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The Guardian vs Trove
The Guardian's Open Platform serves the publication's own articles, tags, and section metadata across more than 1.9 million pieces of content, with a free Developer key limited to 1 call/second and 500 calls/day for non-commercial projects. A separate Commercial key removes those caps for a usage-based fee and adds images, audio, and video. Requests are authenticated with an API key and return JSON by default, with an XML format option available.
Trove is the National Library of Australia's aggregated search across newspapers, books, images, maps, and other cultural-heritage records spanning well over a century. Its REST API returns XML by default with JSON available via an encoding parameter, and moved from v2 to a mandatory v3 in September 2024 after the older version was discontinued. A free API key is required, issued instantly through a Trove account for non-commercial use.
| The Guardian | Trove | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | API Key | API Key |
| Pricing | freemium | free |
| Formats | JSON, XML | XML, JSON |
| CORS | yes | no |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
The Guardian supports CORS, while Trove doesn't — pick The Guardian for direct browser calls.