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Daily Read Bytes API

A public, read-only API for Daily Read Bytes summaries and source attribution. It never republishes source articles.

Discovery

Endpoints

GET /api/health

Returns the API health status. No authentication required.

GET /api/feed?offset=0&topic=&region=

Returns summary cards. locale=en is the current supported locale; region=auto uses the request country.

GET /api/article?slug=…

Returns a full Daily Read Bytes story summary, key takeaways, and source attribution for a known story slug.

Markdown for agents

HTML remains the browser default. Send Accept: text/markdown to request a compact Markdown representation when the Cloudflare Markdown for Agents feature is enabled. Story and Journal pages also publish linked .md representations.

curl https://dailyreadbytes.com/ -H "Accept: text/markdown"

Authentication

The documented read endpoints are public and require no API key, token, or registration. Browser account endpoints are not part of this public API.