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AFAR Media API, RSS and sitemap

Every article AFAR Media publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 248 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

United StatesEnglish#12,236 by volume

Four ways to pull afar.com

All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from afar.com, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.afar.com&size=20"open it →

RSS Subscribe in any reader

The same articles as an RSS 2.0 feed. Works in Feedly, Inoreader, Thunderbird — anywhere.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/rss?host=www.afar.com&size=50"open it →

JSON Feed For apps

JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/feed.json?host=www.afar.com&size=50"open it →

Trimmed For agents

Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.afar.com&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and AFAR Media headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.afar.com&size=5"
248
articles indexed
90
in the last 30 days
3
median per day
1
languages
829 min
median crawl lag
22.06 → 18.09
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 64 days. The busiest hour is 00:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-06-22: 1 articles2026-06-23: 4 articles2026-06-24: 2 articles2026-06-26: 6 articles2026-06-27: 1 articles2026-06-29: 4 articles2026-06-30: 6 articles2026-07-01: 2 articles2026-07-02: 1 articles2026-07-06: 3 articles2026-07-07: 2 articles2026-07-08: 2 articles2026-07-09: 2 articles2026-07-10: 2 articles2026-07-13: 3 articles2026-07-14: 6 articles2026-07-15: 1 articles2026-07-16: 4 articles2026-07-17: 3 articles2026-07-20: 2 articles2026-07-21: 4 articles2026-07-22: 1 articles2026-07-23: 4 articles2026-07-24: 2 articles2026-07-29: 4 articles2026-07-30: 3 articles2026-07-31: 3 articles2026-08-03: 3 articles2026-08-04: 1 articles2026-08-05: 3 articles2026-08-06: 5 articles2026-08-07: 3 articles2026-08-10: 4 articles2026-08-11: 1 articles2026-08-12: 6 articles2026-08-13: 5 articles2026-08-14: 6 articles2026-08-17: 1 articles2026-08-18: 4 articles2026-08-19: 8 articles2026-08-20: 4 articles2026-08-21: 3 articles2026-08-24: 6 articles2026-08-25: 3 articles2026-08-26: 7 articles2026-08-27: 5 articles2026-08-28: 3 articles2026-08-29: 3 articles2026-08-31: 4 articles2026-09-01: 4 articles2026-09-02: 5 articles2026-09-03: 4 articles2026-09-04: 3 articles2026-09-05: 1 articles2026-09-07: 1 articles2026-09-08: 4 articles2026-09-09: 2 articles2026-09-10: 6 articles2026-09-11: 5 articles2026-09-14: 4 articles2026-09-15: 2 articles2026-09-16: 6 articles2026-09-17: 2 articles2026-09-18: 7 articles06-2207-0707-2108-0608-2009-0209-1509-18
bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=www.afar.com&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When AFAR Media actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 248 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 290001: 10102: 10203: 00304: 00405: 10506: 00607: 20708: 00809: 10910: 01011: 01112: 61213: 91314: 121415: 171516: 281617: 221718: 201819: 201920: 132021: 162122: 162223: 823
Mon: 36MonTue: 41TueWed: 49WedThu: 45ThuFri: 46FriSat: 5SatSun: 0Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 90% of their articles.

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish22289.5%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent AFAR Media articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

