Is there an API for USA Today?

USA Today does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 7 maintained endpoints for usatoday.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape USA Today data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when usatoday.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a USA Today account?

No. Every USA Today action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the USA Today API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

News Media

USA Today API

usatoday.com

USA Today - headlines, section listings, articles, sports scoreboards, and AI summaries.

Actions: 7
Category: News Media
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

Get an API key Wire API reference

Call the USA Today API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs act_usatoday_homepage_headlines_ssr.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "act_usatoday_homepage_headlines_ssr",
    "params": {}
  }'

7 actions on usatoday.com

Read

Homepage Headlines
act_usatoday_homepage_headlines_ssrread1 credit / call
Returns top front-page headlines with titles, article links, images, and timestamps.
Related Video Listing
act_usatoday_related_video_listingread2 credits / call
Returns related videos for a section with titles, URLs, summaries, durations, and media URLs.
not_ids
string · required
sections
string · required
subsections
string · required
Section Listing
act_usatoday_section_listing_ssrread1 credit / call
Returns headlines for a section with story titles, URLs, and images.
section_path
string · required
Sports Scoreboard
act_usatoday_sports_scoreboard_widgetread1 credit / call
Returns sports scoreboard links per league for the requested leagues.
leagues
string · required
Video Asset Details
act_usatoday_video_asset_detailread1 credit / call
Returns a video's metadata with title, byline, summary, tags, and stream URL by asset id.
asset_id
string · required
Video Media Manifest
act_usatoday_video_media_manifestread1 credit / call
Returns parsed video stream variants and subtitle tracks from an HLS manifest URL.
manifest_url
string · required

Write

Write actions change state on usatoday.com and run as the account you connect.

Search AI Gist
act_usatoday_search_ai_gistwrite2 credits / call
Returns an AI-generated gist of an article with title, summary, and key facts.
pub_video_id
string · required

USA Today API questions

Is there an API for USA Today?: USA Today does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 7 maintained endpoints for usatoday.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape USA Today data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when usatoday.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a USA Today account?: No. Every USA Today action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the USA Today API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.