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FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth API, RSS and sitemap

Every article FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 1,187 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

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Four ways to pull fox4news.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 fox4news.com, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.fox4news.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.fox4news.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.fox4news.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.fox4news.com&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.fox4news.com&size=5"
1,187
articles indexed
400
in the last 30 days
13
median per day
1
languages
141 min
median crawl lag
04.07 → 02.10
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 90 days. The busiest hour is 20:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-07-05: 7 articles2026-07-06: 12 articles2026-07-07: 22 articles2026-07-08: 22 articles2026-07-09: 12 articles2026-07-10: 13 articles2026-07-11: 6 articles2026-07-12: 9 articles2026-07-13: 13 articles2026-07-14: 10 articles2026-07-15: 13 articles2026-07-16: 13 articles2026-07-17: 10 articles2026-07-18: 10 articles2026-07-19: 6 articles2026-07-20: 11 articles2026-07-21: 15 articles2026-07-22: 11 articles2026-07-23: 20 articles2026-07-24: 11 articles2026-07-25: 8 articles2026-07-26: 6 articles2026-07-27: 20 articles2026-07-28: 13 articles2026-07-29: 19 articles2026-07-30: 20 articles2026-07-31: 16 articles2026-08-01: 5 articles2026-08-02: 1 articles2026-08-03: 17 articles2026-08-04: 17 articles2026-08-05: 18 articles2026-08-06: 14 articles2026-08-07: 12 articles2026-08-08: 2 articles2026-08-09: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-10: 22 articles2026-08-11: 17 articles2026-08-12: 13 articles2026-08-13: 16 articles2026-08-14: 12 articles2026-08-15: 3 articles2026-08-16: 7 articles2026-08-17: 19 articles2026-08-18: 26 articles2026-08-19: 17 articles2026-08-20: 15 articles2026-08-21: 14 articles2026-08-22: 9 articles2026-08-23: 8 articles2026-08-24: 10 articles2026-08-25: 15 articles2026-08-26: 16 articles2026-08-27: 14 articles2026-08-28: 10 articles2026-08-29: 6 articles2026-08-30: 1 articles2026-08-31: 15 articles2026-09-01: 19 articles2026-09-02: 16 articles2026-09-03: 15 articles2026-09-04: 18 articles2026-09-05: 2 articles2026-09-06: 11 articles2026-09-07: 14 articles2026-09-08: 16 articles2026-09-09: 18 articles2026-09-10: 19 articles2026-09-11: 13 articles2026-09-12: 5 articles2026-09-13: 8 articles2026-09-14: 15 articles2026-09-15: 20 articles2026-09-16: 16 articles2026-09-17: 17 articles2026-09-18: 10 articles2026-09-19: 5 articles2026-09-20: 10 articles2026-09-21: 10 articles2026-09-22: 16 articles2026-09-23: 16 articles2026-09-24: 24 articles2026-09-25: 19 articles2026-09-26: 4 articles2026-09-27: 4 articles2026-09-28: 18 articles2026-09-29: 23 articles2026-09-30: 9 articles2026-10-01: 11 articles2026-10-02: 14 articles07-0507-2008-0408-1909-0309-1810-02

The 1 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth: 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.fox4news.com&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 1,187 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 500001: 800102: 630203: 220304: 10405: 00506: 00607: 00708: 00809: 00910: 01011: 601112: 961213: 671314: 561415: 731516: 671617: 691718: 691819: 451920: 1042021: 1022122: 992223: 5023
Mon: 196MonTue: 229TueWed: 204WedThu: 210ThuFri: 172FriSat: 77SatSun: 85Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 95% of their articles.

SectionArticles
News965
Weather71
Sports60
Election14
Money1

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish1,17398.8%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

