# The New York Times

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/the-new-york-times/  
**Website:** https://nytimes.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

The New York Times is one of the world's most respected news organizations, providing comprehensive journalism across politics, culture, business, science, health, and the arts since 1851. The NYT Developer Network exposes a suite of RESTful APIs enabling developers to search and access NYT articles, best-seller book lists, movie reviews, semantic metadata, top stories, and popular content. All APIs require an API key obtained from the NYT Developer Portal.

## Kin Score — 44.5 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 44.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 47.5 |
| Governance | 69.7 |
| Contract Governance | 69.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 22.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **The New York Times Archive API** — The Archive API from The New York Times — 1 operation(s) for archive.
- **The New York Times Content API** — The Content API from The New York Times — 3 operation(s) for content.
- **The New York Times Movies API** — The Movies API from The New York Times — 3 operation(s) for movies.
- **The New York Times Name API** — The Name API from The New York Times — 1 operation(s) for name.
- **The New York Times Search API** — The Search API from The New York Times — 1 operation(s) for search.
- **The New York Times Stories API** — The Stories API from The New York Times — 2 operation(s) for stories.
- **The New York Times Timestags API** — The Timestags API from The New York Times — 1 operation(s) for timestags.

## Agentic access (1)

- **The New York Times Agentic Access** — 12 operations

## Security (3)

- **The New York Times Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **The New York Times Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **The New York Times Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **The New York Times Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Articles, Books, Movies, News, Media, Publishing, Journalism

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