_results:
                    type: integer
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SharedArticle'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized request.  Make sure api-key is set.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.  You reached your per minute or per day rate limit.
  /shared/{period}/{share_type}.json:
    get:
      summary: Most shared articles on NYTimes.com of specified share type.
      description: 'Returns an array of the most shared articles by share type on NYTimes.com for specified period of time (1 day, 7 days, or 30 days).

        '
      parameters:
      - name: period
        in: path
        description: 'Time period: 1, 7, or 30 days.'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 1
          - 7
          - 30
          default: 1
      - name: share_type
        in: path
        description: 'Share type: email, facebook, or twitter.'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - email
          - facebook
          - twitter
          default: facebook
      tags:
      - Most Popular
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An array of articles.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                  copyright:
                    type: string
                  num_results:
                    type: integer
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SharedArticle'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized request.  Make sure api-key is set.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.  You reached your per minute or per day rate limit.
  /viewed/{period}.json:
    get:
      summary: Most viewed articles on NYTimes.com.
      description: 'Returns an array of the most viewed articles on NYTimes.com for specified period of time (1 day, 7 days, or 30 days).

        '
      parameters:
      - name: period
        in: path
        description: 'Time period: 1, 7, or 30 days.'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 1
          - 7
          - 30
          default: 1
      tags:
      - Most Popular
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An array of articles.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                  copyright:
                    type: string
                  num_results:
                    type: integer
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ViewedArticle'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized request.  Make sure api-key is set.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.  You reached your per minute or per day rate limit.
components:
  schemas:
    EmailedArticle:
      type: object
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
        adx_keywords:
          type: string
        subsection:
          type: string
        email_count:
          type: integer
        count_type:
          type: string
        column:
          type: string
        eta_id:
          type: integer
        section:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
        asset_id:
          type: integer
        nytdsection:
          type: string
        byline:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        abstract:
          type: string
        published_date:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
        updated:
          type: string
        des_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        org_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        per_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        geo_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        media:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Media'
        uri:
          type: string
    SharedArticle:
      type: object
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
        adx_keywords:
          type: string
        subsection:
          type: string
        share_count:
          type: integer
        count_type:
          type: string
        column:
          type: string
        eta_id:
          type: integer
        section:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
        asset_id:
          type: integer
        nytdsection:
          type: string
        byline:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        abstract:
          type: string
        published_date:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
        updated:
          type: string
        des_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        org_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        per_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        geo_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        media:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Media'
        uri:
          type: string
    ViewedArticle:
      type: object
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
        adx_keywords:
          type: string
        column:
          type: string
        section:
          type: string
        byline:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        abstract:
          type: string
        published_date:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
        asset_id:
          type: integer
        views:
          type: integer
        des_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        org_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        per_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        geo_facet:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        media:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Media'
        uri:
          type: string
    Media:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        subtype:
          type: string
        caption:
          type: string
        copyright:
          type: string
        approved_for_syndication:
          type: boolean
        media-metadata:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MediaMetadata'
    MediaMetadata:
      type: object
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
        format:
          type: string
        height:
          type: integer
        width:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    apikey:
      type: apiKey
      name: api-key
      in: query

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