Reports of gas prompt evacuation of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas
2026-10-02 21:23 UTC · News · Carter Freemon
Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas was evacuated on Friday after a gas odor was reported inside the school.
Fort Worth ISD middle school campus 'unsafe for occupancy' after sustaining rain damage
2026-10-02 20:56 UTC · News · Carter Freemon
An under-construction Fort Worth ISD middle school sustained heavy enough damage during Thursday's storms that it must be closed for weeks of repairs, forcing students an
Dallas women's shelter holding fundraiser for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
2026-10-02 20:26 UTC · News · Shaun Rabb
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, North Texas groups are doing their part to help lower the shocking number of domestic violence cases reported in Texas last
Texas just had its most expensive September ever for gasoline
2026-10-02 18:54 UTC · Money · Aaron Barker
The average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.94 last month.
DART train hits, kills pedestrian crossing the tracks in Garland
2026-10-02 18:25 UTC · News · Tracy DeLatte
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a DART train in Garland on Friday morning while trying to cross, causing temporary closures on Garland Road and brief DART rail serv
North Texas human trafficking probe leads to multiple arrests
2026-10-02 17:39 UTC · News · Tracy DeLatte
Several individuals were arrested on charges of organized criminal activity and racketeering as part of an ongoing human trafficking investigation across Johnson, Somerve
Former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo leaves CBS Sports after OWI charge
2026-10-02 16:29 UTC · News · Grace Marocco
CBS Sports and former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo are parting ways after nine years, just one month after his no-contest plea to an OWI charge.
Fort Worth Zoo welcomes twin Sumatran tiger cubs
2026-10-02 14:33 UTC · News · Tracy DeLatte
The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed its first-ever critically endangered Sumatran tiger cubs, twin sisters Barani and Malu born in July. They are expected to make their public de
Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans renew in-state NFL rivalry this weekend
2026-10-02 14:00 UTC · Sports · Carter Freemon
The two NFL teams from the Lone Star State will play in Houston for the first time in eight years, and both the Cowboys and Texans are looking to fix some early-season pr
Dallas Stars to open season against St. Louis Blues without Matt Duchene
2026-10-02 13:30 UTC · Sports · Tracy DeLatte
The Dallas Stars open their regular season Friday against the St. Louis Blues at the American Airlines Center while center Matt Duchene rests a lower-body injury.
Man shot after gun fight breaks out in store parking lot
2026-10-02 12:27 UTC · News · Tracy DeLatte
Dallas police are investigating an overnight shooting in an East Oak Cliff store parking lot on that left a man seriously injured.
Dallas Weather: Rain continues ahead of cooler temperatures
2026-10-02 11:34 UTC · Weather · Tracy DeLatte; Ali Turiano
A Flood Watch remains in effect across North Texas through Friday evening as slow-moving thunderstorms bring up to 4 inches of rain, with lingering weekend showers giving
Firefighters responding to large fire at DG’s Night Club in Northwest Dallas
2026-10-02 11:34 UTC · News · Grace Marocco
An early morning 2-alarm fire at DG's Night Club on Northwest Highway in Dallas forced firefighters into a defensive attack after heavy smoke and hidden flames were disco
Waxahachie mother charged with capital murder for shooting death of 2 sons
2026-10-02 00:40 UTC · News · Carter Freemon
A Waxahachie mother is facing capital murder charges after police determined she was responsible for the shooting deaths of her two sons on Thursday morning.
Buy Now, Pay Later loan program usage increasing across North Texas
2026-10-01 23:16 UTC · News · Shaun Rabb
A rise in Buy Now, Pay Later programs is leading to an increase in debt for many Americans, but the programs help some North Texas residents with everyday purchases.
Texas High School Football: Benbrook battles Eastern Hills on FOX 4+
2026-10-01 20:51 UTC · Sports · Carter Freemon
High school football season is here, and you can watch some of the biggest games of the season on KDFI 27 (FOX 4+) and the FOX LOCAL app. This week, you can watch Benbroo
Joey Porter Jr. practices with Cowboys after trade, could play Sunday vs. Texans
2026-10-01 20:30 UTC · Sports · Carter Freemon; Jeff Kolb
The newest Dallas Cowboys trade acquisition is already practicing with the team, and the team is optimistic he'll take the field on Sunday.
4 Texas Lottery players win $5M in scratch ticket prizes
2026-10-01 17:15 UTC · News · Sierra Rains
Four Texans are around $1 million richer after purchasing winning Texas Lottery scratch tickets at various convenience stores across the state.

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.fox4news.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:

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.fox4news.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 FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

100%
dates from JSON-LD
100%
articles with a byline
95%
articles with sections
148 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 141 min at the median, 276 minutes at the 90th percentile.

Similar publishers

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FAQ

Does FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth 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 1,187 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth publish per day?

13 on a median day, measured across 90 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.