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
- 145b92fd-c9f9-5a16-906c-e695687fadde
- pub_date
- 2022-08-16 05:27:06
- section_name
- World
- document_type
- article
- web_uri
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/world/europe/freya-walrus-norway-killed.html
history:
version: 2022-08-16 11:45:04
A Walrus Named Freya Showed Up in Norway. Did She Have to Die?
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Three days after issuing a warning, the authorities put down the 1,300-pound marine mammal. Critics said that the decision was unnecessary.
Last week, as the Oslo Fjord was basking in the sunshine and full of swimmers, boaters and children enjoying their last week of summer vacation, it had a visitor: a 1,300-pound walrus named Freya.
word count: 1082
version: 2022-08-16 19:45:05
A Walrus Named Freya Showed Up in Norway. Did She Have to Die?
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Three days after issuing a warning, the authorities put down the 1,300-pound marine mammal. Critics said that the decision was unnecessary.
Last week, as the Oslo Fjord was basking in the sunshine and full of swimmers, boaters and children enjoying their last week of summer vacation, it had a visitor: a 1,300-pound walrus named Freya.
word count: 1102
version: 2022-08-17 03:45:04
A Walrus Named Freya Showed Up in Norway. Did She Have to Die?
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Three days after issuing a warning, the authorities put down the 1,300-pound marine mammal. Critics said that the decision was unnecessary.
Last week, as the Oslo Fjord was basking in the sunshine and full of swimmers, boaters and children enjoying their last week of summer vacation, it had a visitor: a 1,300-pound walrus named Freya.
word count: 1102
archives:
check archive.today for copies of this article.
check archive.org wayback machine for copies of this article.