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
- f1c281a2-7496-5419-8ce5-5e59dd34ac8e
- pub_date
- 2022-08-03 18:44:46
- section_name
- World
- document_type
- article
- web_uri
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/world/asia/taiwan-china-military-exercises.html
history:
version: 2022-08-04 03:45:08
More Than a Show: China’s Exercises Help It Practice Seizing Taiwan
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
A day after Nancy Pelosi’s trip, China has begun military drills near Taiwan. They appear to be designed as a trial run for sealing off the island.
A day after Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Taiwan, celebrating it as a bulwark of democracy, China launched three days of military exercises around the island, which its forces may use to press in closer than ever, honing their ability to impose a blockade.
word count: 1109
version: 2022-08-04 11:45:09
More Than a Show: China’s Exercises Help It Practice Seizing Taiwan
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
A day after Nancy Pelosi’s trip, China has begun military drills near Taiwan. They appear to be designed as a trial run for sealing off the island. Five landed in Japanese waters.
At least 11 Chinese missiles struck seas north, south and east of Taiwan on Thursday, less than 24 hours after Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated the island as a bulwark of democracy next to autocratic China. The People’s Liberation Army declared its missiles “all precisely hit their targets,” even as five landed in Japanese waters.
word count: 1046
version: 2022-08-04 19:45:03
More Than a Show: China’s Exercises Help It Practice Seizing Taiwan
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
A day after Nancy Pelosi’s trip, China has begun military drills near Taiwan. They appear to be designed as a trial run for sealing off the island. Five landed in Japanese waters.
At least 11 Chinese missiles struck seas north, south and east of Taiwan on Thursday, less than 24 hours after Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated the island as a bulwark of democracy next to autocratic China. The People’s Liberation Army declared its missiles “all precisely hit their targets,” even as Japan said five landed in its waters.
word count: 1741
version: 2022-08-05 03:45:09
Chinese Missiles Strike Seas Off Taiwan, and Some Land Near Japan
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
A day after Nancy Pelosi’s trip, China has begun military drills near Taiwan. They appear to be designed as a trial run for sealing off the island. Five missiles landed in Japanese waters.
At least 11 Chinese missiles struck seas north, south and east of Taiwan on Thursday, less than 24 hours after Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated the island as a bulwark of democracy next to autocratic China. The People’s Liberation Army declared its missiles “all precisely hit their targets,” even as Japan said five landed in its waters.
word count: 1738
archives:
check archive.today for copies of this article.
check archive.org wayback machine for copies of this article.