{"repo":"tharustack/Hiru-News-API","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/tharustack/Hiru-News-API","clone":"git clone https://github.com/tharustack/Hiru-News-API.git","description":"🇱🇰 Production-ready REST API for Hiru News (hirunews.lk). Real-time Sinhala news with full-text extraction, images & categorization. Deployed on Vercel.","language":"JavaScript","stars":14,"topics":["hirunews","hirunews-api","hirunewsapi","news-api","news-scraper","sinhala-news","web-scraping","hiru-news-api","hiru-news"],"license":"MIT","category":"scrapers-browser-automation","readme_excerpt":"📰 Hiru News API A production-ready API for scraping and serving news from hirunews.lk - Sri Lanka's most visited news website. Deployed on Vercel with full-text extraction, images, and categorization. Live API: https://hirunews.vercel.app/api --- ✨ Features 🎯 Complete News Extraction - Headlines, summaries, and full article text - Thumbnail and multiple images per article - Categories, dates, and author information - Sinhala and English content support - Word count and content validation 🔌 Multiple API Endpoints - Breaking news & latest updates - Category-specific news (Sports, Business, Entertainment, etc.) - Individual article access by ID - Date-based filtering - Search functionality - Health status check 🚀 Production Ready - Deployed on Vercel (Serverless Functions) - CORS enabled for frontend integration - Error handling & graceful fallbacks - JSON responses with consistent formatting - Fast response times (< 5 seconds) --- 🚀 Quick Start Test the API Frontend Integration (JavaScript) --- 📡 API Endpoints Endpoint Method Description Example ---------- -------- ------------- --------- /api/health GET API status & documentation GET /api/health /api/breaking-news GET Breaking/ticker news GET /api/breaking-news?limit=5 /api/latest-news GET Latest articles GET /api/latest-news?limit=10 /api/article/{id} GET Full article by ID GET /api/article/440221 /api/category/{name} GET News by category GET /api/category/sports?limit=15 /api/date GET News by date GET /api/date?date=20","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/tharustack","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/tharustack/Hiru-News-API/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}