The New York Times Archive API

openapi: 3.0.0
servers:
  - url: http://api.nytimes.com/svc/archive/v1
  - url: https://api.nytimes.com/svc/archive/v1
info:
  description: The Archive API provides lists of NYT articles by month going back to 1851.  You can use it to build your own local database of NYT article metadata.
  termsOfService: http://developer.nytimes.com/tou
  title: The New York Times Archive API
  version: 1.0.0
  x-apiClientRegistration:
    url: http://developer.nytimes.com/signup
  x-apisguru-categories:
    - media
    - open_data
  x-logo:
    url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/cache/logo/https_static01.nyt.com_images_icons_t_logo_291_black.png
  x-origin:
    - format: openapi
      url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nytimes/public_api_specs/master/archive_api/archive_api.json
      version: "3.0"
  x-providerName: nytimes.com
  x-serviceName: archive
externalDocs:
  url: http://developer.nytimes.com/
security:
  - apikey: []
paths:
  "/{year}/{month}.json":
    get:
      description: |
        The Archive API provides lists of NYT articles by month going back to 1851.  Simply pass in the year and month you want and it returns a JSON object with all articles for that month.
      parameters:
        - description: The year (e.g. 2016).
          in: path
          name: year
          required: true
          schema:
            default: "2016"
            format: int32
            maximum: 2030
            minimum: 1851
            type: integer
          x-consoleDefault: "2016"
        - description: The month number (e.g. 1 for January).
          in: path
          name: month
          required: true
          schema:
            default: "1"
            format: int32
            maximum: 12
            minimum: 1
            type: integer
          x-consoleDefault: "1"
      responses:
        "200":
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  response:
                    properties:
                      docs:
                        items:
                          $ref: "#/components/schemas/Doc"
                        type: array
                      meta:
                        properties:
                          hits:
                            type: integer
                          offset:
                            type: integer
                          time:
                            type: integer
                        type: object
                    type: object
                type: object
          description: The docs requested.
      summary: The New York Times Archive API
      tags:
        - Archive
components:
  schemas:
    Doc:
      properties:
        _id:
          type: string
        abstract:
          type: string
        blog:
          items: {}
          type: array
        byline:
          properties:
            organization:
              type: string
            original:
              type: string
            person:
              items: {}
              type: array
          type: object
        document_type:
          type: string
        headline:
          properties:
            kicker:
              type: string
            main:
              type: string
          type: object
        keywords:
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            rank:
              type: string
            value:
              type: string
          type: object
        lead_paragraph:
          type: string
        multimedia:
          items:
            properties:
              caption:
                type: string
              copyright:
                type: string
              format:
                type: string
              height:
                type: integer
              subtype:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
              url:
                type: string
              width:
                type: integer
            type: object
          type: array
        news_desk:
          type: string
        print_page:
          type: string
        pub_date:
          type: string
        section_name:
          type: string
        slideshow_credits:
          type: string
        snippet:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
        subsection_name:
          type: string
        type_of_material:
          type: string
        web_url:
          type: string
        word_count:
          type: string
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    apikey:
      in: query
      name: api-key
      type: apiKey
tags:
  - name: Archive