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
- e385bad2-cd71-5ebf-8cf7-4cf38c107758
- pub_date
- 2022-12-06 16:00:06
- section_name
- Opinion
- document_type
- article
- web_uri
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/opinion/how-biden-can-help-save-the-middle-east.html
history:
version: 2022-12-07 03:45:03
How Biden Can Help Save the Middle East
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
The fate of the Jordan River may tell us a lot about the future of Israeli-Arab relations.
JERICHO, West Bank — There are two dramas playing out today along the banks of the River Jordan, representing the two most powerful forces shaping politics in and around Israel. Tell me which one dominates, and I’ll tell you what relations between Jews and Arabs will look like.
word count: 1339
version: 2022-12-07 19:45:03
Climate Change Will Destroy Arabs and Israelis Before They Destroy Each Other
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
The fate of the Jordan River may tell us a lot about the future of Middle East relations.
JERICHO, West Bank — There are two dramas playing out today along the banks of the River Jordan, representing the two most powerful forces shaping politics in and around Israel. Tell me which one dominates, and I’ll tell you what relations between Jews and Arabs will look like.
word count: 1339
archives:
check archive.today for copies of this article.
check archive.org wayback machine for copies of this article.