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
- fe10fcdd-52e4-5efb-b05f-d29aac002626
- pub_date
- 2022-08-15 13:31:43
- section_name
- Style
- document_type
- article
- web_uri
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/style/book-recommendations-flow-charts.html
history:
version: 2022-08-15 19:45:10
Choose Your Own Literary Adventure
Monday, August 15, 2022
Can’t decide what to read? Flow charts from a Wisconsin bookseller aim to help readers find their next favorite book.
The title on the glittery gold graph reads: “I wanna be destroyed, fictionally.” Pink bars stretch up the page, evaluating the “level of sad” for each book listed. Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” ranks the highest.
word count: 703
version: 2022-08-16 19:45:05
Choose Your Own Literary Adventure
Monday, August 15, 2022
Or at least they make it easier to choose what to read.
The title on the glittery gold graph reads: “I wanna be destroyed, fictionally.” Pink bars stretch up the page, evaluating the “level of sad” for each book listed. Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” ranks the highest.
word count: 703
version: 2022-08-18 03:45:09
These Memes Make Books More Fun
Monday, August 15, 2022
Or at least they make it easier to choose what to read.
The title on the glittery gold graph reads: “I wanna be destroyed, fictionally.” Pink bars stretch up the page, evaluating the “level of sad” for each book listed. Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” ranks the highest.
word count: 703
archives:
check archive.today for copies of this article.
check archive.org wayback machine for copies of this article.