Guardian API endpoint
Returns a bounded text snapshot of one public Guardian live blog: the headline, the key-events timeline, and the update blocks with timestamps, headings, bylines, and body paragraphs. This is a single page fetch of the public page at a canonical live-blog URL — not a live stream or polling feed. URLs must use the dated www.theguardian.com section /live/ path, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/aug/08/<slug>/.
/guardian/liveurl (required): canonical https://www.theguardian.com live-blog URL using the dated section /live/ path, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/aug/08/<slug>/. Query strings and fragments are rejected.| Field | Filled in, of 54 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 54 | |
| published_at | 54 | 2026-08-08 |
| title | 14 | “Match report” and 13 other values |
| author | 2 | |
| paragraphs | 54 | median 1 entry |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical www.theguardian.com live-blog URL | https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/aug/08/japan-vs-australia-live-updates-wallabies-nations-championship-rugby-union | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/guardian/live?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsport%2Flive%2F2026%2Faug%2F08%2Fjapan-vs-australia-live-updates-wallabies-nations-championship-rugby-union" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/aug/08/japan-vs-australia-live-updates-wallabies-nations-championship-rugby-union",
"title": "Japan 32-35 Australia: rugby union international – as it happened",
"last_updated": "2026-08-08T13:50:41.000Z",
"key_events": [
{
"published_at": "2026-08-08T13:50:41.000Z",
"title": "Match report"
}
],
"blocks": [
{
"id": "block-6a7734228f0851f2bc6ee275",
"published_at": "2026-08-08T13:50:41.000Z",
"title": "Match report",
"author": "Angus Fontaine",
"paragraphs": [
"There was good, bad and plenty of ugly but the Les Kiss era is off to a winning start."
]
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/guardian.liveResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | guardian.LiveResponse | No | ||||
| data.blocks | array | No | ||||
| data.blocks[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.blocks[].id | string | No | ||||
| data.blocks[].paragraphs | array | No | ||||
| data.blocks[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.blocks[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.key_events | array | No | ||||
| data.key_events[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.key_events[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.last_updated | string | No | ||||
| data.title | string | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/guardian/live?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsport%2Flive%2F2026%2Faug%2F08%2Fjapan-vs-australia-live-updates-wallabies-nations-championship-rugby-union" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"