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Gadget API, RSS and sitemap

Every article Gadget publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 448 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

South AfricaEnglish#5,118 by volume

Four ways to pull gadget.co.za

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

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from gadget.co.za, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

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

What this outlet covers, by share of its recent output:

technology 60%economy 20%society 20%

Call the API

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

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=gadget.co.za&size=5"
448
articles indexed
188
in the last 30 days
6
median per day
1
languages
92 min
median crawl lag
08.06 → 03.09
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 62 days. The busiest hour is 22:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-06-08: 6 articles2026-06-09: 6 articles2026-06-10: 6 articles2026-06-11: 6 articles2026-06-14: 6 articles2026-06-16: 6 articles2026-06-17: 6 articles2026-06-18: 6 articles2026-06-21: 6 articles2026-06-22: 6 articles2026-06-23: 6 articles2026-06-24: 6 articles2026-06-25: 6 articles2026-06-28: 7 articles2026-06-29: 6 articles2026-06-30: 6 articles2026-07-01: 6 articles2026-07-02: 6 articles2026-07-05: 6 articles2026-07-06: 6 articles2026-07-07: 6 articles2026-07-08: 6 articles2026-07-09: 6 articles2026-07-12: 6 articles2026-07-13: 6 articles2026-07-14: 6 articles2026-07-15: 6 articles2026-07-16: 6 articles2026-07-19: 6 articles2026-07-20: 6 articles2026-07-21: 6 articles2026-07-22: 6 articles2026-07-23: 6 articles2026-07-26: 6 articles2026-07-27: 6 articles2026-07-28: 6 articles2026-07-29: 7 articles2026-07-30: 6 articles2026-08-02: 6 articles2026-08-03: 6 articles2026-08-04: 6 articles2026-08-05: 6 articles2026-08-06: 6 articles2026-08-10: 6 articles2026-08-11: 6 articles2026-08-12: 6 articles2026-08-13: 6 articles2026-08-16: 6 articles2026-08-17: 8 articles2026-08-18: 12 articles2026-08-19: 6 articles2026-08-20: 12 articles2026-08-23: 12 articles2026-08-24: 12 articles2026-08-25: 12 articles2026-08-26: 12 articles2026-08-27: 12 articles2026-08-30: 12 articles2026-08-31: 12 articles2026-09-01: 12 articles2026-09-02: 12 articles2026-09-03: 12 articles06-0806-2307-0707-2108-0408-1909-0209-03
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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=gadget.co.za&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When Gadget actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 448 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 00001: 00102: 00203: 00304: 00405: 00506: 00607: 00708: 10809: 00910: 01011: 01112: 01213: 01314: 01415: 01516: 01617: 01718: 01819: 01920: 02021: 02122: 3722223: 7523
Mon: 86MonTue: 96TueWed: 91WedThu: 96ThuFri: 0FriSat: 0SatSun: 79Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 80% of their articles.

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish448100.0%

Latest articles

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

Travel tech: Travel buyers stick to the browser – Gadget
2026-09-03 23:00 UTC · GadgetWings · Gadget Staff
GadgetWings Travel tech: Travel buyers stick to the browser The new “Online Retail in South Africa 2026” study, along with data from Ask Africa’s TGI survey, tell a start
Travel tech: Travel buyers stick to the browser
2026-09-03 23:00 UTC
The new "Online Retail in South Africa 2026" study, along with data from Ask Africa's TGI survey, tell a startling travel story, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK. The post Travel
Can you prove what your AI agent did? – Gadget
2026-09-03 22:50 UTC · Artificial Intelligence · Gadget Staff
You need to see beneath the surface to argue AI liability, writes GARETH REDELINGHUYS, TrendAI country manager for sub-Saharan Africa.
Can you prove what your AI agent did?
2026-09-03 22:50 UTC
You need to see beneath the surface to argue AI liability, writes GARETH REDELINGHUYS, TrendAI country manager for sub-Saharan Africa. The post Can you prove what your <b
Festival of Motoring: Watt is coming from Lepas? – Gadget
2026-09-03 22:40 UTC · GadgetWheels · Gadget Staff
The Kyalami showcase provided the first glimpse of the Lepas L6 EV and its full house of cabin technology, writes SHERYL GOLDSTUCK.
Festival of Motoring: Watt is coming from Lepas?
2026-09-03 22:40 UTC
The Kyalami showcase provided the first glimpse of the Lepas L6 EV and its full house of cabin technology, writes SHERYL GOLDSTUCK. The post Festival of Motoring: Watt is
Mafia-FBI duo seek justice… ‘By Any Means’ – Gadget
2026-09-03 22:30 UTC · Movie of the Week · Gadget Staff
A new crime thriller follows a young Black FBI agent in a dangerous pursuit of killers targeting civil rights leaders.
Mafia-FBI duo seek justice… ‘By Any Means’
2026-09-03 22:30 UTC
A new crime thriller follows a young Black FBI agent in a dangerous pursuit of killers targeting civil rights leaders. The post Mafia-FBI duo seek justice… ‘By Any Means’
CAP AI cameras look beyond security – Gadget
2026-09-03 22:20 UTC · Product of the Day · Gadget Staff
The SmartGuard platform analyses existing CCTV feeds to flag safety breaches, monitor warehouse activity and map customer movement.
CAP AI cameras look beyond security
2026-09-03 22:20 UTC
The SmartGuard platform analyses existing CCTV feeds to flag safety breaches, monitor warehouse activity and map customer movement. The post CAP AI cameras look beyond se
‘Malaika’ sets East African romance to song – Gadget
2026-09-03 22:10 UTC · Stream of the Day · Gadget Staff
A new Afro-pop and Bongo Flava track brings together a trio of Tanzanian talent.
‘Malaika’ sets East African romance to song
2026-09-03 22:10 UTC
A new Afro-pop and Bongo Flava track brings together a trio of Tanzanian talent. The post ‘Malaika’ sets East African romance to song appeared first on Gadget .
SA parents back under-16 social ban
2026-09-02 23:00 UTC
Karri's Parent Survey found that 91% support controls on cellphone use at school. The post SA parents back under-16 social ban appeared first on Gadget .
How to keep up with evolving virtual machines
2026-09-02 22:50 UTC
As virtualisation vendors shift the goalposts, IT leaders have to rethink their strategies, writes BRUCE BUSANSKY, application platform specialist at Red Hat. The post Ho
Tourism’s carbon story is bigger than its footprint
2026-09-02 22:40 UTC
A tourism specific, local carbon footprint standard is being developed through the kimkim Climate Action Pilot Programme. The post Tourism’s carbon story is bigger than i
Suzuki Vitara goes volt
2026-09-02 22:30 UTC
The electric e Vitara, unveiled at Festival of Motoring, brings Suzuki’s familiar adventurous spirit into the battery-powered age, writes SHERYL GOLDSTUCK. The post Suzuk
NTT Data governs AI workflows for insurers
2026-09-02 22:20 UTC
A new platform, AI for Insurance, helps carriers automate underwriting, claims and service without replacing committing to one foundation model. The post NTT Data governs
South African VR play takes SF to Emmys
2026-09-02 22:10 UTC
‘Uncanny Alley: A New Day’ casts an audience alongside actors in a virtual experience, writes JASON BANNIER. The post South African VR play takes SF to Emmys appeared fir

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=gadget.co.za&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=gadget.co.za&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 Gadget marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

79%
dates from JSON-LD
78%
articles with a byline
80%
articles with sections
119 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 92 min at the median, 5440 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does Gadget 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 448 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does Gadget publish per day?

6 on a median day, measured across 62 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.