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BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media API, RSS and sitemap

Every article BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 3,205 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

United StatesEnglish#2,364 by volume

Four ways to pull btpm.org

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

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from btpm.org, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

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

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media headlines come back as JSON.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.btpm.org&size=5"
3,205
articles indexed
1,093
in the last 30 days
39
median per day
1
languages
299 min
median crawl lag
24.07 → 22.10
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 86 days. The busiest hour is 04:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-07-24: 40 articles2026-07-25: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-26: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-27: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-28: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-29: 38 articles2026-07-30: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-31: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-01: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-02: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-03: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-04: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-05: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-06: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-12: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-13: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-14: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-15: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-16: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-17: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-18: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-19: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-20: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-21: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-22: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-23: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-24: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-25: 43 articles2026-08-26: 45 articles2026-08-27: 41 articles2026-08-28: 43 articles2026-08-29: 26 articles2026-08-30: 28 articles2026-08-31: 49 articles2026-09-01: 38 articles2026-09-02: 39 articles2026-09-03: 39 articles2026-09-04: 45 articles2026-09-05: 24 articles2026-09-06: 26 articles2026-09-07: 30 articles2026-09-08: 44 articles2026-09-09: 39 articles2026-09-10: 39 articles2026-09-11: 43 articles2026-09-12: 24 articles2026-09-13: 26 articles2026-09-14: 44 articles2026-09-15: 39 articles2026-09-16: 45 articles2026-09-17: 40 articles2026-09-18: 51 articles2026-09-19: 25 articles2026-09-20: 19 articles2026-09-21: 43 articles2026-09-22: 39 articles2026-09-23: 35 articles2026-09-24: 43 articles2026-09-25: 50 articles2026-09-26: 23 articles2026-09-27: 26 articles2026-09-28: 45 articles2026-09-29: 36 articles2026-09-30: 38 articles2026-10-01: 42 articles2026-10-02: 48 articles2026-10-03: 24 articles2026-10-04: 24 articles2026-10-05: 37 articles2026-10-06: 38 articles2026-10-07: 37 articles2026-10-08: 44 articles2026-10-09: 46 articles2026-10-10: 31 articles2026-10-11: 18 articles2026-10-12: 41 articles2026-10-13: 45 articles2026-10-14: 28 articles2026-10-15: 39 articles2026-10-16: 45 articles2026-10-17: 25 articles2026-10-18: 25 articles2026-10-19: 48 articles2026-10-20: 39 articles2026-10-21: 42 articles2026-10-22: 31 articles07-2408-2609-0909-2310-0710-2110-22

The 25 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media: the whole corpus dips on those dates. They are excluded from the median above.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=www.btpm.org&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 3,205 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 170001: 50102: 50203: 50304: 8040405: 900506: 1820607: 2130708: 2090809: 650910: 851011: 841112: 1421213: 541314: 651415: 871516: 4511617: 4571718: 1111819: 281920: 102021: 172122: 182223: 123
Mon: 532MonTue: 496TueWed: 483WedThu: 522ThuFri: 573FriSat: 311SatSun: 288Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 13% of their articles.

Languages

The site identifies itself under BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media, Buffalo Toronto Public Media — separate editions publishing under one domain.

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish3,205100.0%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