This Vermont Cheese Road Trip Pairs Fall Foliage With Cheddars, Triple Creams, and Goat Milk Caramel
2026-09-18 22:25 UTC · Road Trips · Hayley Domin
Fuel your leaf peeping with stops at cheese shops, dairies, and a farm related to The Sound of Music.
An Ontario Tree-House Retreat for People Who’d Rather Not Rough It
2026-09-18 19:07 UTC · Stay Here Next · Heather Greenwood Davis
Hårtwood makes disappearing into the Ontario woods remarkably easy, with three architect-designed tree houses two hours by car north of Toronto.
The Toronto Events Worth Timing Your Whole Trip Around
2026-09-18 17:27 UTC · Cities We Love · Destination Toronto
From the Toronto International Film Festival to the Distillery Winter Village, these four annual events are reason enough to explore the city's neighborhoods, restaurants
Route 66 Turns 100: Here’s Where to Detour for 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
2026-09-18 12:00 UTC · Road Trips · Bailey Berg
In honor of Route 66's centennial, here's how to work visits to ancient Puebloan sites, a pre-Columbian city, the Grand Canyon, and more into your road trip
9 Most Breathtaking Utah National Parks and Monuments
2026-09-18 02:08 UTC · National Parks · Jacqueline Kehoe
Where to go for gravity-defying rock formations, vast and colorful canyons, and surprising water features.
These Design-Led Hotels Across Mexico Have 8 Rooms or Fewer
2026-09-18 00:52 UTC · Hotels We Love · Jill K Robinson
A mezcal distillery in Oaxaca, a desert hideaway in Todos Santos, and an art-filled retreat in San Miguel de Allende are among these stylish stays with no more than eight
Heather Greenwood Davis
2026-09-18 00:00 UTC · Heather Greenwood Davis
Heather Greenwood Davis tells stories from places around the world primarily as a contributing writer, keynote speaker, and on-air personality for recognizable brands inc
AmEx Just Opened Its First Amsterdam Lounge With Heineken on Tap, Stroopwafels, and Delftware Details
2026-09-17 21:52 UTC · Loyalty + Rewards · Bailey Berg
The lounge is only the third in all of Europe, joining existing Centurion lounges in London’s Heathrow and Stockholm.
Jacqueline Kehoe
2026-09-17 00:00 UTC · Jacqueline Kehoe
Jacqueline Kehoe is an award-winning freelance writer, editor, and photographer. Her work has appeared in Afar, Travel + Leisure, National Geographic, Lonely Planet, Sier
This Quietly Growing Airport Lounge Trend Is Perfect for Travelers Who Are Short on Time
2026-09-16 22:43 UTC · Air Travel News · Bailey Berg
From a new Poppin express lounge in Atlanta to United’s Club Fly and Delta’s Grab and Go, airport lounges are increasingly acknowledging travelers with limited time befor
Waldorf Astoria Resorts Worth the Journey
2026-09-16 20:44 UTC · Hotels · Waldorf Astoria Hotels; Resorts
In Costa Rica and Los Cabos, these exceptional retreats blend privacy, striking Pacific vistas, and experiences rooted in the character of their surroundings.
2 Conrad Escapes for the Solo Traveler
2026-09-16 20:42 UTC · Hotels · Conrad Hotels; Resorts
Solo travel unfolds through inspired design, intuitive service, and rich cultural experiences at Conrad Punta de Mita and Conrad Tulum Riviera Maya.
What Patagonia Taught Me About Who Gets to Travel
2026-09-16 15:02 UTC · Accessible Travel · Álvaro Silberstein
After a spinal cord injury, I thought one of the world’s great treks was beyond my reach. A five-day trek through Patagonia in a wheelchair changed how I think about acce
Walk Pint-to-Pint on This Beer Hiking Trail in Germany
2026-09-16 13:10 UTC · Hiking + Cycling · Adam H Callaghan
Whether you choose a day hike or a multiday trek, guides will lead you around Franconia, which has the world’s highest density of breweries.
Sara Button
2026-09-16 00:00 UTC · Sara Button
Sara Button, a former Afar editor, is a writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience.
Emirates Is Bringing Business-Class Privacy to Premium Economy
2026-09-15 21:13 UTC · Air Travel News · Bailey Berg
The Dubai-based airline has unveiled a new premium economy design concept for its forthcoming Airbus A350 planes.
A New Under Canvas Glampsite Near Santa Fe Will Have Saunas, High-Desert Trails, and World-Class Art
2026-09-15 13:41 UTC · Hotel News + Openings · Bailey Berg
Opening in April 2027, the 45-tent camp will feature the brand’s first saunas on 640 acres bordering the Galisteo Basin Preserve, with its first hard-sided cabins to foll
In Venice, Even Building a Luxury Hotel Happens by Boat
2026-09-14 23:46 UTC · Hotel News + Openings · Laura Rysman
At three ambitious new hotels in reimagined buildings in Venice, marble tables come through windows, furnishings are wheeled in from docks, and centuries-old frescoes are

Harvest it all

Page through the archive by date. from and to accept YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.afar.com&from=now-7d&size=100"

To poll for new material, keep the timestamp of the newest article you saw and ask only for what came after it:

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.afar.com&from=now-1h&sort=date_asc"

Article bodies come with full_text=true. No key, no quota tier, no header — see the search endpoint for every parameter.

Metadata quality

How well AFAR Media marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

90%
dates from JSON-LD
100%
articles with a byline
90%
articles with sections
201 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 829 min at the median, 2006 minutes at the 90th percentile.

Similar publishers

Comparable outlets in the same language. Those without a page here yet link straight to their slice of the API.

FAQ

Does AFAR Media have an official API?

Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to the original.

How do I get their RSS feed?

Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 248 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does AFAR Media publish per day?

3 on a median day, measured across 64 days.

Can I use this commercially?

The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.