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nytimesarchive

Python wrapper for the New York Times Archive API.

As of 11/17/2016, the NYT Developers page lists the Archive API as being in alpha status.

The Archive API provides JSON format NYT articles by month.

from nytimesarchive import ArchiveAPI
api = ArchiveAPI('your api key goes here')
print(api.query(2016, 11))

Articles are available from September 1851 onward.

For the Article API, see Evan Scherlock's nytimesarticle.