NYT has a public api that can be used to track some so-called "stealth edits". Full text is not supported, but the API has endpoints that provide headlines, abstracts, lead paragraphs, and article word counts.
Everything should work. Headlines that do not appear to have changed are resulting in different MD5 hashes and being duplicated in database. I will fix that at some point.
- why are some articles/edits missing?
- The tracker uses the Archive endpoint, which is only updated three times per day (around 3:30PT, 11:30PT, and 19:30PT). Articles can be published and edited before the tracker sees them. If you do not like this, build your own. It takes like 15 minutes.
article info:
- article_id
- 0777c344-aaad-55c9-9f19-996c2a699d07
- pub_date
- 2022-08-16 14:10:20
- section_name
- Health
- document_type
- article
- web_uri
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/health/polio-new-york.html
history:
version: 2022-08-16 19:45:05
Polio May Have Been Spreading in New York Since April
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
A new study from the C.D.C. provides more details about a polio case detected in New York last month, and suggests the virus has been spreading elsewhere for a year.
Polio may have been circulating widely for a year, and was present in New York’s wastewater as early as April, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
word count: 759
version: 2022-08-17 03:45:04
Polio May Have Been Spreading in New York Since April
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
A new study from the C.D.C. provides more details about a polio case detected in New York last month, and suggests the virus has been spreading elsewhere for a year.
Polio may have been circulating widely for a year, and was present in New York’s wastewater as early as April, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
word count: 771
archives:
check archive.today for copies of this article.
check archive.org wayback machine for copies of this article.