sumitkolhe / techcrunch-api

:computer: An unofficial API for TechCrunch.com

💻 TechCrunch API

An Unofficial API for TechCrunch to fetch all the articles/news from Techcrunch.com.

🏷️ Description

This API currently supports two routes.

1. All - All the latest articles/news that is posted on Techcrunch.

2. Articles by tag - Articles/news by particular tag.

🔍 Usage

All Articles/News

Make a GETrequest to https://techcrunch.vercel.app/articles

Response Format

The response JSON Object looks something like this -

{
  "total": 20,
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "Netflix tests new low-cost subscription plan in India",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/21/netflix-tests-new-low-cost-subscription-plan-in-india/",
      "timestamp": "2020-07-21T02:52:33-07:00",
      "description": "",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1065115112.jpg",
      "author": [
        "Manish Singh"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Russia’s BestDoctor attracts international investors for its $4.5M round",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/21/russias-bestdoctor-attracts-international-investors-for-its-4-5m-round/",
      "timestamp": "2020-07-21T02:45:53-07:00",
      "description": "The private medical insurance market is expanding year on year by over 5%, and that includes in Russia where the insurance market – which grew by 4% in 2019 – has reached a value of almost $22",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shutterstock_109243421.jpg",
      "author": [
        "Mike Butcher"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Articles/News by Tag

Make a GETrequest to https://techcrunch.vercel.app/articles?tag={tag-name}

Example https://techcrunch.vercel.app/articles?tag=serverless

Response Format

The response JSON Object looks something like this -

{
  "total": 14,
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "Vendia raises $5.1M for its multicloud serverless platform",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/01/vendia-raises-5-1m-for-its-multi-cloud-serverless-platform/",
      "time": "2020-07-01T08:00:17-07:00",
      "content": "When the inventor of AWS Lambda, Tim Wagner, and the former head of blockchain at AWS, Shruthi Rao, co-found a startup, it’s probably worth paying attention. Vendia, as the new venture is called",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-1197243194.jpg?w=300&h=160&crop=1",
      "author": [
        "Frederic Lardinois"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Iguazio brings its data science platform to Azure and Azure Stack",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/08/iguazio-brings-its-data-science-platform-to-azure-and-azure-stack/",
      "time": "2019-05-08T05:00:34-07:00",
      "content": "Iguazio, an end-to-end platform that allows data scientists to take machine learning models from data ingestion to training, testing and production, today announced that it is bringing its solution to",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GettyImages-1072325472.jpg?w=300&h=160&crop=1",
      "author": [
        "Frederic Lardinois"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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👷 Local development

Prerequisites

• NodeJS v10+
• Vercel CLI : To install Vercel CLI globally use npm i -g vercel

Run locally

• Clone the Repo

  git clone https://github.com/sumitkolhe/techcrunch-api
  
  cd techcrunch-api
  

• Install the dependencies

  npm install
  

• Start development server

  npm start
  

• Deploy to your vercel account

  npm run deploy
  

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