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
- 9571404e-4859-5ac2-be8b-c08e75109a0d
- pub_date
- 2022-12-09 02:13:38
- section_name
- World
- document_type
- article
- web_uri
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/world/asia/beijing-china-covid.html
history:
version: 2022-12-09 11:45:03
Beijing Braces for Covid Surge After China Lifts Pandemic Curbs
Friday, December 09, 2022
Residents in the capital city buy up at-home tests and fever medication following the government’s decision to ease its “zero Covid” policy.
At a hospital in the affluent Beijing district of Chaoyang, several dozen people lined up outdoors in near freezing weather on Friday at a clinic designated for fever patients. Some residents flocked to pharmacies, buying up stocks of at-home antigen Covid test kits. Many chose to stay home, leaving the capital’s usually busy streets quiet except for the puttering of motorbikes driven by food delivery workers.
word count: 992
version: 2022-12-09 19:45:03
Beijing Braces for Covid Surge After China Lifts Pandemic Curbs
Friday, December 09, 2022
Residents lined up at hospitals and pharmacies, seeking help for fevers and buying at-home tests after the government’s decision to ease its “zero Covid” policy.
At a hospital in the affluent Beijing district of Chaoyang, close to 100 people lined up outdoors in near-freezing weather on Friday at a clinic designated for fever patients. Some residents flocked to pharmacies, buying up dwindling stocks of at-home antigen coronavirus test kits and herbal medicines. Many chose to stay home, leaving the capital’s usually busy streets quiet except for the puttering of motorbikes driven by food delivery workers.
word count: 1251
version: 2022-12-10 11:45:04
Beijing Braces for Covid Surge After China Lifts Pandemic Curbs
Friday, December 09, 2022
Residents lined up at hospitals and pharmacies, seeking help for fevers and buying at-home tests after the government’s decision to ease its “zero Covid” policy.
At a hospital in the affluent Beijing district of Chaoyang, close to 100 people lined up outdoors in near-freezing weather on Friday at a clinic designated for fever patients. Some residents flocked to pharmacies, buying up dwindling stocks of at-home antigen coronavirus test kits and herbal medicines. Many chose to stay home, leaving the capital’s usually busy streets quiet except for the puttering of motorbikes driven by food delivery workers.
word count: 1251
archives:
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