Florida Man API

A free, open-source dataset of 10,000+ real Florida Man news headlines, accessible as a static JSON API hosted on GitHub Pages. No API key required.

https://juliayxhuang.github.io/florida-man-api

GET /api/headlines.json

GET /api/{MM}/{DD}.json

Example — April 23rd:

https://juliayxhuang.github.io/florida-man-api/api/04/23.json

GET /api/{MM}/index.json

Example — all of April:

https://juliayxhuang.github.io/florida-man-api/api/04/index.json

Returns a list of all available dates and total headline count.

GET /api/index.json

Each headline object contains:

{
  "title":    "Florida man arrested for alleged 1993 Bronx double murder",
  "url":      "https://www.foxnews.com/...",
  "source":   "foxnews.com",
  "date":     "2026-04-23",
  "keywords": ["florida", "arrested", "murder", "cold", "case"]
}

const response = await fetch(
  'https://juliayxhuang.github.io/florida-man-api/api/04/23.json'
);
const headlines = await response.json();
console.log(headlines[0].title);

• 10,000+ headlines scraped from real news sources
• No authentication required — completely open access
• CORS enabled via GitHub Pages
• Updated occasionally as new headlines are collected
• Dates range from recent years through present

This repo serves a static API from the generated api/ folder (committed to GitHub for GitHub Pages).

When you update headlines.json, rebuild the API:

rm -rf api && python3 build_api.py

By default, the generated API excludes image to keep responses smaller and avoid hotlinking thumbnails. To include it, set INCLUDE_IMAGES = True in build_api.py and rebuild.

• Some dates may have multiple headlines, others may have none
• Headlines are real news articles — not all follow the classic "Florida Man" comedy format; some cover serious topics
• This dataset is intended for personal, educational, and non-commercial use

Found a bug or want to contribute? Open an issue or pull request.

Made by Julia as part of an academic project at Parsons School of Design.

MIT — free to use, just give credit.