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
- 5db91bf0-dccd-5ef6-9cdf-93689911fd23
- pub_date
- 2022-08-03 02:00:09
- section_name
- Style
- document_type
- article
- web_uri
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/style/i-was-a-lesbian-until-this-summer-what-happened.html
history:
version: 2022-08-03 11:45:04
I Was a Lesbian Until This Summer. What Happened?
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
A reader worries about a summer romance that may alter her social life when she returns to college.
I am 20 years old, about to start my junior year in college and need your help ASAP! I thought I had a handle on who I am: I’ve always dated women (since I started dating two years ago), and the lesbians on campus have always been my people. I hung out with an amazing woman last year. But I met a guy at my internship this summer. Over a month, we became good friends, then we started a romantic relationship. I really like him and our sexual connection, but I have no idea what to do when I go back to school. What’s wrong with me?
word count: 871
version: 2022-08-06 03:45:05
I Was a Lesbian Until This Summer. What Happened?
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
A reader worries about a summer romance that may alter her social life when she returns to college.
I am 20 years old, about to start my junior year in college and need your help ASAP! I thought I had a handle on who I am: I’ve always dated women (since I started dating two years ago), and the lesbians on campus have always been my people. I hung out with an amazing woman last year. But I met a guy at my internship this summer. Over a month, we became good friends, then we started a romantic relationship. I really like him and our sexual connection, but I have no idea what to do when I go back to school. What’s wrong with me?
word count: 871
archives:
check archive.today for copies of this article.
check archive.org wayback machine for copies of this article.