More money, more plows: Ryan announces winter snow plan for Buffalo
2026-10-22 17:11 UTC · Local · Ryan Zunner
The 2026-2027 winter snow plan is headlined by a drastic budget increase — from $580,000 to $2.7 million — for contracted snow removal as well as additional front-end loa
Albania's violent anti-government protests escalate
2026-10-22 16:55 UTC · Rob Schmitz
In the Albanian capital of Tirana, protesters squared off with police in what have become violent daily protests over what they say is a corrupt government.
A family's fundraising for gene therapy research pays off
2026-10-22 16:55 UTC · Sydney Lupkin
After their daughter was diagnosed with a rare inherited disease in 2013, the O'Neill family raised money to find a treatment. The Food and Drug Administration recently a
Chinese Mahjong town
2026-10-22 16:53 UTC · Jennifer Pak
America's craze for mahjong is handing an unexpected lifeline to tile makers in a small Chinese manufacturing town.
Should 'bird brain' be a compliment? Here's how crows think fast
2026-10-22 16:47 UTC · Pien Huang
New research in the journal Science finds that crows turn visual information into decisions twice as fast as humans and primates. They also process information is quite s
Zadie Smith reflects on the 25th anniversary of her debut novel 'White Teeth'
2026-10-22 16:47 UTC · NPR
Author Zadie Smith reflects on the 25th anniversary of her debut novel "White Teeth" and how her relationship with time has shifted over the years.
Allison Janney returns to Broadway in 'Other Desert Cities'
2026-10-22 16:47 UTC · Sarah Handel; Scott Detrow; Matt Ozug
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Allison Janney about her return to Broadway in Other Desert Cities, and how it compares to her debut 30 years ago.
Manufacturing company celebrates $71 million investment, including 70-plus new jobs
2026-10-22 16:27 UTC · Local · Alex Simone
A major addition is coming to Cheektowaga’s industrial sector, with Niagara Power Transformer getting an investment of more than $70 million.
Niagara Falls officials outline $50M in planned private funds to revitalize Main Street
2026-10-22 15:50 UTC · Local · Iciel
Niagara Falls officials announced roughly $50 million in planned Main Street redevelopment, including a $25 million Niagara University student housing project.
Chandler Street Breweries to cease operations immediately
2026-10-22 15:10 UTC · Local · BTPM Staff
Chandler Street Breweries — the home of Community Beer Works, Thin Man Brewery, and Smoldered Society — announced Thursday it will be ceasing operations effective immedia
Five from Buffalo indicted in death of witness expected to testify in murder trial
2026-10-22 14:13 UTC · Local · BTPM Staff
Four of the five have been charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree conspiracy.
Tonawanda man pleads guilty in Somali flag theft incident
2026-10-22 13:46 UTC · Local · BTPM Staff
Justin Eassa, 34, also is being prosecuted for two other alleged crimes in the Village of Kenmore.
Author Jyoti Rajan Gopal finds need in children's books addressing real-world issues
2026-10-22 13:09 UTC · Arts & Culture · Ryan Zunner
Ahead of Saturday's International Day of Climate Action, children's author Jyoti Rajan Gopal says storytelling can help young readers understand the changing climate and
A massive underwater wave is raising sea levels along the West Coast
2026-10-22 11:57 UTC · WBUR
A massive deep-ocean wave is raising sea levels along the West Coast. It’s called a Kelvin wave, and it’s driven by El Niño. KQED’s Ezra David Romero reports. This articl
Buffalo school closure vote postponed after emotional appeals from students, educators
2026-10-22 08:52 UTC · Local · Iciel
Buffalo Public Schools postponed a vote on proposed 2027–28 school closures and consolidations following community concerns. Another forum is set for Oct. 26.
Trump and Obama hit the campaign trail. Will it make a difference for candidates?
2026-10-22 06:43 UTC · Stephen Fowler; Leila Fadel
With President Trump and former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail, can campaign surrogates really move the needle in high profile, high-stakes races?
With Election Day approaching, how midterm races across the country are shaping up
2026-10-22 06:43 UTC · A Martínez
NPR's A Martinez asks veteran political strategist Doug Sosnik about the shape of the midterm race as Election Day draws closer.
Middle East policy expert discusses Trump's endorsement of Netanyahu
2026-10-22 06:32 UTC · A Martínez
NPR's A Martínez asks Israel and Middle East policy expert Shira Efron whether President Trump's endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu will have an impact on Israel's electio

Harvest it all

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

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.btpm.org&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:

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.btpm.org&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 BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

100%
dates from JSON-LD
99%
articles with a byline
13%
articles with sections
160 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 299 min at the median, 587 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public 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 3,205 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does BTPM - Buffalo Toronto Public Media publish per day?

39 on a median day, measured across 86 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.